diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b088f814af..75758492a4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ bundle && pnpm install
 ```
 
 Generate credentials:
+
 ```bash
 EDITOR=nano bin/rails credentials:edit
 ```
@@ -98,6 +99,15 @@ Start postgresql service:
 sudo systemctl start postgresql.service
 ```
 
+## OpenSearch Setup
+
+Install [OpenSearch](https://opensearch.org/downloads.html). For [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/), use:
+
+```sh
+brew install opensearch
+brew services start opensearch
+```
+
 ## Serve
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/db/seeds.rb b/db/seeds.rb
index 31f3b38c30..d7dcf1882a 100644
--- a/db/seeds.rb
+++ b/db/seeds.rb
@@ -803,4 +803,7 @@ def seed_exports # rubocop:disable Metrics/AbcSize, Metrics/MethodLength, Metric
   DataExport.suppressing_turbo_broadcasts do
     seed_exports
   end
+
+  # index samples using searchkick
+  Sample.reindex
 end