diff --git a/.beads/issues.jsonl b/.beads/issues.jsonl
index a03926e..02b1f4a 100644
--- a/.beads/issues.jsonl
+++ b/.beads/issues.jsonl
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 {"id":"qmd-e2c","title":"Implement 'qmd ls' command","description":"Add command to explore virtual file tree:\n- qmd ls → list all collections\n- qmd ls \u003ccollection\u003e → list files in collection\n- qmd ls \u003ccollection\u003e/\u003cpath\u003e → list files under path\nOutput: flat list of qmd:// paths","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"feature","created_at":"2025-12-12T15:29:53.859804-05:00","updated_at":"2025-12-12T15:55:12.777701-05:00","closed_at":"2025-12-12T15:55:12.777701-05:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"qmd-e2c","depends_on_id":"qmd-ama","type":"discovered-from","created_at":"2025-12-12T15:29:53.860535-05:00","created_by":"daemon"}]}
 {"id":"qmd-i3t","title":"Move context management DB operations to store.ts","description":"Move path_contexts INSERT/DELETE/SELECT operations from addContext(), listContexts(), removeContext() to store.ts. Create methods like insertContext(), deleteContext(), etc.","status":"in_progress","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-12T16:36:21.561746-05:00","updated_at":"2025-12-12T16:39:16.024705-05:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"qmd-i3t","depends_on_id":"qmd-29c","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-12T16:37:02.866006-05:00","created_by":"daemon"}]}
 {"id":"qmd-j9z","title":"Add unit tests for content addressable hashes","description":"add same file from multiple places and verify that they both point at same hash. drop one collection and the content stays.","status":"closed","priority":3,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-12T15:39:15.459504-05:00","updated_at":"2025-12-12T16:21:35.473776-05:00","closed_at":"2025-12-12T16:21:35.473776-05:00"}
-{"id":"qmd-kf8","title":"Move document indexing DB operations to store.ts","description":"Move INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE operations for documents and content tables from indexFiles() to store.ts. Create methods like insertDocument(), updateDocument(), deactivateDocuments(), etc.","status":"in_progress","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-12T16:36:14.558702-05:00","updated_at":"2025-12-12T16:39:14.859951-05:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"qmd-kf8","depends_on_id":"qmd-29c","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-12T16:37:02.770251-05:00","created_by":"daemon"}]}
+{"id":"qmd-kf8","title":"Move document indexing DB operations to store.ts","description":"Move INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE operations for documents and content tables from indexFiles() to store.ts. Create methods like insertDocument(), updateDocument(), deactivateDocuments(), etc.","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-12T16:36:14.558702-05:00","updated_at":"2025-12-12T16:45:38.830978-05:00","closed_at":"2025-12-12T16:45:38.830978-05:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"qmd-kf8","depends_on_id":"qmd-29c","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-12T16:37:02.770251-05:00","created_by":"daemon"}]}
 {"id":"qmd-ltg","title":"look for missing context","description":"i ran qmd context list and thats only one bit of context, i had a lot more. i think the path matching isn't quite working right","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-12T16:42:57.324769-05:00","updated_at":"2025-12-12T16:42:57.324769-05:00"}
 {"id":"qmd-p1h","title":"Create collection add|remove","description":"","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-10T10:57:00.717864-05:00","updated_at":"2025-12-12T16:12:00.557003-05:00","closed_at":"2025-12-12T16:12:00.557003-05:00"}
 {"id":"qmd-rck","title":"move the source files to src/*, clean up teh directory","description":"","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-12T16:40:19.198119-05:00","updated_at":"2025-12-12T16:40:19.198119-05:00"}
diff --git a/qmd.ts b/qmd.ts
index fb61ea6..46976b7 100755
--- a/qmd.ts
+++ b/qmd.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import {
   insertDocument,
   findActiveDocument,
   updateDocumentTitle,
+  updateDocument,
   deactivateDocument,
   getActiveDocumentPaths,
   cleanupOrphanedContent,
@@ -581,7 +582,7 @@ async function contextAdd(pathArg: string | undefined, contextText: string): Pro
     // Find all collections and add context to each
     const collections = getAllCollections(db);
     for (const coll of collections) {
-      insertContext(db, coll.id, \'\', contextText);
+      insertContext(db, coll.id, '', contextText);
     }
     console.log(`${c.green}✓${c.reset} Added global context to ${collections.length} collection(s)`);
     console.log(`${c.dim}Context: ${contextText}${c.reset}`);
@@ -1403,12 +1404,10 @@ async function indexFiles(pwd?: string, globPattern: string = DEFAULT_GLOB, name
       } else {
         // Content changed - insert new content hash and update document
         insertContent(db, hash, content, now);
-        deactivateDocument(db, collectionId, path);
-        updated++;
         const stat = await Bun.file(filepath).stat();
-        insertDocument(db, collectionId, path, title, hash,
-          stat ? new Date(stat.birthtime).toISOString() : now,
+        updateDocument(db, existing.id, title, hash,
           stat ? new Date(stat.mtime).toISOString() : now);
+        updated++;
       }
     } else {
       // New document - insert content and document