diff --git a/quickpeep/src/config.rs b/quickpeep/src/config.rs
index 75adac3..2dc3674 100644
--- a/quickpeep/src/config.rs
+++ b/quickpeep/src/config.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,13 @@ pub struct SeedCollectionConfig {
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
 pub struct WebConfig {
     pub web: WebOnlyConfig,
-    pub index: BackendConfig,
+    pub index: IndexConfig,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
+pub struct IndexConfig {
+    pub backend: BackendConfig,
+    // TODO icon_store
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
@@ -36,7 +42,7 @@ impl WebConfig {
         let mut web_config: WebConfig =
             ron::de::from_bytes(&file_bytes).context("Failed to parse web config")?;
 
-        match &mut web_config.index {
+        match &mut web_config.index.backend {
             BackendConfig::Tantivy(tantivy) => {
                 tantivy.index_dir = config_dir.join(&tantivy.index_dir);
             }
@@ -48,7 +54,7 @@ impl WebConfig {
 
     pub fn open_indexer_backend(&self) -> anyhow::Result<Box<dyn Backend>> {
         // TODO deduplicate with the indexer crate
-        match &self.index {
+        match &self.index.backend {
             BackendConfig::Tantivy(tantivy) => {
                 Ok(Box::new(TantivyBackend::open(&tantivy.index_dir)?))
             }