diff --git a/swiftide-core/src/indexing_traits.rs b/swiftide-core/src/indexing_traits.rs
index 32954f0c..37f934f2 100644
--- a/swiftide-core/src/indexing_traits.rs
+++ b/swiftide-core/src/indexing_traits.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,26 @@ pub trait Transformer: Send + Sync {
     }
 }
 
+#[async_trait]
+impl Transformer for Box<dyn Transformer> {
+    async fn transform_node(&self, node: Node) -> Result<Node> {
+        self.as_ref().transform_node(node).await
+    }
+    fn concurrency(&self) -> Option<usize> {
+        self.as_ref().concurrency()
+    }
+}
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl Transformer for &dyn Transformer {
+    async fn transform_node(&self, node: Node) -> Result<Node> {
+        (*self).transform_node(node).await
+    }
+    fn concurrency(&self) -> Option<usize> {
+        (*self).concurrency()
+    }
+}
+
 #[async_trait]
 /// Use a closure as a transformer
 impl<F> Transformer for F
@@ -66,10 +86,65 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+#[async_trait]
+impl BatchableTransformer for Box<dyn BatchableTransformer> {
+    async fn batch_transform(&self, nodes: Vec<Node>) -> IndexingStream {
+        self.as_ref().batch_transform(nodes).await
+    }
+    fn concurrency(&self) -> Option<usize> {
+        self.as_ref().concurrency()
+    }
+}
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl BatchableTransformer for &dyn BatchableTransformer {
+    async fn batch_transform(&self, nodes: Vec<Node>) -> IndexingStream {
+        (*self).batch_transform(nodes).await
+    }
+    fn concurrency(&self) -> Option<usize> {
+        (*self).concurrency()
+    }
+}
+
 /// Starting point of a stream
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "test-utils", automock, doc(hidden))]
 pub trait Loader {
     fn into_stream(self) -> IndexingStream;
+
+    /// Intended for use with Box<dyn Loader>
+    ///
+    /// Only needed if you use trait objects (Box<dyn Loader>)
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```ignore
+    /// fn into_stream_boxed(self: Box<Self>) -> IndexingStream {
+    ///    self.into_stream()
+    ///  }
+    /// ```
+    fn into_stream_boxed(self: Box<Self>) -> IndexingStream {
+        unimplemented!("Please implement into_stream_boxed for your loader, it needs to be implemented on the concrete type")
+    }
+}
+
+impl Loader for Box<dyn Loader> {
+    fn into_stream(self) -> IndexingStream {
+        Loader::into_stream_boxed(self)
+    }
+
+    fn into_stream_boxed(self: Box<Self>) -> IndexingStream {
+        Loader::into_stream(*self)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Loader for &dyn Loader {
+    fn into_stream(self) -> IndexingStream {
+        Loader::into_stream_boxed(Box::new(self))
+    }
+
+    fn into_stream_boxed(self: Box<Self>) -> IndexingStream {
+        Loader::into_stream(*self)
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "test-utils", automock, doc(hidden))]
@@ -84,6 +159,26 @@ pub trait ChunkerTransformer: Send + Sync + Debug {
     }
 }
 
+#[async_trait]
+impl ChunkerTransformer for Box<dyn ChunkerTransformer> {
+    async fn transform_node(&self, node: Node) -> IndexingStream {
+        self.as_ref().transform_node(node).await
+    }
+    fn concurrency(&self) -> Option<usize> {
+        self.as_ref().concurrency()
+    }
+}
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl ChunkerTransformer for &dyn ChunkerTransformer {
+    async fn transform_node(&self, node: Node) -> IndexingStream {
+        (*self).transform_node(node).await
+    }
+    fn concurrency(&self) -> Option<usize> {
+        (*self).concurrency()
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "test-utils", automock)]
 #[async_trait]
 /// Caches nodes, typically by their path and hash
@@ -95,6 +190,26 @@ pub trait NodeCache: Send + Sync + Debug {
     async fn set(&self, node: &Node);
 }
 
+#[async_trait]
+impl NodeCache for Box<dyn NodeCache> {
+    async fn get(&self, node: &Node) -> bool {
+        self.as_ref().get(node).await
+    }
+    async fn set(&self, node: &Node) {
+        self.as_ref().set(node).await;
+    }
+}
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl NodeCache for &dyn NodeCache {
+    async fn get(&self, node: &Node) -> bool {
+        (*self).get(node).await
+    }
+    async fn set(&self, node: &Node) {
+        (*self).set(node).await;
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "test-utils", automock)]
 #[async_trait]
 /// Embeds a list of strings and returns its embeddings.
@@ -103,6 +218,20 @@ pub trait EmbeddingModel: Send + Sync + Debug {
     async fn embed(&self, input: Vec<String>) -> Result<Embeddings>;
 }
 
+#[async_trait]
+impl EmbeddingModel for Box<dyn EmbeddingModel> {
+    async fn embed(&self, input: Vec<String>) -> Result<Embeddings> {
+        self.as_ref().embed(input).await
+    }
+}
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl EmbeddingModel for &dyn EmbeddingModel {
+    async fn embed(&self, input: Vec<String>) -> Result<Embeddings> {
+        (*self).embed(input).await
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "test-utils", automock)]
 #[async_trait]
 /// Embeds a list of strings and returns its embeddings.
@@ -111,6 +240,20 @@ pub trait SparseEmbeddingModel: Send + Sync + Debug {
     async fn sparse_embed(&self, input: Vec<String>) -> Result<SparseEmbeddings>;
 }
 
+#[async_trait]
+impl SparseEmbeddingModel for Box<dyn SparseEmbeddingModel> {
+    async fn sparse_embed(&self, input: Vec<String>) -> Result<SparseEmbeddings> {
+        self.as_ref().sparse_embed(input).await
+    }
+}
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl SparseEmbeddingModel for &dyn SparseEmbeddingModel {
+    async fn sparse_embed(&self, input: Vec<String>) -> Result<SparseEmbeddings> {
+        (*self).sparse_embed(input).await
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "test-utils", automock)]
 #[async_trait]
 /// Given a string prompt, queries an LLM
@@ -119,6 +262,20 @@ pub trait SimplePrompt: Debug + Send + Sync {
     async fn prompt(&self, prompt: Prompt) -> Result<String>;
 }
 
+#[async_trait]
+impl SimplePrompt for Box<dyn SimplePrompt> {
+    async fn prompt(&self, prompt: Prompt) -> Result<String> {
+        self.as_ref().prompt(prompt).await
+    }
+}
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl SimplePrompt for &dyn SimplePrompt {
+    async fn prompt(&self, prompt: Prompt) -> Result<String> {
+        (*self).prompt(prompt).await
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "test-utils", automock)]
 #[async_trait]
 /// Persists nodes
@@ -131,6 +288,38 @@ pub trait Persist: Debug + Send + Sync {
     }
 }
 
+#[async_trait]
+impl Persist for Box<dyn Persist> {
+    async fn setup(&self) -> Result<()> {
+        self.as_ref().setup().await
+    }
+    async fn store(&self, node: Node) -> Result<Node> {
+        self.as_ref().store(node).await
+    }
+    async fn batch_store(&self, nodes: Vec<Node>) -> IndexingStream {
+        self.as_ref().batch_store(nodes).await
+    }
+    fn batch_size(&self) -> Option<usize> {
+        self.as_ref().batch_size()
+    }
+}
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl Persist for &dyn Persist {
+    async fn setup(&self) -> Result<()> {
+        (*self).setup().await
+    }
+    async fn store(&self, node: Node) -> Result<Node> {
+        (*self).store(node).await
+    }
+    async fn batch_store(&self, nodes: Vec<Node>) -> IndexingStream {
+        (*self).batch_store(nodes).await
+    }
+    fn batch_size(&self) -> Option<usize> {
+        (*self).batch_size()
+    }
+}
+
 /// Allows for passing defaults from the pipeline to the transformer
 /// Required for batch transformers as at least a marker, implementation is not required
 pub trait WithIndexingDefaults {
@@ -144,7 +333,17 @@ pub trait WithBatchIndexingDefaults {
 }
 
 impl WithIndexingDefaults for dyn Transformer {}
+impl WithIndexingDefaults for Box<dyn Transformer> {
+    fn with_indexing_defaults(&mut self, indexing_defaults: IndexingDefaults) {
+        self.as_mut().with_indexing_defaults(indexing_defaults);
+    }
+}
 impl WithBatchIndexingDefaults for dyn BatchableTransformer {}
+impl WithBatchIndexingDefaults for Box<dyn BatchableTransformer> {
+    fn with_indexing_defaults(&mut self, indexing_defaults: IndexingDefaults) {
+        self.as_mut().with_indexing_defaults(indexing_defaults);
+    }
+}
 
 impl<F> WithIndexingDefaults for F where F: Fn(Node) -> Result<Node> {}
 impl<F> WithBatchIndexingDefaults for F where F: Fn(Vec<Node>) -> IndexingStream {}
diff --git a/swiftide-core/src/query_traits.rs b/swiftide-core/src/query_traits.rs
index e447308c..f650c1b5 100644
--- a/swiftide-core/src/query_traits.rs
+++ b/swiftide-core/src/query_traits.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use crate::{
 
 /// Can transform queries before retrieval
 #[async_trait]
-pub trait TransformQuery: Send + Sync + ToOwned {
+pub trait TransformQuery: Send + Sync {
     async fn transform_query(
         &self,
         query: Query<states::Pending>,
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ pub trait TransformQuery: Send + Sync + ToOwned {
 #[async_trait]
 impl<F> TransformQuery for F
 where
-    F: Fn(Query<states::Pending>) -> Result<Query<states::Pending>> + Send + Sync + ToOwned,
+    F: Fn(Query<states::Pending>) -> Result<Query<states::Pending>> + Send + Sync,
 {
     async fn transform_query(
         &self,
@@ -31,12 +31,22 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+#[async_trait]
+impl TransformQuery for Box<dyn TransformQuery> {
+    async fn transform_query(
+        &self,
+        query: Query<states::Pending>,
+    ) -> Result<Query<states::Pending>> {
+        self.as_ref().transform_query(query).await
+    }
+}
+
 /// A search strategy for the query pipeline
 pub trait SearchStrategy: Clone + Send + Sync + Default {}
 
 /// Can retrieve documents given a SearchStrategy
 #[async_trait]
-pub trait Retrieve<S: SearchStrategy>: Send + Sync + ToOwned {
+pub trait Retrieve<S: SearchStrategy>: Send + Sync {
     async fn retrieve(
         &self,
         search_strategy: &S,
@@ -44,11 +54,22 @@ pub trait Retrieve<S: SearchStrategy>: Send + Sync + ToOwned {
     ) -> Result<Query<states::Retrieved>>;
 }
 
+#[async_trait]
+impl<S: SearchStrategy> Retrieve<S> for Box<dyn Retrieve<S>> {
+    async fn retrieve(
+        &self,
+        search_strategy: &S,
+        query: Query<states::Pending>,
+    ) -> Result<Query<states::Retrieved>> {
+        self.as_ref().retrieve(search_strategy, query).await
+    }
+}
+
 #[async_trait]
 impl<S, F> Retrieve<S> for F
 where
     S: SearchStrategy,
-    F: Fn(&S, Query<states::Pending>) -> Result<Query<states::Retrieved>> + Send + Sync + ToOwned,
+    F: Fn(&S, Query<states::Pending>) -> Result<Query<states::Retrieved>> + Send + Sync,
 {
     async fn retrieve(
         &self,
@@ -61,7 +82,7 @@ where
 
 /// Can transform a response after retrieval
 #[async_trait]
-pub trait TransformResponse: Send + Sync + ToOwned {
+pub trait TransformResponse: Send + Sync {
     async fn transform_response(&self, query: Query<Retrieved>)
         -> Result<Query<states::Retrieved>>;
 }
@@ -69,29 +90,43 @@ pub trait TransformResponse: Send + Sync + ToOwned {
 #[async_trait]
 impl<F> TransformResponse for F
 where
-    F: Fn(Query<Retrieved>) -> Result<Query<Retrieved>> + Send + Sync + ToOwned,
+    F: Fn(Query<Retrieved>) -> Result<Query<Retrieved>> + Send + Sync,
 {
     async fn transform_response(&self, query: Query<Retrieved>) -> Result<Query<Retrieved>> {
         (self)(query)
     }
 }
 
+#[async_trait]
+impl TransformResponse for Box<dyn TransformResponse> {
+    async fn transform_response(&self, query: Query<Retrieved>) -> Result<Query<Retrieved>> {
+        self.as_ref().transform_response(query).await
+    }
+}
+
 /// Can answer the original query
 #[async_trait]
-pub trait Answer: Send + Sync + ToOwned {
+pub trait Answer: Send + Sync {
     async fn answer(&self, query: Query<states::Retrieved>) -> Result<Query<states::Answered>>;
 }
 
 #[async_trait]
 impl<F> Answer for F
 where
-    F: Fn(Query<Retrieved>) -> Result<Query<states::Answered>> + Send + Sync + ToOwned,
+    F: Fn(Query<Retrieved>) -> Result<Query<states::Answered>> + Send + Sync,
 {
     async fn answer(&self, query: Query<Retrieved>) -> Result<Query<states::Answered>> {
         (self)(query)
     }
 }
 
+#[async_trait]
+impl Answer for Box<dyn Answer> {
+    async fn answer(&self, query: Query<Retrieved>) -> Result<Query<states::Answered>> {
+        self.as_ref().answer(query).await
+    }
+}
+
 /// Evaluates a query
 ///
 /// An evaluator needs to be able to respond to each step in the query pipeline
@@ -99,3 +134,10 @@ where
 pub trait EvaluateQuery: Send + Sync {
     async fn evaluate(&self, evaluation: QueryEvaluation) -> Result<()>;
 }
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl EvaluateQuery for Box<dyn EvaluateQuery> {
+    async fn evaluate(&self, evaluation: QueryEvaluation) -> Result<()> {
+        self.as_ref().evaluate(evaluation).await
+    }
+}
diff --git a/swiftide-indexing/src/loaders/file_loader.rs b/swiftide-indexing/src/loaders/file_loader.rs
index d3b3b462..21dfead9 100644
--- a/swiftide-indexing/src/loaders/file_loader.rs
+++ b/swiftide-indexing/src/loaders/file_loader.rs
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ impl Loader for FileLoader {
 
         IndexingStream::iter(files)
     }
+
+    fn into_stream_boxed(self: Box<Self>) -> IndexingStream {
+        self.into_stream()
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]