diff --git a/cms-api/src/main/java/com/github/thmarx/cms/api/ModuleFileSystem.java b/cms-api/src/main/java/com/github/thmarx/cms/api/ModuleFileSystem.java
index 51488f9e..660b6ebe 100644
--- a/cms-api/src/main/java/com/github/thmarx/cms/api/ModuleFileSystem.java
+++ b/cms-api/src/main/java/com/github/thmarx/cms/api/ModuleFileSystem.java
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
  */
 
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 /**
  *
@@ -31,5 +33,6 @@
 public interface ModuleFileSystem {
 
 	Path resolve(String path);
-	
+
+	Optional<Map<String, Object>> getMeta(String path);
 }
diff --git a/cms-filesystem/src/main/java/com/github/thmarx/cms/filesystem/FileSystem.java b/cms-filesystem/src/main/java/com/github/thmarx/cms/filesystem/FileSystem.java
index 25b134e8..0f89bb28 100644
--- a/cms-filesystem/src/main/java/com/github/thmarx/cms/filesystem/FileSystem.java
+++ b/cms-filesystem/src/main/java/com/github/thmarx/cms/filesystem/FileSystem.java
@@ -104,6 +104,16 @@ public boolean isVisible(final String uri) {
 		var n = node.get();
 		return MetaData.isVisible(n);
 	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public Optional<Map<String,Object>> getMeta(final String uri) {
+		var node = metaData.byUri(uri);
+		if (node.isEmpty()) {
+			return Optional.empty();
+		}
+		var n = node.get();
+		return Optional.of(n.data());
+	}
 
 	public void shutdown() {
 		if (fileWatcher != null) {
diff --git a/cms-server/hosts/demo/content/index.md b/cms-server/hosts/demo/content/index.md
index f8800c91..42e32979 100644
--- a/cms-server/hosts/demo/content/index.md
+++ b/cms-server/hosts/demo/content/index.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ---
 title: Startseite
 template: start.html
+search:
+    index: false
 ---
 
 # Demo Project
diff --git a/modules/search-module/src/main/java/com/github/thmarx/cms/modules/search/extension/FileIndexingVisitor.java b/modules/search-module/src/main/java/com/github/thmarx/cms/modules/search/extension/FileIndexingVisitor.java
index 08d6019f..2666f2a0 100644
--- a/modules/search-module/src/main/java/com/github/thmarx/cms/modules/search/extension/FileIndexingVisitor.java
+++ b/modules/search-module/src/main/java/com/github/thmarx/cms/modules/search/extension/FileIndexingVisitor.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
  * #L%
  */
 import com.github.thmarx.cms.api.CMSModuleContext;
+import com.github.thmarx.cms.api.ModuleFileSystem;
 import com.github.thmarx.cms.api.utils.PathUtil;
 import com.github.thmarx.cms.api.utils.SectionUtil;
 import com.github.thmarx.cms.modules.search.IndexDocument;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
 import java.nio.file.SimpleFileVisitor;
 import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
@@ -65,7 +67,14 @@ public FileVisitResult visitFile(Path file, BasicFileAttributes attrs) throws IO
 
 		try {
 			log.trace("indexing file {}", file.getFileName().toString());
+			
+			if (!shouldIndex(file)) {
+				log.trace("indexing is disabled for this file");
+				return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
+			}
+			
 			var uri = PathUtil.toURI(file, contentBase);
+			
 			var content = getContent(file);
 
 			if (content.isPresent()) {
@@ -99,6 +108,15 @@ public FileVisitResult visitFile(Path file, BasicFileAttributes attrs) throws IO
 		return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
 	}
 
+	private boolean shouldIndex (Path contentFile) {
+		Optional<Map<String, Object>> meta = moduleContext.getFileSystem().getMeta(PathUtil.toRelativeFile(contentFile, contentBase));
+		
+		return (Boolean)((Map<String, Object>) meta
+				.orElse(Map.of())
+				.getOrDefault("search", Map.of()))
+				.getOrDefault("index", Boolean.TRUE);
+	}
+	
 	private boolean noindex (final Document document) {
 		Element meta = document.selectFirst("head meta[name='robots']");
 		
diff --git a/modules/search-module/src/main/java/com/github/thmarx/cms/modules/search/extension/SearchLifecycleExtension.java b/modules/search-module/src/main/java/com/github/thmarx/cms/modules/search/extension/SearchLifecycleExtension.java
index ae959c03..2a600c7a 100644
--- a/modules/search-module/src/main/java/com/github/thmarx/cms/modules/search/extension/SearchLifecycleExtension.java
+++ b/modules/search-module/src/main/java/com/github/thmarx/cms/modules/search/extension/SearchLifecycleExtension.java
@@ -69,7 +69,11 @@ protected void reindexContext() {
 		var contentPath = getContext().getFileSystem().resolve("content");
 		try {
 			searchEngine.clear();
-			Files.walkFileTree(contentPath, new FileIndexingVisitor(contentPath, SearchLifecycleExtension.searchEngine, getContext()));
+			Files.walkFileTree(contentPath, new FileIndexingVisitor(
+					contentPath, 
+					SearchLifecycleExtension.searchEngine, 
+					getContext()
+			));
 			searchEngine.commit();
 		} catch (IOException e) {
 			log.error(null, e);