diff --git a/planetmint/backend/tarantool/query.py b/planetmint/backend/tarantool/query.py
index 784a17c..8c28643 100644
--- a/planetmint/backend/tarantool/query.py
+++ b/planetmint/backend/tarantool/query.py
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
 from secrets import token_hex
 from hashlib import sha256
 from operator import itemgetter
-
-import tarantool.error
 import json
 
+from tarantool.error import DatabaseError
+
 from planetmint.backend import query
 from planetmint.backend.utils import module_dispatch_registrar
 from planetmint.backend.tarantool.connection import TarantoolDBConnection
@@ -138,12 +138,15 @@ def store_asset(connection, asset):
             obj[0] = json.dumps(obj[0])
             return tuple(obj)
         else:
-            (json.dumps(obj), obj["id"], obj["id"])
+            return (json.dumps(obj), obj["id"], obj["id"])
+    try:
+        return connection.run(
+            connection.space("assets").insert(convert(asset)),
+            only_data=False
+        )
+    except DatabaseError:
+        pass
 
-    return connection.run(
-        connection.space("assets").insert(convert(asset)),
-        only_data=False
-    )
 
 
 @register_query(TarantoolDBConnection)
@@ -260,10 +263,29 @@ def get_txids_filtered(connection, asset_id: str, operation: str = None,
 @register_query(TarantoolDBConnection)
 def text_search(conn, search, table='assets', limit=0):
     pattern = ".{}.".format(search)
+    field_no = 1 if table == 'assets' else 2  # 2 for meta_data
     res = conn.run(
-        conn.space(table).call('indexed_pattern_search', (table, 1, pattern))
+        conn.space(table).call('indexed_pattern_search', (table, field_no, pattern))
     )
-    return res[0] if limit == 0 else res[0][:limit]
+
+    to_return = []
+
+    if len(res[0]):  # NEEDS BEAUTIFICATION
+        if table == 'assets':
+            for result in res[0]:
+                to_return.append({
+                    'data': json.loads(result[0])['data'],
+                    'id': result[1]
+                })
+        else:
+            for result in res[0]:
+                to_return.append({
+                    'metadata': json.loads(result[1]),
+                    'id': result[0]
+                })
+
+    return to_return if limit == 0 else to_return[:limit]
+
 
 def _remove_text_score(asset):
     asset.pop('score', None)
diff --git a/planetmint/backend/tarantool/schema.py b/planetmint/backend/tarantool/schema.py
index bf7017b..8f74084 100644
--- a/planetmint/backend/tarantool/schema.py
+++ b/planetmint/backend/tarantool/schema.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ INDEX_COMMANDS = {
     "meta_data":
         {
             "id_search": "meta_datas:create_index('id_search', { type='hash' , parts={'transaction_id'}})",
-            "text_search": "meta_datas:create_index('secondary', {unique=false,parts={2,'string'}}"
+            "text_search": "meta_datas:create_index('secondary', {unique=false,parts={2,'string'}})"
         },
     "pre_commits":
         {
diff --git a/planetmint/web/views/metadata.py b/planetmint/web/views/metadata.py
index d8faf19..171c258 100644
--- a/planetmint/web/views/metadata.py
+++ b/planetmint/web/views/metadata.py
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ class MetadataApi(Resource):
             metadata = planet.text_search(**args)
 
         try:
-            # This only works with MongoDB as the backend
             return list(metadata)
         except OperationError as e:
             return make_error(
diff --git a/tests/backend/tarantool/test_queries.py b/tests/backend/tarantool/test_queries.py
index 27a0684..8788d47 100644
--- a/tests/backend/tarantool/test_queries.py
+++ b/tests/backend/tarantool/test_queries.py
@@ -6,16 +6,10 @@
 from copy import deepcopy
 
 import pytest
-import tarantool
+import json
 from planetmint.transactions.types.assets.create import Create
 from planetmint.transactions.types.assets.transfer import Transfer
 
-# import pymongo
-
-# # from planetmint.backend.connection import Connection, query
-# from planetmint.backend.connection import Connection
-# conn = Connection(backend="tarantool_db").get_connection()
-
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.bdb
 
 
@@ -167,9 +161,7 @@ def test_text_search(table):
 
 
 def test_write_metadata(db_conn):
-    # from planetmint.backend.connection import Connection
     from planetmint.backend.tarantool import query
-    # conn = Connection().get_connection()
 
     metadata = [
         {'id': "1", 'data': '1'},
@@ -183,7 +175,7 @@ def test_write_metadata(db_conn):
     metadatas = []
     for meta in metadata:
         _data = db_conn.run(db_conn.space("meta_data").select(meta["id"]))[0]
-        metadatas.append({"id": _data[0], "data": _data[1]})
+        metadatas.append({"id": _data[0], "data": json.loads(_data[1])})
 
     metadatas = sorted(metadatas, key=lambda k: k["id"])