diff --git a/util/rtindex.py b/util/rtindex.py
index bd5b6e38..41c1746b 100755
--- a/util/rtindex.py
+++ b/util/rtindex.py
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ import time
 SQL_SELECT_QUERY = "SELECT id, `from`, `to`, fromdomain, todomain, subject, " + \
                    "arrived, sent, body, size, direction, folder, attachments, " + \
                    "attachment_types FROM sph_index"
+SQL_INSERT_QUERY = "INSERT INTO piler1 (id, sender, rcpt, senderdomain, " + \
+                   "rcptdomain, subject, arrived, sent, body, size, direction, " + \
+                   "folder, attachments, attachment_types) VALUES (%s, %s, %s, " + \
+                   "%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)"
+SQL_DELETE_QUERY = "DELETE FROM sph_index WHERE id IN (%s)"
+SLEEP_DELAY = 5
 
 opts = {}
 
@@ -30,47 +36,44 @@ def read_options(filename="", opts={}):
     opts['password'] = config.get('piler', 'mysqlpwd')
     opts['database'] = config.get('piler', 'mysqldb')
 
-    # FIXME
-    opts['sphx_host'] = "127.0.0.1"
-    opts['sphx_port'] = 9306
 
+def process_batch(opts):
+    try:
+        opts['db'] = dbapi.connect(opts['dbhost'], opts['username'],
+                                   opts['password'], opts['database'])
 
-def process_messages(opts):
-    opts['db'] = dbapi.connect(opts['dbhost'], opts['username'],
-                               opts['password'], opts['database'])
+        cursor = opts['db'].cursor()
 
-    opts['sphx'] = dbapi.connect(host=opts['sphx_host'],
-                                 port=opts['sphx_port'])
+        while True:
+            cursor.execute(SQL_SELECT_QUERY)
+            rows = cursor.fetchmany(opts['batch_size'])
+            if rows == ():
+                time.sleep(SLEEP_DELAY)
+                break
 
-    cursor = opts['db'].cursor()
-    s_cursor = opts['sphx'].cursor()
+            ids = [x[0] for x in rows]
 
-    cursor.execute(SQL_SELECT_QUERY)
-    rows = cursor.fetchmany(opts['batch_size'])
+            opts['sphx'] = dbapi.connect(host=opts['sphinx_host'],
+                                         port=opts['sphinx_port'])
+            sphx_cursor = opts['sphx'].cursor()
 
-    if rows:
-        ids = [x[0] for x in rows]
-        syslog.syslog("Processed %d items" % (len(ids)))
+            sphx_cursor.executemany(SQL_INSERT_QUERY, rows)
+            opts['sphx'].commit()
+            opts['sphx'].close()
 
-        s_cursor.executemany("""
-            INSERT INTO piler1 (id, sender, rcpt, senderdomain, rcptdomain,
-            subject, arrived, sent, body, size, direction, folder, attachments,
-            attachment_types) VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s,
-            %s, %s, %s, %s)""", rows)
+            syslog.syslog("%d records inserted" % (sphx_cursor.rowcount))
 
-        format = ", ".join(['%s'] * len(ids))
-        cursor.execute("DELETE FROM sph_index WHERE id IN (%s)" % (format), ids)
-        opts['db'].commit()
+            format = ", ".join(['%s'] * len(ids))
+            cursor.execute(SQL_DELETE_QUERY % (format), ids)
+            opts['db'].commit()
 
-    else:
-        time.sleep(opts['sleep'])
+    except dbapi.DatabaseError as e:
+        syslog.syslog("Error %s" % e)
+        time.sleep(SLEEP_DELAY)
 
     if opts['db']:
         opts['db'].close()
 
-    if opts['sphx']:
-        opts['sphx'].close()
-
 
 def main():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
@@ -78,8 +81,10 @@ def main():
                         default="/etc/piler/piler.conf")
     parser.add_argument("-b", "--batch-size", type=int, help="batch size " +
                         "to process", default=1000)
-    parser.add_argument("-s", "--sleep", type=int, help="sleep after no data " +
-                        "to index", default=5)
+    parser.add_argument("-s", "--sphinx", type=str, help="sphinx server",
+                        default="127.0.0.1")
+    parser.add_argument("-p", "--port", type=int, help="sphinx sql port",
+                        default=9306)
     parser.add_argument("-d", "--dry-run", help="dry run", action='store_true')
     parser.add_argument("-v", "--verbose", help="verbose mode",
                         action='store_true')
@@ -92,8 +97,9 @@ def main():
 
     opts['dry_run'] = args.dry_run
     opts['verbose'] = args.verbose
+    opts['sphinx_host'] = args.sphinx
+    opts['sphinx_port'] = args.port
     opts['batch_size'] = args.batch_size
-    opts['sleep'] = args.sleep
     opts['db'] = None
     opts['sphx'] = None
 
@@ -102,7 +108,7 @@ def main():
     read_options(args.config, opts)
 
     while True:
-        process_messages(opts)
+        process_batch(opts)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":