diff --git a/.changeset/serious-otters-call.md b/.changeset/serious-otters-call.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07d81a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/serious-otters-call.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+'@k-phoen/backstage-plugin-announcements-backend': minor
+'@k-phoen/backstage-plugin-announcements-common': minor
+'@k-phoen/backstage-plugin-announcements': minor
+---
+
+Correctly index announcements
diff --git a/plugins/announcements-backend/src/search/AnnouncementCollatorFactory.ts b/plugins/announcements-backend/src/search/AnnouncementCollatorFactory.ts
index 39f4c15..ba2d1e4 100644
--- a/plugins/announcements-backend/src/search/AnnouncementCollatorFactory.ts
+++ b/plugins/announcements-backend/src/search/AnnouncementCollatorFactory.ts
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@ import { Readable } from 'stream';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
 import { DiscoveryApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import { DocumentCollatorFactory } from '@backstage/plugin-search-common';
-import { IndexableDocument } from '@backstage/plugin-search-common';
-import { Announcement, AnnouncementsClient } from './api';
-
-export type IndexableAnnouncementDocument = IndexableDocument & {
-  excerpt: string;
-  createdAt: string;
-};
+import { AnnouncementsClient } from './api';
+import { TokenManager } from '@backstage/backend-common';
+import {
+  Announcement,
+  IndexableAnnouncement,
+} from '@k-phoen/backstage-plugin-announcements-common';
 
 type AnnouncementCollatorOptions = {
   logger: Logger;
   discoveryApi: DiscoveryApi;
+  tokenManager?: TokenManager;
 };
 
 export class AnnouncementCollatorFactory implements DocumentCollatorFactory {
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ export class AnnouncementCollatorFactory implements DocumentCollatorFactory {
     this.logger = options.logger;
     this.announcementsClient = new AnnouncementsClient({
       discoveryApi: options.discoveryApi,
+      tokenManager: options.tokenManager,
     });
   }
 
@@ -36,21 +37,32 @@ export class AnnouncementCollatorFactory implements DocumentCollatorFactory {
     return Readable.from(this.execute());
   }
 
-  private async *execute(): AsyncGenerator<IndexableAnnouncementDocument> {
-    this.logger.info('indexing announcements');
+  private async *execute(): AsyncGenerator<IndexableAnnouncement> {
+    this.logger.info('started indexing announcements');
+
+    let results: Announcement[] = [];
+    let page = 1;
+    const maxPerPage = 50;
+
+    do {
+      results = await this.announcementsClient.announcements({
+        page,
+        maxPerPage,
+      });
+
+      this.logger.debug(`got ${results.length} announcements for page ${page}`);
 
-    const results = await this.announcementsClient.announcements();
+      for (const result of results) {
+        yield this.getDocumentInfo(result);
+      }
 
-    this.logger.debug(`got ${results.length} announcements`);
+      page += 1;
+    } while (results.length !== 0);
 
-    for (const result of results) {
-      yield this.getDocumentInfo(result);
-    }
+    this.logger.info('finished indexing announcements');
   }
 
-  private getDocumentInfo(
-    announcement: Announcement,
-  ): IndexableAnnouncementDocument {
+  private getDocumentInfo(announcement: Announcement): IndexableAnnouncement {
     this.logger.debug(
       `mapping announcement ${announcement.id} to indexable document`,
     );
diff --git a/plugins/announcements-backend/src/search/api.ts b/plugins/announcements-backend/src/search/api.ts
index 4a8790a..588c69a 100644
--- a/plugins/announcements-backend/src/search/api.ts
+++ b/plugins/announcements-backend/src/search/api.ts
@@ -1,27 +1,36 @@
 import fetch from 'node-fetch';
 import { DiscoveryApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import { ResponseError } from '@backstage/errors';
-
-export type Announcement = {
-  id: string;
-  publisher: string;
-  title: string;
-  excerpt: string;
-  body: string;
-  created_at: string;
-};
+import { TokenManager } from '@backstage/backend-common';
+import {
+  Announcement,
+  AnnouncementsList,
+} from '@k-phoen/backstage-plugin-announcements-common';
 
 export class AnnouncementsClient {
   private readonly discoveryApi: DiscoveryApi;
+  private readonly tokenManager?: TokenManager;
 
-  constructor(opts: { discoveryApi: DiscoveryApi }) {
+  constructor(opts: {
+    discoveryApi: DiscoveryApi;
+    tokenManager?: TokenManager;
+  }) {
     this.discoveryApi = opts.discoveryApi;
   }
 
   private async fetch<T = any>(input: string): Promise<T> {
     const baseApiUrl = await this.discoveryApi.getBaseUrl('announcements');
 
-    const response = await fetch(`${baseApiUrl}${input}`);
+    let headers = {};
+
+    if (this.tokenManager) {
+      const { token } = await this.tokenManager.getToken();
+      headers = {
+        Authorization: `Bearer ${token}`,
+      };
+    }
+
+    const response = await fetch(`${baseApiUrl}${input}`, headers);
     if (!response.ok) {
       throw await ResponseError.fromResponse(response);
     }
@@ -29,7 +38,17 @@ export class AnnouncementsClient {
     return response.json() as Promise<T>;
   }
 
-  async announcements(): Promise<Announcement[]> {
-    return await this.fetch<Announcement[]>('/');
+  async announcements({
+    page,
+    maxPerPage,
+  }: {
+    page: number;
+    maxPerPage: number;
+  }): Promise<Announcement[]> {
+    return this.fetch<AnnouncementsList>(
+      `/announcements?page=${page}&max=${maxPerPage}`,
+    ).then(response => {
+      return response.results || [];
+    });
   }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/announcements-backend/src/service/router.ts b/plugins/announcements-backend/src/service/router.ts
index 0543253..21a1392 100644
--- a/plugins/announcements-backend/src/service/router.ts
+++ b/plugins/announcements-backend/src/service/router.ts
@@ -11,24 +11,15 @@ import {
   BasicPermission,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
 import {
+  CreateAnnouncementRequest,
+  CreateCategoryRequest,
+  UpdateAnnouncementRequest,
   announcementCreatePermission,
   announcementDeletePermission,
   announcementUpdatePermission,
 } from '@k-phoen/backstage-plugin-announcements-common';
 import { AnnouncementsContext } from './announcementsContextBuilder';
 
-interface AnnouncementRequest {
-  publisher: string;
-  category?: string;
-  title: string;
-  excerpt: string;
-  body: string;
-}
-
-interface CategoryRequest {
-  title: string;
-}
-
 export async function createRouter(
   options: AnnouncementsContext,
 ): Promise<express.Router> {
@@ -112,7 +103,7 @@ export async function createRouter(
 
   router.post(
     '/announcements',
-    async (req: Request<{}, {}, AnnouncementRequest, {}>, res) => {
+    async (req: Request<{}, {}, CreateAnnouncementRequest, {}>, res) => {
       if (!(await isRequestAuthorized(req, announcementCreatePermission))) {
         throw new NotAllowedError('Unauthorized');
       }
@@ -132,7 +123,10 @@ export async function createRouter(
 
   router.put(
     '/announcements/:id',
-    async (req: Request<{ id: string }, {}, AnnouncementRequest, {}>, res) => {
+    async (
+      req: Request<{ id: string }, {}, UpdateAnnouncementRequest, {}>,
+      res,
+    ) => {
       if (!(await isRequestAuthorized(req, announcementUpdatePermission))) {
         throw new NotAllowedError('Unauthorized');
       }
@@ -173,7 +167,7 @@ export async function createRouter(
 
   router.post(
     '/categories',
-    async (req: Request<{}, {}, CategoryRequest, {}>, res) => {
+    async (req: Request<{}, {}, CreateCategoryRequest, {}>, res) => {
       const category = {
         ...req.body,
         ...{
diff --git a/plugins/announcements-common/package.json b/plugins/announcements-common/package.json
index a976ca4..9b46ad4 100644
--- a/plugins/announcements-common/package.json
+++ b/plugins/announcements-common/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
     "@backstage/cli": "^0.25.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@backstage/plugin-permission-common": "^0.7.11"
+    "@backstage/plugin-permission-common": "^0.7.11",
+    "@backstage/plugin-search-common": "^1.2.9"
   },
   "files": [
     "dist"
diff --git a/plugins/announcements-common/src/index.ts b/plugins/announcements-common/src/index.ts
index c85954d..e92b376 100644
--- a/plugins/announcements-common/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/announcements-common/src/index.ts
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 export * from './permissions';
+export * from './types';
diff --git a/plugins/announcements-common/src/types.ts b/plugins/announcements-common/src/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b04fbb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/announcements-common/src/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { IndexableDocument } from '@backstage/plugin-search-common';
+
+export type Category = {
+  slug: string;
+  title: string;
+};
+
+export type Announcement = {
+  id: string;
+  category?: Category;
+  publisher: string;
+  title: string;
+  excerpt: string;
+  body: string;
+  created_at: string;
+};
+
+export type AnnouncementsList = {
+  count: number;
+  results: Announcement[];
+};
+
+export type IndexableAnnouncement = IndexableDocument & {
+  excerpt: string;
+  createdAt: string;
+};
+
+export type CreateAnnouncementRequest = Omit<
+  Announcement,
+  'id' | 'category' | 'created_at'
+> & {
+  category?: string;
+};
+
+export type UpdateAnnouncementRequest = CreateAnnouncementRequest;
+
+export type CreateCategoryRequest = {
+  title: string;
+};
diff --git a/plugins/announcements/src/api.ts b/plugins/announcements/src/api.ts
index 48c4033..25e64b8 100644
--- a/plugins/announcements/src/api.ts
+++ b/plugins/announcements/src/api.ts
@@ -8,39 +8,16 @@ import {
 } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import { ResponseError } from '@backstage/errors';
 import { FetchApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
-
-const lastSeenKey = 'user_last_seen_date';
-
-export type Category = {
-  slug: string;
-  title: string;
-};
-
-export type Announcement = {
-  id: string;
-  category?: Category;
-  publisher: string;
-  title: string;
-  excerpt: string;
-  body: string;
-  created_at: string;
-};
-
-export type AnnouncementsList = {
-  count: number;
-  results: Announcement[];
-};
-
-export type CreateAnnouncementRequest = Omit<
+import {
   Announcement,
-  'id' | 'category' | 'created_at'
-> & {
-  category?: string;
-};
+  AnnouncementsList,
+  Category,
+  CreateAnnouncementRequest,
+  CreateCategoryRequest,
+  UpdateAnnouncementRequest,
+} from '@k-phoen/backstage-plugin-announcements-common';
 
-export type CreateCategoryRequest = {
-  title: string;
-};
+const lastSeenKey = 'user_last_seen_date';
 
 export interface AnnouncementsApi {
   announcements(opts: {
@@ -53,7 +30,7 @@ export interface AnnouncementsApi {
   createAnnouncement(request: CreateAnnouncementRequest): Promise<Announcement>;
   updateAnnouncement(
     id: string,
-    request: CreateAnnouncementRequest,
+    request: UpdateAnnouncementRequest,
   ): Promise<Announcement>;
   deleteAnnouncementByID(id: string): Promise<void>;
 
@@ -171,7 +148,7 @@ export class DefaultAnnouncementsApi implements AnnouncementsApi {
 
   async updateAnnouncement(
     id: string,
-    request: CreateAnnouncementRequest,
+    request: UpdateAnnouncementRequest,
   ): Promise<Announcement> {
     return this.fetch<Announcement>(`/announcements/${id}`, {
       method: 'PUT',
diff --git a/plugins/announcements/src/components/AnnouncementForm/AnnouncementForm.tsx b/plugins/announcements/src/components/AnnouncementForm/AnnouncementForm.tsx
index 566de8e..0b0b586 100644
--- a/plugins/announcements/src/components/AnnouncementForm/AnnouncementForm.tsx
+++ b/plugins/announcements/src/components/AnnouncementForm/AnnouncementForm.tsx
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ import {
   makeStyles,
   TextField,
 } from '@material-ui/core';
+import { announcementsApiRef } from '../../api';
+import { Autocomplete } from '@material-ui/lab';
+import { useAsync } from 'react-use';
 import {
   Announcement,
-  announcementsApiRef,
   CreateAnnouncementRequest,
-} from '../../api';
-import { Autocomplete } from '@material-ui/lab';
-import { useAsync } from 'react-use';
+} from '@k-phoen/backstage-plugin-announcements-common';
 
 const useStyles = makeStyles(theme => ({
   formRoot: {
diff --git a/plugins/announcements/src/components/AnnouncementPage/AnnouncementPage.tsx b/plugins/announcements/src/components/AnnouncementPage/AnnouncementPage.tsx
index df07ba6..0cf1238 100644
--- a/plugins/announcements/src/components/AnnouncementPage/AnnouncementPage.tsx
+++ b/plugins/announcements/src/components/AnnouncementPage/AnnouncementPage.tsx
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ import {
 } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-react';
 import Alert from '@material-ui/lab/Alert';
 import { Grid } from '@material-ui/core';
-import { Announcement, announcementsApiRef } from '../../api';
+import { announcementsApiRef } from '../../api';
 import { announcementViewRouteRef, rootRouteRef } from '../../routes';
+import { Announcement } from '@k-phoen/backstage-plugin-announcements-common';
 
 const AnnouncementDetails = ({
   announcement,
diff --git a/plugins/announcements/src/components/AnnouncementSearchResultListItem/AnnouncementSearchResultListItem.tsx b/plugins/announcements/src/components/AnnouncementSearchResultListItem/AnnouncementSearchResultListItem.tsx
index a7883d5..1eefa1b 100644
--- a/plugins/announcements/src/components/AnnouncementSearchResultListItem/AnnouncementSearchResultListItem.tsx
+++ b/plugins/announcements/src/components/AnnouncementSearchResultListItem/AnnouncementSearchResultListItem.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   makeStyles,
 } from '@material-ui/core';
 import RecordVoiceOverIcon from '@material-ui/icons/RecordVoiceOver';
+import { IndexableAnnouncement } from '@k-phoen/backstage-plugin-announcements-common';
 
 const useStyles = makeStyles({
   createdAt: {
@@ -30,10 +31,6 @@ const useStyles = makeStyles({
   },
 });
 
-export type IndexableAnnouncement = IndexableDocument & {
-  createdAt: string;
-};
-
 export interface AnnouncementSearchResultProps {
   result?: IndexableDocument;
   highlight?: ResultHighlight;
diff --git a/plugins/announcements/src/components/AnnouncementsPage/AnnouncementsPage.tsx b/plugins/announcements/src/components/AnnouncementsPage/AnnouncementsPage.tsx
index 859070f..6b5f165 100644
--- a/plugins/announcements/src/components/AnnouncementsPage/AnnouncementsPage.tsx
+++ b/plugins/announcements/src/components/AnnouncementsPage/AnnouncementsPage.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   announcementCreatePermission,
   announcementUpdatePermission,
   announcementDeletePermission,
+  Announcement,
 } from '@k-phoen/backstage-plugin-announcements-common';
 import { DateTime } from 'luxon';
 import {
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ import {
   announcementViewRouteRef,
   rootRouteRef,
 } from '../../routes';
-import { Announcement, announcementsApiRef } from '../../api';
+import { announcementsApiRef } from '../../api';
 import { DeleteAnnouncementDialog } from './DeleteAnnouncementDialog';
 import { useDeleteAnnouncementDialogState } from './useDeleteAnnouncementDialogState';
 import { Pagination } from '@material-ui/lab';
diff --git a/plugins/announcements/src/components/AnnouncementsPage/useDeleteAnnouncementDialogState.tsx b/plugins/announcements/src/components/AnnouncementsPage/useDeleteAnnouncementDialogState.tsx
index f2035a9..a0b78c6 100644
--- a/plugins/announcements/src/components/AnnouncementsPage/useDeleteAnnouncementDialogState.tsx
+++ b/plugins/announcements/src/components/AnnouncementsPage/useDeleteAnnouncementDialogState.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+import { Announcement } from '@k-phoen/backstage-plugin-announcements-common';
 import { useCallback, useState } from 'react';
-import { Announcement } from '../../api';
 
 export type DeleteAnnouncementDialogState = {
   open: (a: Announcement) => void;
diff --git a/plugins/announcements/src/components/CategoriesPage/CategoriesPage.tsx b/plugins/announcements/src/components/CategoriesPage/CategoriesPage.tsx
index a40da10..6a42a25 100644
--- a/plugins/announcements/src/components/CategoriesPage/CategoriesPage.tsx
+++ b/plugins/announcements/src/components/CategoriesPage/CategoriesPage.tsx
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ import {
 import { useApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import { Button, makeStyles } from '@material-ui/core';
 import AddIcon from '@material-ui/icons/Add';
-import { announcementsApiRef, Category } from '../../api';
+import { announcementsApiRef } from '../../api';
 import { NewCategoryDialog } from '../NewCategoryDialog';
+import { Category } from '@k-phoen/backstage-plugin-announcements-common';
 
 const useStyles = makeStyles(theme => ({
   container: {
diff --git a/plugins/announcements/src/components/CreateAnnouncementPage/CreateAnnouncementPage.tsx b/plugins/announcements/src/components/CreateAnnouncementPage/CreateAnnouncementPage.tsx
index 36eb2e9..1c02fd1 100644
--- a/plugins/announcements/src/components/CreateAnnouncementPage/CreateAnnouncementPage.tsx
+++ b/plugins/announcements/src/components/CreateAnnouncementPage/CreateAnnouncementPage.tsx
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ import React, { ReactNode } from 'react';
 import { useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { Page, Header, Content } from '@backstage/core-components';
 import { alertApiRef, useApi, useRouteRef } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
+import { announcementsApiRef } from '../../api';
+import { rootRouteRef } from '../../routes';
+import { AnnouncementForm } from '../AnnouncementForm';
 import {
   Announcement,
-  announcementsApiRef,
   CreateAnnouncementRequest,
-} from '../../api';
-import { rootRouteRef } from '../../routes';
-import { AnnouncementForm } from '../AnnouncementForm';
+} from '@k-phoen/backstage-plugin-announcements-common';
 
 type CreateAnnouncementPageProps = {
   themeId: string;
diff --git a/plugins/announcements/src/components/EditAnnouncementPage/EditAnnouncementPage.tsx b/plugins/announcements/src/components/EditAnnouncementPage/EditAnnouncementPage.tsx
index 5c7417a..c07b31e 100644
--- a/plugins/announcements/src/components/EditAnnouncementPage/EditAnnouncementPage.tsx
+++ b/plugins/announcements/src/components/EditAnnouncementPage/EditAnnouncementPage.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ import {
 import { Alert } from '@material-ui/lab';
 import { AnnouncementForm } from '../AnnouncementForm';
 import { announcementEditRouteRef } from '../../routes';
-import { announcementsApiRef, CreateAnnouncementRequest } from '../../api';
+import { announcementsApiRef } from '../../api';
+import { UpdateAnnouncementRequest } from '@k-phoen/backstage-plugin-announcements-common';
 
 type EditAnnouncementPageProps = {
   themeId: string;
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ export const EditAnnouncementPage = (props: EditAnnouncementPageProps) => {
   let title = props.title;
   let content: React.ReactNode = <Progress />;
 
-  const onSubmit = async (request: CreateAnnouncementRequest) => {
+  const onSubmit = async (request: UpdateAnnouncementRequest) => {
     try {
       await announcementsApi.updateAnnouncement(id, request);
       alertApi.post({ message: 'Announcement updated.', severity: 'success' });
diff --git a/plugins/announcements/src/components/NewAnnouncementBanner/NewAnnouncementBanner.tsx b/plugins/announcements/src/components/NewAnnouncementBanner/NewAnnouncementBanner.tsx
index 9240139..57cfc1c 100644
--- a/plugins/announcements/src/components/NewAnnouncementBanner/NewAnnouncementBanner.tsx
+++ b/plugins/announcements/src/components/NewAnnouncementBanner/NewAnnouncementBanner.tsx
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ import {
 } from '@material-ui/core';
 import { Alert } from '@material-ui/lab';
 import Close from '@material-ui/icons/Close';
-import { Announcement, announcementsApiRef } from '../../api';
+import { announcementsApiRef } from '../../api';
 import { announcementViewRouteRef } from '../../routes';
+import { Announcement } from '@k-phoen/backstage-plugin-announcements-common';
 
 const useStyles = makeStyles(theme => ({
   // showing on top, as a block