diff --git a/pkg/index/index.go b/pkg/index/index.go
index d042d2339..c92897956 100644
--- a/pkg/index/index.go
+++ b/pkg/index/index.go
@@ -545,6 +545,7 @@ func (x *Index) GetFileInfo(fileRef *blobref.BlobRef) (*search.FileInfo, error)
 	key := "fileinfo|" + fileRef.String()
 	v, err := x.s.Get(key)
 	if err == ErrNotFound {
+		go x.reindex(fileRef) // kinda a hack. Issue 103.
 		return nil, os.ErrNotExist
 	}
 	valPart := strings.Split(v, "|")
diff --git a/pkg/index/receive.go b/pkg/index/receive.go
index baebbf975..faf24b255 100644
--- a/pkg/index/receive.go
+++ b/pkg/index/receive.go
@@ -42,6 +42,27 @@ func (ix *Index) GetBlobHub() blobserver.BlobHub {
 	return ix.SimpleBlobHubPartitionMap.GetBlobHub()
 }
 
+func (ix *Index) reindex(br *blobref.BlobRef) {
+	bs := ix.BlobSource
+	if bs == nil {
+		log.Printf("index: can't re-index %v: no BlobSource", br)
+		return
+	}
+	log.Printf("index: starting re-index of %v", br)
+	rc, _, err := bs.FetchStreaming(br)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("index: failed to fetch %v for reindexing: %v", br, err)
+		return
+	}
+	defer rc.Close()
+	sb, err := ix.ReceiveBlob(br, rc)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("index: reindex of %v failed: %v", br, err)
+		return
+	}
+	log.Printf("index: successfully reindexed %v", sb)
+}
+
 func (ix *Index) ReceiveBlob(blobRef *blobref.BlobRef, source io.Reader) (retsb blobref.SizedBlobRef, err error) {
 	sniffer := NewBlobSniffer(blobRef)
 	hash := blobRef.Hash()