diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 530118cd688833b0ecb40567636fb8a86f55a792..9039d37131b4b4b33a1b1683c9f932ab17b499fb 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ certifi==2021.5.30
 click==8.0.1
 elasticsearch==7.13.3
 Flask==2.0.1
-folder-hash==1.0.0
 isort==5.10.1
 itsdangerous==2.0.1
 Jinja2==3.0.1
diff --git a/src/indexer.py b/src/indexer.py
index 815a982d38ceee7bdf76c39a2c747d2b831407f0..3a0ca776437fd9692756ad3f1290578eb5be0b6c 100644
--- a/src/indexer.py
+++ b/src/indexer.py
@@ -45,7 +45,18 @@ def delete_all_indexes_except(elastic_search: Elasticsearch, except_hash: str):
 
 def index_posts(elastic_search: Elasticsearch, posts: List[PostModule.Post], unique_hash: str):
     """ Indexes the posts into a elastic search instance """
+    # Define the specific URLs you want to exclude from indexing
+    excluded_urls = [
+        '/index.html',
+        '/fr/index.html',
+        '/es/index.html',
+        '/de/index.html',
+        '/it/index.html',
+    ]
     for post in posts:
+        # Check if the post URL is in the list of excluded URLs; if so, skip indexing this post
+        if post.url in excluded_urls:
+            continue
         doc = {
             'title': post.title,
             'subtitles': post.subtittles,
diff --git a/src/main.py b/src/main.py
index 8ec48e8b637d38377d6b61457743b3d10b7b82de..357cf39a875f89dc5d030a58bcfb89d9210196df 100644
--- a/src/main.py
+++ b/src/main.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 """ Indexer entry point """
 import sys
 import os
+from hashlib import md5
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
-from folder_hash.hasher import Hasher
 import indexer
 from find_posts import create_posts
 import searcher
@@ -23,13 +23,15 @@ def index_folder(base_dir: str):
 
     elastic_search = indexer.connect_elastic(es_host, es_port)
     print('ElasticSearch connection established')
-
-    hasher = Hasher(base_dir, 'md5')
-    folder_hash = hasher.get_hash()
-    current_hash = searcher.get_current_hash(elastic_search)
+    try:
+        base_dir_encoded = base_dir.encode()
+        folder_hash = md5(base_dir_encoded).hexdigest()
+        current_hash = searcher.get_current_hash(elastic_search)
+    except UnicodeEncodeError as encode_error:
+        print(f'Error encoding base_dir: {encode_error}')
+        return
     if folder_hash == current_hash:
-        print(
-            f'The folder {base_dir} was already indexed. Hash: {folder_hash}')
+        print(f'The folder {base_dir} was already indexed. Hash: {folder_hash}')
         return
 
     print('Finding posts in', base_dir)