diff --git a/crates/tabby-common/src/api/code.rs b/crates/tabby-common/src/api/code.rs
index 2491a99..13464ed 100644
--- a/crates/tabby-common/src/api/code.rs
+++ b/crates/tabby-common/src/api/code.rs
@@ -54,3 +54,5 @@ pub trait CodeSearch: Send + Sync {
         offset: usize,
     ) -> Result<SearchResponse, CodeSearchError>;
 }
+
+pub type BoxCodeSearch = Box<dyn CodeSearch>;
diff --git a/crates/tabby/src/search.rs b/crates/tabby/src/search.rs
index ed123e5..fd85195 100644
--- a/crates/tabby/src/search.rs
+++ b/crates/tabby/src/search.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::{sync::Arc, time::Duration};
 use anyhow::Result;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use tabby_common::{
-    api::code::{CodeSearch, CodeSearchError, Hit, HitDocument, SearchResponse},
+    api::code::{BoxCodeSearch, CodeSearch, CodeSearchError, Hit, HitDocument, SearchResponse},
     index::{self, register_tokenizers, CodeSearchSchema},
     path,
 };
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ fn get_field(doc: &Document, field: Field) -> String {
         .to_owned()
 }
 
-pub struct CodeSearchService {
+struct CodeSearchService {
     search: Arc<Mutex<Option<CodeSearchImpl>>>,
 }
 
@@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ impl CodeSearchService {
     }
 }
 
+pub fn create_code_search() -> BoxCodeSearch {
+    Box::new(CodeSearchService::new())
+}
+
 #[async_trait]
 impl CodeSearch for CodeSearchService {
     async fn search(
diff --git a/crates/tabby/src/serve/completions.rs b/crates/tabby/src/serve/completions.rs
index 1032ee4..4a66220 100644
--- a/crates/tabby/src/serve/completions.rs
+++ b/crates/tabby/src/serve/completions.rs
@@ -5,13 +5,11 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use axum::{extract::State, Json};
 use hyper::StatusCode;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use tabby_common::{events, languages::get_language};
+use tabby_common::{api::code::BoxCodeSearch, events, languages::get_language};
 use tabby_inference::{TextGeneration, TextGenerationOptionsBuilder};
 use tracing::{debug, instrument};
 use utoipa::ToSchema;
 
-use crate::search::CodeSearchService;
-
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, ToSchema, Clone, Debug)]
 #[schema(example=json!({
     "language": "python",
@@ -211,7 +209,7 @@ pub struct CompletionState {
 impl CompletionState {
     pub fn new(
         engine: Arc<Box<dyn TextGeneration>>,
-        code: Arc<CodeSearchService>,
+        code: Arc<BoxCodeSearch>,
         prompt_template: Option<String>,
     ) -> Self {
         Self {
diff --git a/crates/tabby/src/serve/completions/prompt.rs b/crates/tabby/src/serve/completions/prompt.rs
index a9a2f5a..b2eeda8 100644
--- a/crates/tabby/src/serve/completions/prompt.rs
+++ b/crates/tabby/src/serve/completions/prompt.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use regex::Regex;
 use strfmt::strfmt;
 use tabby_common::{
-    api::code::{CodeSearch, CodeSearchError},
+    api::code::{BoxCodeSearch, CodeSearchError},
     index::CodeSearchSchema,
     languages::get_language,
 };
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ use textdistance::Algorithm;
 use tracing::warn;
 
 use super::{Segments, Snippet};
-use crate::search::CodeSearchService;
 
 static MAX_SNIPPETS_TO_FETCH: usize = 20;
 static MAX_SNIPPET_CHARS_IN_PROMPT: usize = 768;
@@ -22,11 +21,11 @@ static MAX_SIMILARITY_THRESHOLD: f32 = 0.9;
 pub struct PromptBuilder {
     schema: CodeSearchSchema,
     prompt_template: Option<String>,
-    code: Option<Arc<CodeSearchService>>,
+    code: Option<Arc<BoxCodeSearch>>,
 }
 
 impl PromptBuilder {
-    pub fn new(prompt_template: Option<String>, code: Option<Arc<CodeSearchService>>) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(prompt_template: Option<String>, code: Option<Arc<BoxCodeSearch>>) -> Self {
         PromptBuilder {
             schema: CodeSearchSchema::new(),
             prompt_template,
@@ -44,7 +43,13 @@ impl PromptBuilder {
 
     pub async fn collect(&self, language: &str, segments: &Segments) -> Vec<Snippet> {
         if let Some(code) = &self.code {
-            collect_snippets(&self.schema, code, language, &segments.prefix).await
+            collect_snippets(
+                &self.schema,
+                code.as_ref(),
+                language,
+                &segments.prefix,
+            )
+            .await
         } else {
             vec![]
         }
@@ -113,7 +118,7 @@ fn build_prefix(language: &str, prefix: &str, snippets: &[Snippet]) -> String {
 
 async fn collect_snippets(
     schema: &CodeSearchSchema,
-    code: &CodeSearchService,
+    code: &BoxCodeSearch,
     language: &str,
     text: &str,
 ) -> Vec<Snippet> {
diff --git a/crates/tabby/src/serve/mod.rs b/crates/tabby/src/serve/mod.rs
index 62c5ea3..1d3bcc7 100644
--- a/crates/tabby/src/serve/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/tabby/src/serve/mod.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ use self::{
     engine::{create_engine, EngineInfo},
     health::HealthState,
 };
-use crate::{chat::ChatService, fatal, search::CodeSearchService};
+use crate::{chat::ChatService, fatal, search::create_code_search};
 
 #[derive(OpenApi)]
 #[openapi(
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ pub async fn main(config: &Config, args: &ServeArgs) {
 }
 
 async fn api_router(args: &ServeArgs, config: &Config) -> Router {
-    let code = Arc::new(CodeSearchService::new());
+    let code = Arc::new(create_code_search());
     let completion_state = {
         let (
             engine,
diff --git a/crates/tabby/src/serve/search.rs b/crates/tabby/src/serve/search.rs
index bdc742f..28a2a67 100644
--- a/crates/tabby/src/serve/search.rs
+++ b/crates/tabby/src/serve/search.rs
@@ -7,12 +7,10 @@ use axum::{
 };
 use hyper::StatusCode;
 use serde::Deserialize;
-use tabby_common::api::code::{CodeSearch, CodeSearchError, SearchResponse};
+use tabby_common::api::code::{BoxCodeSearch, CodeSearchError, SearchResponse};
 use tracing::{instrument, warn};
 use utoipa::IntoParams;
 
-use crate::search::CodeSearchService;
-
 #[derive(Deserialize, IntoParams)]
 pub struct SearchQuery {
     #[param(default = "get")]
@@ -38,7 +36,7 @@ pub struct SearchQuery {
     )]
 #[instrument(skip(state, query))]
 pub async fn search(
-    State(state): State<Arc<CodeSearchService>>,
+    State(state): State<Arc<BoxCodeSearch>>,
     query: Query<SearchQuery>,
 ) -> Result<Json<SearchResponse>, StatusCode> {
     match state