diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/task.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/task.rs
index 5a8542ff8..3febe002f 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/task.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/task.rs
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ impl From<Task> for TaskView {
                 TaskType::IndexUpdate,
                 Some(TaskDetails::IndexInfo { primary_key }),
             ),
-            TaskContent::Dump { path: _ } => (TaskType::Dump, None),
+            TaskContent::Dump => (TaskType::Dump, None),
         };
 
         // An event always has at least one event: "Created"
diff --git a/meilisearch-lib/src/index_controller/mod.rs b/meilisearch-lib/src/index_controller/mod.rs
index 14f262a51..de4426f81 100644
--- a/meilisearch-lib/src/index_controller/mod.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-lib/src/index_controller/mod.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ use crate::options::{IndexerOpts, SchedulerConfig};
 use crate::snapshot::{load_snapshot, SnapshotService};
 use crate::tasks::error::TaskError;
 use crate::tasks::task::{DocumentDeletion, Task, TaskContent, TaskId};
-use crate::tasks::{BatchHandler, EmptyBatchHandler, Scheduler, TaskFilter, TaskStore};
+use crate::tasks::{
+    BatchHandler, DumpHandler, EmptyBatchHandler, Scheduler, TaskFilter, TaskStore,
+};
 use error::Result;
 
 use self::error::IndexControllerError;
@@ -74,7 +76,6 @@ pub struct IndexController<U, I> {
     pub index_resolver: Arc<IndexResolver<U, I>>,
     scheduler: Arc<RwLock<Scheduler>>,
     task_store: TaskStore,
-    dump_path: PathBuf,
     pub update_file_store: UpdateFileStore,
 }
 
@@ -86,7 +87,6 @@ impl<U, I> Clone for IndexController<U, I> {
             scheduler: self.scheduler.clone(),
             update_file_store: self.update_file_store.clone(),
             task_store: self.task_store.clone(),
-            dump_path: self.dump_path.clone(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -218,15 +218,28 @@ impl IndexControllerBuilder {
             update_file_store.clone(),
         )?);
 
-        let task_store = TaskStore::new(meta_env)?;
-        let handlers: Vec<Arc<dyn BatchHandler + Sync + Send + 'static>> =
-            vec![index_resolver.clone(), Arc::new(EmptyBatchHandler)];
-        let scheduler = Scheduler::new(task_store.clone(), handlers, scheduler_config)?;
-
         let dump_path = self
             .dump_dst
             .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("Missing dump directory path"))?;
 
+        let dump_handler = Arc::new(DumpHandler::new(
+            update_file_store.clone(),
+            dump_path,
+            db_path.as_ref().clone(),
+            index_size,
+            task_store_size,
+        ));
+        let task_store = TaskStore::new(meta_env)?;
+
+        // register all the batch handlers for use with the scheduler.
+        let handlers: Vec<Arc<dyn BatchHandler + Sync + Send + 'static>> = vec![
+            index_resolver.clone(),
+            dump_handler,
+            // dummy handler to catch all empty batches
+            Arc::new(EmptyBatchHandler),
+        ];
+        let scheduler = Scheduler::new(task_store.clone(), handlers, scheduler_config)?;
+
         if self.schedule_snapshot {
             let snapshot_period = self
                 .snapshot_interval
@@ -250,7 +263,6 @@ impl IndexControllerBuilder {
         Ok(IndexController {
             index_resolver,
             scheduler,
-            dump_path,
             update_file_store,
             task_store,
         })
@@ -408,9 +420,7 @@ where
     }
 
     pub async fn register_dump_task(&self) -> Result<Task> {
-        let content = TaskContent::Dump {
-            path: self.dump_path.clone(),
-        };
+        let content = TaskContent::Dump;
         let task = self.task_store.register(None, content).await?;
         self.scheduler.read().await.notify();
         Ok(task)
diff --git a/meilisearch-lib/src/tasks/mod.rs b/meilisearch-lib/src/tasks/mod.rs
index bc01c4901..faa35f2da 100644
--- a/meilisearch-lib/src/tasks/mod.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-lib/src/tasks/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 
-pub use batch_handlers::empty_handler::EmptyBatchHandler;
+pub use batch_handlers::{dump_handler::DumpHandler, empty_handler::EmptyBatchHandler};
 pub use scheduler::Scheduler;
 pub use task_store::TaskFilter;
 
diff --git a/meilisearch-lib/src/tasks/task.rs b/meilisearch-lib/src/tasks/task.rs
index cb5ba671a..41a536a1e 100644
--- a/meilisearch-lib/src/tasks/task.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-lib/src/tasks/task.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-use std::path::PathBuf;
-
 use meilisearch_error::ResponseError;
 use milli::update::{DocumentAdditionResult, IndexDocumentsMethod};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -142,10 +140,7 @@ pub enum TaskContent {
     IndexUpdate {
         primary_key: Option<String>,
     },
-    Dump {
-        #[cfg_attr(test, proptest(value = "PathBuf::from(\".\")"))]
-        path: PathBuf,
-    },
+    Dump,
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]