diff --git a/indexers/base.go b/indexers/base.go
index 244b9bb..6737329 100644
--- a/indexers/base.go
+++ b/indexers/base.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const deleteCommand = `{ "delete" : { "_id": %d, "version": %d, "version_type":
 type Stats struct {
 	Indexed int64         // total number of documents indexed
 	Deleted int64         // total number of documents deleted
-	Elapsed time.Duration // total time spent actually indexing
+	Elapsed time.Duration // total time spent actually indexing (excludes poll delay)
 }
 
 // Indexer is base interface for indexers
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ func (i *baseIndexer) log() *slog.Logger {
 	return slog.With("indexer", i.name)
 }
 
-// records a complete index and updates statistics
-func (i *baseIndexer) recordComplete(indexed, deleted int, elapsed time.Duration) {
+// records indexing activity and updates statistics
+func (i *baseIndexer) recordActivity(indexed, deleted int, elapsed time.Duration) {
 	i.stats.Indexed += int64(indexed)
 	i.stats.Deleted += int64(deleted)
 	i.stats.Elapsed += elapsed
diff --git a/indexers/contacts.go b/indexers/contacts.go
index 32486e5..e15520d 100644
--- a/indexers/contacts.go
+++ b/indexers/contacts.go
@@ -63,14 +63,11 @@ func (i *ContactIndexer) Index(db *sql.DB, rebuild, cleanup bool) (string, error
 	i.log().Debug("indexing newer than last modified", "index", physicalIndex, "last_modified", lastModified)
 
 	// now index our docs
-	start := time.Now()
-	created, updated, deleted, err := i.indexModified(ctx, db, physicalIndex, lastModified.Add(-5*time.Second), rebuild)
+	err = i.indexModified(ctx, db, physicalIndex, lastModified.Add(-5*time.Second), rebuild)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("error indexing documents: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	i.recordComplete(created+updated, deleted, time.Since(start))
-
 	// if the index didn't previously exist or we are rebuilding, remap to our alias
 	if remapAlias {
 		err := i.updateAlias(physicalIndex)
@@ -153,7 +150,7 @@ SELECT org_id, id, modified_on, is_active, row_to_json(t) FROM (
 `
 
 // IndexModified queries and indexes all contacts with a lastModified greater than or equal to the passed in time
-func (i *ContactIndexer) indexModified(ctx context.Context, db *sql.DB, index string, lastModified time.Time, rebuild bool) (int, int, int, error) {
+func (i *ContactIndexer) indexModified(ctx context.Context, db *sql.DB, index string, lastModified time.Time, rebuild bool) error {
 	totalFetched, totalCreated, totalUpdated, totalDeleted := 0, 0, 0, 0
 
 	var modifiedOn time.Time
@@ -193,17 +190,17 @@ func (i *ContactIndexer) indexModified(ctx context.Context, db *sql.DB, index st
 
 		// no more rows? return
 		if err == sql.ErrNoRows {
-			return 0, 0, 0, nil
+			return nil
 		}
 		if err != nil {
-			return 0, 0, 0, err
+			return err
 		}
 		defer rows.Close()
 
 		for rows.Next() {
 			err = rows.Scan(&orgID, &id, &modifiedOn, &isActive, &contactJSON)
 			if err != nil {
-				return 0, 0, 0, err
+				return err
 			}
 
 			batchFetched++
@@ -226,14 +223,14 @@ func (i *ContactIndexer) indexModified(ctx context.Context, db *sql.DB, index st
 			// write to elastic search in batches
 			if batchFetched%i.batchSize == 0 {
 				if err := indexSubBatch(subBatch); err != nil {
-					return 0, 0, 0, err
+					return err
 				}
 			}
 		}
 
 		if subBatch.Len() > 0 {
 			if err := indexSubBatch(subBatch); err != nil {
-				return 0, 0, 0, err
+				return err
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -268,13 +265,15 @@ func (i *ContactIndexer) indexModified(ctx context.Context, db *sql.DB, index st
 			log.Debug("indexed contact batch")
 		}
 
+		i.recordActivity(batchCreated+batchUpdated, batchDeleted, time.Since(batchStart))
+
 		// last modified stayed the same and we didn't add anything, seen it all, break out
 		if lastModified.Equal(queryModified) && batchCreated == 0 {
 			break
 		}
 	}
 
-	return totalCreated, totalUpdated, totalDeleted, nil
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (i *ContactIndexer) GetDBLastModified(ctx context.Context, db *sql.DB) (time.Time, error) {