diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index/mod.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index/mod.rs
index c897fac3f..048ed56bb 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index/mod.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index/mod.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use serde_json::{Map, Value};
 use crate::helpers::EnvSizer;
 pub use search::{SearchQuery, SearchResult, DEFAULT_SEARCH_LIMIT};
 pub use updates::{Facets, Settings, Checked, Unchecked};
+use serde::{de::Deserializer, Deserialize};
 
 mod search;
 mod updates;
@@ -26,6 +27,22 @@ impl Deref for Index {
     }
 }
 
+pub fn deserialize_some<'de, T, D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Option<T>, D::Error>
+where
+    T: Deserialize<'de>,
+    D: Deserializer<'de>,
+{
+    Deserialize::deserialize(deserializer).map(Some)
+}
+
+pub fn deserialize_wildcard<'de, D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Option<Option<Vec<String>>>, D::Error>
+where
+    D: Deserializer<'de>,
+{
+    Ok(<Option<Vec<String>> as Deserialize>::deserialize(deserializer)?
+        .map(|item: Vec<String>| (!item.iter().any(|s| s == "*")).then(|| item)))
+}
+
 impl Index {
     pub fn settings(&self) -> anyhow::Result<Settings<Checked>> {
         let txn = self.read_txn()?;
@@ -88,6 +105,8 @@ impl Index {
 
         let mut documents = Vec::new();
 
+        println!("fields to display: {:?}", fields_to_display);
+
         for entry in iter {
             let (_id, obkv) = entry?;
             let object = obkv_to_json(&fields_to_display, &fields_ids_map, obkv)?;
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index/updates.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index/updates.rs
index 0d76f2ae6..a3012fe9a 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index/updates.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index/updates.rs
@@ -5,11 +5,17 @@ use std::marker::PhantomData;
 
 use flate2::read::GzDecoder;
 use log::info;
-use milli::update::{IndexDocumentsMethod, UpdateBuilder, UpdateFormat};
-use serde::{de::Deserializer, Deserialize, Serialize};
+use milli::update::{DocumentAdditionResult, IndexDocumentsMethod, UpdateBuilder, UpdateFormat};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use super::Index;
-use crate::index_controller::UpdateResult;
+use super::{deserialize_some, deserialize_wildcard, Index};
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub enum UpdateResult {
+    DocumentsAddition(DocumentAdditionResult),
+    DocumentDeletion { deleted: u64 },
+    Other,
+}
 
 #[derive(Clone, Default, Debug)]
 pub struct Checked;
@@ -22,14 +28,14 @@ pub struct Unchecked;
 pub struct Settings<T> {
     #[serde(
         default,
-        deserialize_with = "deserialize_some",
+        deserialize_with = "deserialize_wildcard",
         skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none"
     )]
     pub displayed_attributes: Option<Option<Vec<String>>>,
 
     #[serde(
         default,
-        deserialize_with = "deserialize_some",
+        deserialize_with = "deserialize_wildcard",
         skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none"
     )]
     pub searchable_attributes: Option<Option<Vec<String>>>,
@@ -118,14 +124,6 @@ pub struct Facets {
     pub min_level_size: Option<NonZeroUsize>,
 }
 
-fn deserialize_some<'de, T, D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Option<T>, D::Error>
-where
-    T: Deserialize<'de>,
-    D: Deserializer<'de>,
-{
-    Deserialize::deserialize(deserializer).map(Some)
-}
-
 impl Index {
     pub fn update_documents(
         &self,
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/dump/mod.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/dump/mod.rs
index 7278a7b77..6be9c5161 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/dump/mod.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/dump/mod.rs
@@ -19,14 +19,6 @@ use crate::index::Index;
 use crate::index_controller::uuid_resolver;
 use crate::{helpers::compression, index::Settings};
 
-pub (super) fn deserialize_some<'de, T, D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Option<T>, D::Error>
-where
-    T: Deserialize<'de>,
-    D: Deserializer<'de>,
-{
-    Deserialize::deserialize(deserializer).map(Some)
-}
-
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, Copy, Clone)]
 enum DumpVersion {
     V1,
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/dump/v1.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/dump/v1.rs
index 433d529e1..3e82b9084 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/dump/v1.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/dump/v1.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet};
 use log::warn;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use crate::index_controller;
+use crate::index::{deserialize_wildcard, deserialize_some};
 use super::*;
 
 /// This is the settings used in the last version of meilisearch exporting dump in V1
@@ -13,10 +14,10 @@ struct Settings {
     pub ranking_rules: Option<Option<Vec<String>>>,
     #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_some")]
     pub distinct_attribute: Option<Option<String>>,
-    #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_some")]
+    #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_wildcard")]
     pub searchable_attributes: Option<Option<Vec<String>>>,
-    #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_some")]
-    pub displayed_attributes: Option<Option<BTreeSet<String>>>,
+    #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_wildcard")]
+    pub displayed_attributes: Option<Option<Vec<String>>>,
     #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_some")]
     pub stop_words: Option<Option<BTreeSet<String>>>,
     #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_some")]