diff --git a/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/MirrorSolrConnector.java b/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/MirrorSolrConnector.java
index 52dce31df..e11c665bd 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/MirrorSolrConnector.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/MirrorSolrConnector.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import net.yacy.cora.storage.ARC;
 import net.yacy.cora.storage.ConcurrentARC;
 import net.yacy.kelondro.util.MemoryControl;
 
+import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrServerException;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.response.QueryResponse;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.util.ClientUtils;
 import org.apache.solr.common.SolrDocument;
@@ -132,6 +133,12 @@ public class MirrorSolrConnector extends AbstractSolrConnector implements SolrCo
         if (this.solr1 != null) this.solr1.setCommitWithinMs(c);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void commit() {
+        if (this.solr0 != null) this.solr0.commit();
+        if (this.solr1 != null) this.solr1.commit();
+    }
+    
     @Override
     public synchronized void close() {
         if (this.solr0 != null) this.solr0.close();
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/MultipleSolrConnector.java b/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/MultipleSolrConnector.java
index 6d2790824..08854306e 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/MultipleSolrConnector.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/MultipleSolrConnector.java
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ public class MultipleSolrConnector extends AbstractSolrConnector implements Solr
         for (AddWorker w: this.worker) w.solr.setCommitWithinMs(c);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void commit() {
+        this.solr.commit();
+    }
+    
     @Override
     public void close() {
         // send termination signal to worker
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/RetrySolrConnector.java b/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/RetrySolrConnector.java
index 2c4650171..d53fba5ab 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/RetrySolrConnector.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/RetrySolrConnector.java
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ public class RetrySolrConnector extends AbstractSolrConnector implements SolrCon
         this.solrConnector.setCommitWithinMs(c);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void commit() {
+        this.solrConnector.commit();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public synchronized void close() {
         this.solrConnector.close();
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/ShardSolrConnector.java b/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/ShardSolrConnector.java
index 8f4f701e3..f67988521 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/ShardSolrConnector.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/ShardSolrConnector.java
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ public class ShardSolrConnector extends AbstractSolrConnector implements SolrCon
         for (final SolrConnector connector: this.connectors) connector.setCommitWithinMs(c);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void commit() {
+        for (final SolrConnector connector: this.connectors) connector.commit();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public synchronized void close() {
         for (final SolrConnector connector: this.connectors) connector.close();
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/SolrConnector.java b/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/SolrConnector.java
index 9bb4d79c0..d02597183 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/SolrConnector.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/SolrConnector.java
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ public interface SolrConnector extends Iterable<String> /* Iterable of document
      */
     public void setCommitWithinMs(int c);
 
+    /**
+     * force a commit
+     */
+    public void commit();
+    
     /**
      * close the server connection
      */
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/SolrServerConnector.java b/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/SolrServerConnector.java
index 003f50366..7485848a4 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/SolrServerConnector.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/SolrServerConnector.java
@@ -83,6 +83,15 @@ public abstract class SolrServerConnector extends AbstractSolrConnector implemen
         this.commitWithinMs = c;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public synchronized void commit() {
+        try {
+            this.server.commit();
+        } catch (SolrServerException e) {
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public synchronized void close() {
         try {
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/search/index/Fulltext.java b/source/net/yacy/search/index/Fulltext.java
index 0dad88ffa..d76693789 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/search/index/Fulltext.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/search/index/Fulltext.java
@@ -186,6 +186,14 @@ public final class Fulltext implements Iterable<byte[]> {
         this.solr.close();
     }
 
+    public int getCommitWithinMs() {
+        return this.solr.getCommitWithinMs();
+    }
+    
+    public void commit() {
+        this.solr.commit();
+    }
+
     /**
      * generates an plasmaLURLEntry using the url hash
      * if the url cannot be found, this returns null