diff --git a/src/indexing/collection_indexer.jl b/src/indexing/collection_indexer.jl
index 0a6339b..e90b9be 100644
--- a/src/indexing/collection_indexer.jl
+++ b/src/indexing/collection_indexer.jl
@@ -149,11 +149,13 @@ function train(indexer::CollectionIndexer)
 end
 
 function index(indexer::CollectionIndexer)
+    load_codec!(indexer.saver)                  # load the codec objects
     batches = enumerate_batches(indexer.config.resource_settings.collection, nranks = indexer.config.run_settings.nranks)
     for (chunk_idx, offset, passages) in batches
         # TODO: add functionality to not re-write chunks if they already exist! 
         # TODO: add multiprocessing to this step!
         embs, doclens = encode_passages(indexer.encoder, passages)
-        @info "Saving chunk $(chunk_idx): \t $(length(passages)) passages and $(size(embs)[2]) embeddings. From offset #$(offset) onward."
+        @info "Saving chunk $(chunk_idx): \t $(length(passages)) passages and $(size(embs)[2]) embeddings. From offset #$(offset) onward." 
+        save_chunk(indexer.saver, chunk_idx, offset, embs, doclens)
     end
 end
diff --git a/src/indexing/index_saver.jl b/src/indexing/index_saver.jl
index c08b994..7d8d944 100644
--- a/src/indexing/index_saver.jl
+++ b/src/indexing/index_saver.jl
@@ -31,6 +31,33 @@ function save_codec(saver::IndexSaver)
     )
 end
 
-# function save_chunk(saver::IndexSaver, chunk_idx::Int, offset::Int, embs::Matrix{Float64}, doclens::Vector{Int})
-#     compressed_embs = compress
-# end
+function save_chunk(saver::IndexSaver, chunk_idx::Int, offset::Int, embs::Matrix{Float64}, doclens::Vector{Int})
+    codes, residuals = compress(saver.codec, embs)
+    path_prefix = joinpath(saver.config.indexing_settings.index_path, string(chunk_idx))
+    
+    # saving the compressed embeddings
+    codes_path = "$(path_prefix).codes.jld2"
+    residuals_path = "$(path_prefix).residuals.jld2"
+    @info "Saving compressed codes to $(codes_path) and residuals to $(residuals_path)"
+    save(codes_path, Dict("codes" => codes))
+    save(residuals_path, Dict("residuals" => residuals))
+
+    # saving doclens
+    doclens_path = joinpath(saver.config.indexing_settings.index_path, "doclens.$(chunk_idx).jld2")
+    @info "Saving doclens to $(doclens_path)"
+    save(doclens_path, Dict("doclens" => doclens))
+
+    # the metadata
+    metadata_path = joinpath(saver.config.indexing_settings.index_path, "$(chunk_idx).metadata.json")
+    @info "Saving metadata to $(metadata_path)"
+    open(metadata_path, "w") do io
+        JSON.print(io,
+            Dict(
+                 "passage_offset" => offset,
+                 "num_passages" => length(doclens),
+                 "num_embeddings" => length(codes),
+            ),
+            4                                                               # indent
+        )
+    end
+end