diff --git a/_config/config.yml b/_config/config.yml
index 63a8bce..1203db0 100644
--- a/_config/config.yml
+++ b/_config/config.yml
@@ -13,3 +13,7 @@ SilverStripe\Core\Injector\Injector:
   SilverStripe\FullTextSearch\Search\Queries\SearchQuery:
     calls:
       - [ setHandler, [ %$SilverStripe\FullTextSearch\Search\Adapters\SolrSearchAdapter ]]
+
+SilverStripe\Dev\Tasks\MigrateFileTask:
+  extensions:
+  -  SilverStripe\FullTextSearch\Search\Extensions\DisableIndexingOnFileMigration
diff --git a/bin/fulltextsearch_quickstart b/bin/fulltextsearch_quickstart
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/docs/en/01_getting_started.md b/docs/en/01_getting_started.md
index 485521c..9fbfb34 100644
--- a/docs/en/01_getting_started.md
+++ b/docs/en/01_getting_started.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ configured and running) that each connector deals with itself, in a way best sui
 If you are running on a Linux-based system, you can get up and running quickly with the quickstart script, like so:
 
 ```bash
-composer require silverstripe/fulltextsearch && vendor/bin/fulltextsearch_quickstart
+composer require silverstripe/fulltextsearch --prefer-source && vendor/bin/fulltextsearch_quickstart
 ```
 
 This will:
diff --git a/src/Search/Extensions/DisableIndexingOnFileMigration.php b/src/Search/Extensions/DisableIndexingOnFileMigration.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b7530d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Search/Extensions/DisableIndexingOnFileMigration.php
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace SilverStripe\FullTextSearch\Search\Extensions;
+
+use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
+use SilverStripe\Core\Extension;
+use SilverStripe\FullTextSearch\Search\Updaters\SearchUpdater;
+
+/**
+ * This extension can be applied to `SilverStripe\Dev\Tasks\MigrateFileTask` to avoid constantly re-indexing files
+ * while the file migration is running.
+ */
+class DisableIndexingOnFileMigration extends Extension
+{
+    private static $dependencies = [
+        'logger' => '%$' . LoggerInterface::class . '.quiet',
+    ];
+
+    /** @var LoggerInterface */
+    private $logger;
+
+    /**
+     * @param LoggerInterface $logger
+     */
+    public function setLogger(LoggerInterface $logger)
+    {
+        $this->logger = $logger;
+    }
+
+    public function preFileMigration()
+    {
+        if (SearchUpdater::config()->get('enabled')) {
+            $this->logger->info('Disabling fulltext search re-indexing for this request only');
+            SearchUpdater::config()->set('enabled', false);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Solr/Services/SolrService.php b/src/Solr/Services/SolrService.php
index 1044260..b717751 100644
--- a/src/Solr/Services/SolrService.php
+++ b/src/Solr/Services/SolrService.php
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@
 
 namespace SilverStripe\FullTextSearch\Solr\Services;
 
+use Apache_Solr_Response;
 use SilverStripe\Core\Config\Config;
-use SilverStripe\FullTextSearch\Solr\Solr;
-use SilverStripe\FullTextSearch\Solr\SolrIndex;
-use Silverstripe\Core\ClassInfo;
 
 /**
  * The API for accessing the primary Solr installation, which includes both SolrService_Core,
@@ -18,18 +16,24 @@ class SolrService extends SolrService_Core
 
     /**
      * Handle encoding the GET parameters and making the HTTP call to execute a core command
+     *
+     * @param string $command
+     * @param string $core
+     * @param array $params
+     * @return Apache_Solr_Response
      */
     protected function coreCommand($command, $core, $params = array())
     {
         $command = strtoupper($command);
         $params = array_merge($params, array('action' => $command, 'wt' => 'json'));
-        $params[$command == 'CREATE' ? 'name' : 'core'] = $core;
+        $params[$command === 'CREATE' ? 'name' : 'core'] = $core;
 
         return $this->_sendRawGet($this->_constructUrl('admin/cores', $params));
     }
 
     /**
      * Is the passed core active?
+     *
      * @param string $core The name of the core (an encoded class name)
      * @return boolean True if that core exists & is active
      */
@@ -42,11 +46,12 @@ class SolrService extends SolrService_Core
 
     /**
      * Create a new core
-     * @param $core string - The name of the core
-     * @param $instancedir string - The base path of the core on the server
-     * @param $config string - The filename of solrconfig.xml on the server. Default is $instancedir/solrconfig.xml
-     * @param $schema string - The filename of schema.xml on the server. Default is $instancedir/schema.xml
-     * @param $datadir string - The path to store data for this core on the server. Default depends on solrconfig.xml
+     *
+     * @param string $core The name of the core
+     * @param string $instancedir The base path of the core on the server
+     * @param string $config The filename of solrconfig.xml on the server. Default is $instancedir/solrconfig.xml
+     * @param string $schema The filename of schema.xml on the server. Default is $instancedir/schema.xml
+     * @param string $datadir The path to store data for this core on the server. Default depends on solrconfig.xml
      * @return Apache_Solr_Response
      */
     public function coreCreate($core, $instancedir, $config = null, $schema = null, $datadir = null)
@@ -67,7 +72,8 @@ class SolrService extends SolrService_Core
 
     /**
      * Reload a core
-     * @param $core string - The name of the core
+     *
+     * @param string $core The name of the core
      * @return Apache_Solr_Response
      */
     public function coreReload($core)
@@ -77,7 +83,8 @@ class SolrService extends SolrService_Core
 
     /**
      * Create a new Solr4Service_Core instance for the passed core
-     * @param $core string - The name of the core
+     *
+     * @param string $core The name of the core
      * @return Solr4Service_Core
      */
     public function serviceForCore($core)
diff --git a/tests/DisableIndexingOnFileMigrationTest.php b/tests/DisableIndexingOnFileMigrationTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae17e07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/DisableIndexingOnFileMigrationTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace SilverStripe\FullTextSearch\Tests\SolrReindexTest;
+
+use SilverStripe\Core\Injector\Injector;
+use SilverStripe\Dev\SapphireTest;
+use SilverStripe\FullTextSearch\Search\Extensions\DisableIndexingOnFileMigration;
+use SilverStripe\FullTextSearch\Search\Updaters\SearchUpdater;
+
+/**
+ * Logger for recording messages for later retrieval
+ */
+class DisableIndexingOnFileMigrationTest extends SapphireTest
+{
+
+    public function testPreFileMigration()
+    {
+        $this->assertTrue(SearchUpdater::config()->get('enabled'));
+
+        Injector::inst()->get(DisableIndexingOnFileMigration::class)->preFileMigration();
+
+        $this->assertFalse(SearchUpdater::config()->get('enabled'));
+    }
+}