diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/index/video.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/index/video.py
index 3f39674..1385e16 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/index/video.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/index/video.py
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ functionality:
 - index and update in es
 """
 
+import json
 import os
 import re
 from datetime import datetime
 
 import requests
+from home.src.es.connect import ElasticWrap
 from home.src.index import channel as ta_channel
 from home.src.index.generic import YouTubeItem
 from home.src.ta.helper import DurationConverter, clean_string
@@ -110,20 +112,31 @@ class YoutubeSubtitle:
         videos_base = self.video.config["application"]["videos"]
         for subtitle in relevant_subtitles:
             dest_path = os.path.join(videos_base, subtitle["media_url"])
+            source = subtitle["media_url"]
             response = requests.get(subtitle["url"])
-            if subtitle["source"] == "auto":
-                parser = SubtitleParser(response.text)
-                parser.process()
-                subtitle_str_clean = parser.get_subtitle_str()
-            else:
-                subtitle_str_clean = response.text
-            if response.ok:
-                # create folder here for first video of channel
-                os.makedirs(os.path.split(dest_path)[0], exist_ok=True)
-                with open(dest_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as subfile:
-                    subfile.write(subtitle_str_clean)
-            else:
+            if not response.ok:
                 print(f"{self.video.youtube_id}: failed to download subtitle")
+                continue
+
+            parser = SubtitleParser(response.text, subtitle.get("lang"))
+            parser.process()
+            subtitle_str = parser.get_subtitle_str()
+            self._write_subtitle_file(dest_path, subtitle_str)
+            query_str = parser.create_bulk_import(self.video, source)
+            self._index_subtitle(query_str)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _write_subtitle_file(dest_path, subtitle_str):
+        """write subtitle file to disk"""
+        # create folder here for first video of channel
+        os.makedirs(os.path.split(dest_path)[0], exist_ok=True)
+        with open(dest_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as subfile:
+            subfile.write(subtitle_str)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _index_subtitle(query_str):
+        """send subtitle to es for indexing"""
+        _, _ = ElasticWrap("_bulk").post(data=query_str, ndjson=True)
 
 
 class SubtitleParser:
@@ -133,8 +146,9 @@ class SubtitleParser:
     stamp_reg = r"<([0-9]{2}:?){3}\.[0-9]{3}>"
     tag_reg = r"</?c>"
 
-    def __init__(self, subtitle_str):
+    def __init__(self, subtitle_str, lang):
         self.subtitle_str = subtitle_str
+        self.lang = lang
         self.header = False
         self.parsed_cue_list = False
         self.all_text_lines = False
@@ -209,6 +223,42 @@ class SubtitleParser:
 
         return new_subtitle_str
 
+    def create_bulk_import(self, video, source):
+        """process matched for es import"""
+        bulk_list = []
+        channel = video.json_data.get("channel")
+
+        document = {
+            "youtube_id": video.youtube_id,
+            "title": video.json_data.get("title"),
+            "subtitle_channel": channel.get("channel_name"),
+            "subtitle_channel_id": channel.get("channel_id"),
+            "subtitle_last_refresh": int(datetime.now().strftime("%s")),
+            "subtitle_lang": self.lang,
+            "subtitle_source": source,
+        }
+
+        for match in self.matched:
+            match_id = match.get("id")
+            document_id = f"{video.youtube_id}-{self.lang}-{match_id}"
+            action = {"index": {"_index": "ta_subtitle", "_id": document_id}}
+            document.update(
+                {
+                    "subtitle_fragment_id": document_id,
+                    "subtitle_start": match.get("start"),
+                    "subtitle_end": match.get("end"),
+                    "subtitle_index": match_id,
+                    "subtitle_line": " ".join(match.get("lines")),
+                }
+            )
+            bulk_list.append(json.dumps(action))
+            bulk_list.append(json.dumps(document))
+
+        bulk_list.append("\n")
+        query_str = "\n".join(bulk_list)
+
+        return query_str
+
 
 class YoutubeVideo(YouTubeItem, YoutubeSubtitle):
     """represents a single youtube video"""