diff --git a/management/commands/indexer_multithread.py b/management/commands/indexer_multithread.py
index 2352687..536da97 100644
--- a/management/commands/indexer_multithread.py
+++ b/management/commands/indexer_multithread.py
@@ -94,13 +94,13 @@ def healpix():
 
         update_catalog_file_status(catalog_file, 'INDEX_IN_PROGRESS')
 
-        # Split the sources into chunks for each process to work on.
+        
         source_chunks = [sources[i:i + CHUNK_SIZE] for i in range(0, len(sources), CHUNK_SIZE)]
 
-        # Close the connection before forking.
+        
         django.db.connections.close_all()
 
-        # Create a pool of processes and run the update_sources function on each chunk.
+        
         with mp.Pool(MAX_WORKERS) as pool:
             pool.map(update_sources, source_chunks, chunksize=10)
 
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def healpix():
         print(f'[{current_time()}] Progress: {current_file_index}/{total_files} files indexed.')
 
 def update_sources(source_chunk):
-    GaiaSource.objects.bulk_update(source_chunk, ['healpix_ring_index', 'healpix_nested_index'])
+    GaiaSource.objects.bulk_update(source_chunk, ['healpix_ring_index', 'healpix_nested_index'], batch_size = 1000)
 
 class Command(BaseCommand):
     help = 'Index sources using healpix.'
diff --git a/management/commands/ingester.py b/management/commands/ingester.py
index a6f40ab..c53fa6b 100644
--- a/management/commands/ingester.py
+++ b/management/commands/ingester.py
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ from asgiref.sync import sync_to_async
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
 from GaiaDBInterface.models import GaiaSource, CatalogFile
 
+
+
+
 def input_with_timeout(prompt, timeout=30):
     print(prompt, end='', flush=True)
     ready, _, _ = select.select([sys.stdin], [], [], timeout)
@@ -167,7 +170,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                 self.stdout.write(f"[{current_time()}] {ingested_files_count}/{len(catalog_files)}")
 
                 del df, gaiasource_fields, common_fields, df_filtered, data_dict
-                
+
                 gc.collect()