diff --git a/dao/courses.go b/dao/courses.go
index 542fd92b4..47f4069b3 100644
--- a/dao/courses.go
+++ b/dao/courses.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ type CoursesDao interface {
 	GetAvailableSemesters(c context.Context) []model.Semester
 	GetCourseByShortLink(link string) (model.Course, error)
 	GetCourseAdmins(courseID uint) ([]model.User, error)
+	// ExecAllCourses executes f on all courses from database without batching
 	ExecAllCourses(f func([]Course))
 
 	UpdateCourse(ctx context.Context, course model.Course) error
@@ -289,23 +290,17 @@ type Course struct {
 }
 
 // ExecAllCourses executes f on all courses.
+//
+// loads every course into memory
 func (d coursesDao) ExecAllCourses(f func([]Course)) {
 	var res []Course
-	batchNum := 0
-	batchSize := 100
-	var numCourses int64
-	DB.Model(&model.Course{}).Count(&numCourses)
-	for batchSize*batchNum < int(numCourses) {
-		err := DB.Raw(`SELECT id, name, slug, year, teaching_term, visibility
+	err := DB.Raw(`SELECT id, name, slug, year, teaching_term, visibility
 							FROM courses 
-							WHERE deleted_at IS NULL
-							LIMIT ? OFFSET ?`, batchSize, batchNum*batchSize).Scan(&res).Error
-		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Println(err)
-		}
-		f(res)
-		batchNum++
+							WHERE deleted_at IS NULL ORDER BY id`).Scan(&res).Error
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
 	}
+	f(res)
 }
 
 func (d coursesDao) UpdateCourse(ctx context.Context, course model.Course) error {
diff --git a/tools/meiliExporter.go b/tools/meiliExporter.go
index a1db0a6c8..14253f4b8 100644
--- a/tools/meiliExporter.go
+++ b/tools/meiliExporter.go
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func (m *MeiliExporter) Export() {
 				Visibility:   course.Visibility,
 			}
 		}
-		_, err := coursesIndex.AddDocuments(&meilicourses, "ID")
+		_, err := coursesIndex.AddDocumentsInBatches(&meilicourses, 500, "ID")
 		if err != nil {
 			logger.Error("issue adding courses to meili", "err", err)
 		}