diff --git a/src/backend/services/article-cleanup-service.ts b/src/backend/services/article-cleanup-service.ts
index 4c0d2f5..02beca7 100644
--- a/src/backend/services/article-cleanup-service.ts
+++ b/src/backend/services/article-cleanup-service.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import { and, lt, neq } from "sqlkit";
 import { persistenceRepository } from "../persistence/persistence-repositories";
 import { handleActionException } from "./RepositoryException";
+import { deleteArticleById } from "./search.service";
 
 /**
  * Delete articles that have passed their scheduled deletion time
@@ -10,6 +11,17 @@ export async function deleteExpiredArticles() {
   try {
     const currentTime = new Date();
 
+    const articlesToDelete = await persistenceRepository.article.find({
+      where: and(
+        neq("delete_scheduled_at", null),
+        lt("delete_scheduled_at", currentTime)
+      ),
+    });
+
+    for (const article of articlesToDelete) {
+      deleteArticleById(article.id);
+    }
+
     const deleteResult = await persistenceRepository.article.delete({
       where: and(
         neq("delete_scheduled_at", null),
diff --git a/src/backend/services/article.actions.ts b/src/backend/services/article.actions.ts
index 6129ae6..50d32a0 100644
--- a/src/backend/services/article.actions.ts
+++ b/src/backend/services/article.actions.ts
@@ -5,18 +5,19 @@ import {
   removeMarkdownSyntax,
   removeNullOrUndefinedFromObject,
 } from "@/lib/utils";
+import { addDays } from "date-fns";
 import * as sk from "sqlkit";
 import { and, desc, eq, like, neq, or } from "sqlkit";
 import { z } from "zod";
+import { ActionResponse } from "../models/action-contracts";
 import { Article, User } from "../models/domain-models";
 import { DatabaseTableName } from "../persistence/persistence-contracts";
 import { persistenceRepository } from "../persistence/persistence-repositories";
-import { handleActionException, ActionException } from "./RepositoryException";
+import { ActionException, handleActionException } from "./RepositoryException";
 import { ArticleRepositoryInput } from "./inputs/article.input";
+import { deleteArticleById, syncArticleById } from "./search.service";
 import { authID } from "./session.actions";
 import { syncTagsWithArticles } from "./tag.action";
-import { addDays } from "date-fns";
-import { ActionResponse } from "../models/action-contracts";
 
 export async function createMyArticle(
   _input: z.infer<typeof ArticleRepositoryInput.createMyArticleInput>
@@ -166,8 +167,6 @@ export async function updateMyArticle(
         excerpt: input.excerpt,
         body: input.body,
         cover_image: input.cover_image,
-        is_published: input.is_published,
-        published_at: input.is_published ? new Date() : null,
         metadata: input.metadata,
       }),
     });
@@ -536,6 +535,12 @@ export async function setArticlePublished(
         published_at: is_published ? new Date() : null,
       },
     });
+    if (articles?.rows?.[0] && is_published) {
+      syncArticleById(article_id);
+    }
+    if (articles?.rows?.[0] && !is_published) {
+      deleteArticleById(article_id);
+    }
     return articles?.rows?.[0];
   } catch (error) {
     handleActionException(error);
diff --git a/src/backend/services/search.service.ts b/src/backend/services/search.service.ts
index c3f84c0..d821325 100644
--- a/src/backend/services/search.service.ts
+++ b/src/backend/services/search.service.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-import { env } from "@/env";
+import { meilisearchClient } from "@/lib/meilisearch.admin.client";
 import { and, eq, neq } from "sqlkit";
 import { persistenceRepository } from "../persistence/persistence-repositories";
-import { meilisearchClient } from "@/lib/meilisearch.admin.client";
 
 const index = meilisearchClient.index("articles");
 meilisearchClient
@@ -15,6 +14,10 @@ meilisearchClient
     console.error("Error creating index 'articles':", error);
   });
 
+/**
+ * Sync all articles to the search index
+ * @returns The number of articles synced
+ */
 export const syncAllArticles = async () => {
   try {
     const articles = await persistenceRepository.article.find({
@@ -49,6 +52,11 @@ export const syncAllArticles = async () => {
   }
 };
 
+/**
+ * Sync an article by its ID
+ * @param articleId - The ID of the article to sync
+ * @returns The article that was synced
+ */
 export const syncArticleById = async (articleId: string) => {
   try {
     const [article] = await persistenceRepository.article.find({
@@ -95,6 +103,7 @@ export const syncArticleById = async (articleId: string) => {
 export const deleteArticleById = async (articleId: string) => {
   try {
     const response = await index.deleteDocument(articleId);
+    console.log(`Article ${articleId} deleted successfully`);
     return {
       message: `Article ${articleId} deleted successfully`,
       response,
diff --git a/src/components/Editor/ArticleEditor.tsx b/src/components/Editor/ArticleEditor.tsx
index 4e217f4..be9ca24 100644
--- a/src/components/Editor/ArticleEditor.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Editor/ArticleEditor.tsx
@@ -175,10 +175,20 @@ const ArticleEditor: React.FC<ArticleEditorProps> = ({ article, uuid }) => {
       },
       onConfirm: () => {
         if (uuid) {
-          updateMyArticleMutation.mutate({
-            article_id: uuid,
-            is_published: !article?.is_published,
-          });
+          updateMyArticleMutation.mutate(
+            {
+              article_id: uuid,
+              is_published: !article?.is_published,
+            },
+            {
+              onSuccess: () => {
+                articleActions.setArticlePublished(
+                  uuid,
+                  !article?.is_published
+                );
+              },
+            }
+          );
         }
       },
     });