diff --git a/src/db_index.rs b/src/db_index.rs
index da9211e..4c0cbd9 100644
--- a/src/db_index.rs
+++ b/src/db_index.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 use crate::ColumnName;
+use crate::Embeddings;
 use crate::IndexMetadata;
 use crate::Key;
 use crate::TableName;
@@ -25,12 +26,23 @@ pub(crate) enum DbIndex {
     GetProcessedIds {
         tx: oneshot::Sender<anyhow::Result<BoxStream<'static, Result<Key, NextRowError>>>>,
     },
+
+    GetItems {
+        #[allow(clippy::type_complexity)]
+        tx: oneshot::Sender<
+            anyhow::Result<BoxStream<'static, Result<(Key, Embeddings), NextRowError>>>,
+        >,
+    },
 }
 
 pub(crate) trait DbIndexExt {
     async fn get_processed_ids(
         &self,
     ) -> anyhow::Result<BoxStream<'static, Result<Key, NextRowError>>>;
+
+    async fn get_items(
+        &self,
+    ) -> anyhow::Result<BoxStream<'static, Result<(Key, Embeddings), NextRowError>>>;
 }
 
 impl DbIndexExt for mpsc::Sender<DbIndex> {
@@ -41,6 +53,14 @@ impl DbIndexExt for mpsc::Sender<DbIndex> {
         self.send(DbIndex::GetProcessedIds { tx }).await?;
         rx.await?
     }
+
+    async fn get_items(
+        &self,
+    ) -> anyhow::Result<BoxStream<'static, Result<(Key, Embeddings), NextRowError>>> {
+        let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel();
+        self.send(DbIndex::GetItems { tx }).await?;
+        rx.await?
+    }
 }
 
 pub(crate) async fn new(
@@ -67,12 +87,17 @@ async fn process(statements: Arc<Statements>, msg: DbIndex) {
             .unwrap_or_else(|_| {
                 warn!("db_index::process: Db::GetProcessedIds: unable to send response")
             }),
+
+        DbIndex::GetItems { tx } => tx
+            .send(statements.get_items().await)
+            .unwrap_or_else(|_| warn!("db_index::process: Db::GetItems: unable to send response")),
     }
 }
 
 struct Statements {
     session: Arc<Session>,
     st_get_processed_ids: PreparedStatement,
+    st_get_items: PreparedStatement,
 }
 
 impl Statements {
@@ -86,6 +111,15 @@ impl Statements {
                 .await
                 .context("get_processed_ids_query")?,
 
+            st_get_items: session
+                .prepare(Self::get_items_query(
+                    &metadata.table_name,
+                    &metadata.key_name,
+                    &metadata.target_name,
+                ))
+                .await
+                .context("get_items_query")?,
+
             session,
         })
     }
@@ -112,4 +146,26 @@ impl Statements {
             .map_ok(|(key,)| (key as u64).into())
             .boxed())
     }
+
+    fn get_items_query(table: &TableName, col_id: &ColumnName, col_emb: &ColumnName) -> String {
+        format!(
+            "
+            SELECT {col_id}, {col_emb}
+            FROM {table}
+            WHERE processed = FALSE
+            "
+        )
+    }
+
+    async fn get_items(
+        &self,
+    ) -> anyhow::Result<BoxStream<'static, Result<(Key, Embeddings), NextRowError>>> {
+        Ok(self
+            .session
+            .execute_iter(self.st_get_items.clone(), ())
+            .await?
+            .rows_stream::<(i64, Vec<f32>)>()?
+            .map_ok(|(key, embeddings)| ((key as u64).into(), embeddings.into()))
+            .boxed())
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/monitor_items.rs b/src/monitor_items.rs
index 1c062db..4485b21 100644
--- a/src/monitor_items.rs
+++ b/src/monitor_items.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-ScyllaDB-Source-Available-1.0
  */
 
-use crate::Embeddings;
 use crate::IndexMetadata;
 use crate::Key;
 use crate::db_index::DbIndex;
@@ -11,10 +10,8 @@ use crate::db_index::DbIndexExt;
 use crate::index::Index;
 use crate::index::IndexExt;
 use anyhow::Context;
-use futures::Stream;
 use futures::TryStreamExt;
 use scylla::client::session::Session;
-use scylla::errors::NextRowError;
 use scylla::statement::prepared::PreparedStatement;
 use std::mem;
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -68,7 +65,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn new(
                             }
                         }
                         State::Copy => {
-                            if table_to_index(&db, &index)
+                            if table_to_index(&db, &db_index, &index)
                                 .await
                                 .unwrap_or_else(|err| {
                                     warn!("monitor_items: unable to copy data from table to index: {err}");
@@ -95,7 +92,6 @@ enum State {
 
 struct Db {
     session: Arc<Session>,
-    st_get_items: PreparedStatement,
     st_reset_items: PreparedStatement,
     st_update_items: PreparedStatement,
 }
@@ -103,10 +99,6 @@ struct Db {
 impl Db {
     async fn new(session: Arc<Session>, metadata: IndexMetadata) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
         Ok(Self {
-            st_get_items: session
-                .prepare(Self::get_items_query(&metadata))
-                .await
-                .context("get_items_query")?,
             st_reset_items: session
                 .prepare(Self::reset_items_query(&metadata))
                 .await
@@ -119,30 +111,6 @@ impl Db {
         })
     }
 
-    fn get_items_query(metadata: &IndexMetadata) -> String {
-        format!(
-            "
-            SELECT {}, {}
-            FROM {}.{}
-            WHERE processed = FALSE
-            ",
-            metadata.key_name.0,
-            metadata.target_name.0,
-            metadata.keyspace_name.0,
-            metadata.table_name.0
-        )
-    }
-    async fn get_items(
-        &self,
-    ) -> anyhow::Result<impl Stream<Item = Result<(Key, Embeddings), NextRowError>>> {
-        Ok(self
-            .session
-            .execute_iter(self.st_get_items.clone(), ())
-            .await?
-            .rows_stream::<(i64, Vec<f32>)>()?
-            .map_ok(|(key, embeddings)| ((key as u64).into(), embeddings.into())))
-    }
-
     fn reset_items_query(metadata: &IndexMetadata) -> String {
         format!(
             "
@@ -199,8 +167,12 @@ async fn reset_items(db: &Arc<Db>, db_index: &Sender<DbIndex>) -> anyhow::Result
 }
 
 /// Get new embeddings from db and add to the index. Then mark embeddings in db as processed
-async fn table_to_index(db: &Arc<Db>, index: &Sender<Index>) -> anyhow::Result<bool> {
-    let mut rows = db.get_items().await?;
+async fn table_to_index(
+    db: &Arc<Db>,
+    db_index: &Sender<DbIndex>,
+    index: &Sender<Index>,
+) -> anyhow::Result<bool> {
+    let mut rows = db_index.get_items().await?;
 
     // The value was taken from initial benchmarks
     const PROCESSED_CHUNK_SIZE: usize = 100;