diff --git a/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/BackfillRecipeEmbeddings.java b/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/BackfillRecipeEmbeddings.java
index 383586e..13265ad 100644
--- a/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/BackfillRecipeEmbeddings.java
+++ b/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/BackfillRecipeEmbeddings.java
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ package app.mealsmadeeasy.api;
 import app.mealsmadeeasy.api.job.JobService;
 import app.mealsmadeeasy.api.recipe.Recipe;
 import app.mealsmadeeasy.api.recipe.RecipeRepository;
+import app.mealsmadeeasy.api.recipe.RecipeSummary;
 import app.mealsmadeeasy.api.recipe.job.RecipeSummaryJobHandler;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.boot.ApplicationArguments;
 import org.springframework.boot.ApplicationRunner;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
@@ -22,14 +24,16 @@ public class BackfillRecipeEmbeddings implements ApplicationRunner {
 
     @Override
     public void run(ApplicationArguments args) {
-        final List<Recipe> recipeEntities = this.recipeRepository.findAllBySummaryIsNull();
+        final List<Recipe> recipeEntities = this.recipeRepository.findAll();
         for (final Recipe recipe : recipeEntities) {
-            this.jobService.create(
-                    RecipeSummaryJobHandler.JOB_KEY,
-                    new RecipeSummaryJobHandler.RecipeSummaryJobPayload(recipe.getId())
-            );
+            final @Nullable RecipeSummary summary = recipe.getSummary();
+            if (summary == null || summary.getSummary() == null || summary.getEmbedding() == null) {
+                this.jobService.create(
+                        RecipeSummaryJobHandler.JOB_KEY,
+                        new RecipeSummaryJobHandler.RecipeSummaryJobPayload(recipe.getId())
+                );
+            }
         }
-        this.recipeRepository.flush();
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/DevConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/DevConfiguration.java
index 3b7fe3a..180b331 100644
--- a/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/DevConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/DevConfiguration.java
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public class DevConfiguration {
                             .isPublic(frontMatter.isPublic)
                             .mainImage(mainImage)
                             .build();
-                    final Recipe recipe = this.recipeService.create(testUser, recipeCreateSpec, false);
+                    final Recipe recipe = this.recipeService.create(testUser, recipeCreateSpec, true);
                     logger.info("Created recipe {}", recipe);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/recipe/RecipeRepository.java b/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/recipe/RecipeRepository.java
index 0a5d817..e80b6f8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/recipe/RecipeRepository.java
+++ b/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/recipe/RecipeRepository.java
@@ -41,12 +41,10 @@ public interface RecipeRepository extends JpaRepository<Recipe, Integer> {
     @Query("SELECT r FROM Recipe r WHERE r.isPublic OR r.owner = ?1 OR ?1 MEMBER OF r.viewers")
     Slice<Recipe> findAllViewableBy(User viewer, Pageable pageable);
 
-    List<Recipe> findAllBySummaryIsNull();
-
     @Query(
             nativeQuery = true,
             value = """
-            WITH distances AS (SELECT recipe_id, embedding <=> cast(?1 AS vector) AS distance FROM recipe_embedding)
+            WITH distances AS (SELECT recipe_id, embedding <=> cast(?1 AS vector) AS distance FROM recipe_summary)
             SELECT r.* FROM distances d
             INNER JOIN recipe r ON r.id = d.recipe_id
             WHERE d.distance < ?2 AND (
@@ -62,7 +60,7 @@ public interface RecipeRepository extends JpaRepository<Recipe, Integer> {
     @Query(
             nativeQuery = true,
             value = """
-            WITH distances AS (SELECT recipe_id, embedding <=> cast(?1 AS vector) AS distance FROM recipe_embedding)
+            WITH distances AS (SELECT recipe_id, embedding <=> cast(?1 AS vector) AS distance FROM recipe_summary)
             SELECT r.* FROM distances d
             INNER JOIN recipe r ON r.id = d.recipe_id
             WHERE d.distance < ?2 AND r.is_public = TRUE
diff --git a/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/recipe/job/RecipeSummaryJobHandler.java b/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/recipe/job/RecipeSummaryJobHandler.java
index e5b7332..63892b1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/recipe/job/RecipeSummaryJobHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/recipe/job/RecipeSummaryJobHandler.java
@@ -61,11 +61,10 @@ public class RecipeSummaryJobHandler implements JobHandler<RecipeSummaryJobHandl
         }
         logger.debug("Summary of recipe with id {}: {}", recipe.getId(), summary);
 
-        // todo: save summary to db
-
         final float[] summaryEmbedding = this.embeddingModel.embed(summary);
 
-        final RecipeSummary recipeSummary = new RecipeSummary();
+        final RecipeSummary recipeSummary = recipe.getSummary() != null ? recipe.getSummary() : new RecipeSummary();
+        recipeSummary.setSummary(summary);
         recipeSummary.setEmbedding(summaryEmbedding);
         recipeSummary.setRecipe(recipe);
         recipeSummary.setTimestamp(OffsetDateTime.now());