diff --git a/src/indexing/EventIndexPeg.js b/src/indexing/EventIndexPeg.js
index 3746591b1f..a63756ab4e 100644
--- a/src/indexing/EventIndexPeg.js
+++ b/src/indexing/EventIndexPeg.js
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ class EventIndexPeg {
         return this.index;
     }
 
+    start() {
+        if (this.index === null) return;
+        this.index.startCrawler();
+    }
+
     stop() {
         if (this.index === null) return;
         this.index.stopCrawler();