diff --git a/vectorsearch/params/faiss-sift-128-l2.json b/vectorsearch/params/faiss-sift-128-l2.json
index 84b8f66f..f0949487 100644
--- a/vectorsearch/params/faiss-sift-128-l2.json
+++ b/vectorsearch/params/faiss-sift-128-l2.json
@@ -15,7 +15,12 @@
     "target_index_force_merge_timeout": 45.0,
     "hnsw_ef_search": 100,
     "hnsw_ef_construction": 100,
+
     "query_k": 100,
+    "query_body": {
+         "docvalue_fields" : ["_id"],
+         "stored_fields" : "_none_"
+    },
 
     "query_data_set_format": "hdf5",
     "query_data_set_path":"/tmp/sift-128-euclidean.hdf5",
diff --git a/vectorsearch/params/lucene-sift-128-l2.json b/vectorsearch/params/lucene-sift-128-l2.json
index c962f1e9..fe5a96c3 100644
--- a/vectorsearch/params/lucene-sift-128-l2.json
+++ b/vectorsearch/params/lucene-sift-128-l2.json
@@ -15,7 +15,12 @@
     "target_index_force_merge_timeout": 45.0,
     "hnsw_ef_search": 100,
     "hnsw_ef_construction": 100,
+
     "query_k": 100,
+    "query_body": {
+         "docvalue_fields" : ["_id"],
+         "stored_fields" : "_none_"
+    },
 
     "query_data_set_format": "hdf5",
     "query_data_set_path":"/tmp/sift-128-euclidean.hdf5",
diff --git a/vectorsearch/params/nmslib-sift-128-l2.json b/vectorsearch/params/nmslib-sift-128-l2.json
index c88dac60..2c4942a2 100644
--- a/vectorsearch/params/nmslib-sift-128-l2.json
+++ b/vectorsearch/params/nmslib-sift-128-l2.json
@@ -15,7 +15,12 @@
     "target_index_force_merge_timeout": 45.0,
     "hnsw_ef_search": 100,
     "hnsw_ef_construction": 100,
+
     "query_k": 100,
+    "query_body": {
+         "docvalue_fields" : ["_id"],
+         "stored_fields" : "_none_"
+    },
 
     "query_data_set_format": "hdf5",
     "query_data_set_path":"/tmp/sift-128-euclidean-test.hdf5",
diff --git a/vectorsearch/test_procedures/default.json b/vectorsearch/test_procedures/default.json
index 3d9ff970..e256e7df 100644
--- a/vectorsearch/test_procedures/default.json
+++ b/vectorsearch/test_procedures/default.json
@@ -33,13 +33,17 @@
             "clients": {{ target_index_bulk_indexing_clients | default(1)}}
         },
         {
-            "name" : "refresh-target-index",
+            "name" : "refresh-target-index-before-force-merge",
             "operation" : "refresh-target-index"
         },
         {
             "name" : "force-merge-segments",
             "operation" : "force-merge"
         },
+        {
+            "name" : "refresh-target-index-after-force-merge",
+            "operation" : "refresh-target-index"
+        },
         {
             "name" : "warmup-indices",
             "operation" : "warmup-indices",
@@ -57,7 +61,8 @@
                 "neighbors_data_set_path" : "{{ neighbors_data_set_path | default('/tmp/vector-dataset.hdf5') }}",
                 "neighbors_data_set_format" : "{{ neighbors_data_set_format | default('hdf5') }}",
                 "num_vectors" : {{ query_count | default(-1) }},
-                "id-field-name": "{{ id_field_name }}"
+                "id-field-name": "{{ id_field_name }}",
+                "body": {{ query_body | default ({}) | tojson }}    
             },
             "clients": {{ search_clients | default(1)}}
         }