diff --git a/src/Extensions/AlgoliaObjectExtension.php b/src/Extensions/AlgoliaObjectExtension.php
index b35e261..414c347 100644
--- a/src/Extensions/AlgoliaObjectExtension.php
+++ b/src/Extensions/AlgoliaObjectExtension.php
@@ -234,6 +234,8 @@ public function doImmediateIndexInAlgolia(): bool
                 $this->touchAlgoliaIndexedDate();
 
                 return true;
+            } else {
+                return false;
             }
         } catch (Throwable $e) {
             Injector::inst()->get(LoggerInterface::class)->error($e);
diff --git a/src/Service/AlgoliaIndexer.php b/src/Service/AlgoliaIndexer.php
index 6ea2e0a..65aee14 100644
--- a/src/Service/AlgoliaIndexer.php
+++ b/src/Service/AlgoliaIndexer.php
@@ -82,10 +82,13 @@ public function indexItem($item)
         if ($searchIndexes) {
             $output = true;
             foreach ($searchIndexes as $searchIndex) {
-                $result = $searchIndex->saveObject($fields);
+                $result = $searchIndex->saveObject($fields, [
+                    'autoGenerateObjectIDIfNotExist' => true
+                ]);
 
                 if (!$result->valid()) {
                     $output = false;
+                } else {
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/src/Tasks/AlgoliaReindexItem.php b/src/Tasks/AlgoliaReindexItem.php
index 88ded34..3fc37ce 100644
--- a/src/Tasks/AlgoliaReindexItem.php
+++ b/src/Tasks/AlgoliaReindexItem.php
@@ -42,8 +42,18 @@ public function run($request)
             exit;
         }
 
+        // Set AlgoliaUUID, in case it wasn't previously set
+        if (!$obj->AlgoliaUUID) {
+            $obj->assignAlgoliaUUID(true);
+        }
+
         $result = $obj->doImmediateIndexInAlgolia();
 
-        echo sprintf('Indexed: %s, UUID: %s, Err: %s', $result, $obj->AlgoliaUUID, $obj->AlgoliaError);
+        echo sprintf(
+            'Indexed: %s, UUID: %s',
+            $result ? 'true' : 'false',
+            $obj->AlgoliaUUID,
+            $obj->AlgoliaError ? 'Error from Algolia: ' . $obj->AlgoliaError : ''
+        );
     }
 }