diff --git a/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/KeywordSearchIngestModule.java b/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/KeywordSearchIngestModule.java
index e748f7befd..e13e0fdd5b 100755
--- a/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/KeywordSearchIngestModule.java
+++ b/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/KeywordSearchIngestModule.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public final class KeywordSearchIngestModule extends IngestModuleAdapter impleme
     //only search images from current ingest, not images previously ingested/indexed
     //accessed read-only by searcher thread
     private AtomicInteger messageID = new AtomicInteger(0);            
-    private boolean processedFiles;
+    private boolean startedSearching = false;
     private SleuthkitCase caseHandle = null;
     private static List<AbstractFileExtract> textExtractors;
     private static AbstractFileStringExtract stringExtractor;
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public final class KeywordSearchIngestModule extends IngestModuleAdapter impleme
     private boolean initialized = false;
     private Tika tikaFormatDetector;
     private long jobId;
-    private long dataSourceId;
+    private long dataSourceId;   
     
     private enum IngestStatus {
 
@@ -179,8 +179,6 @@ public final class KeywordSearchIngestModule extends IngestModuleAdapter impleme
                     NbBundle.getMessage(this.getClass(), "KeywordSearchIngestModule.init.onlyIdxKwSkipMsg")));
         }
 
-        processedFiles = false;
-
         indexer = new Indexer();
 
         final int updateIntervalMs = KeywordSearchSettings.getUpdateFrequency().getTime() * 60 * 1000;
@@ -219,14 +217,15 @@ public final class KeywordSearchIngestModule extends IngestModuleAdapter impleme
             return ProcessResult.OK;
         }
 
-        processedFiles = true;
-
         //index the file and content (if the content is supported)
         indexer.indexFile(abstractFile, true);
 
         // Start searching if it hasn't started already
-        List<String> keywordListNames = settings.getNamesOfEnabledKeyWordLists();
-        SearchRunner.getInstance().startJob(jobId, dataSourceId, keywordListNames);       
+        if (!startedSearching) {
+            List<String> keywordListNames = settings.getNamesOfEnabledKeyWordLists();
+            SearchRunner.getInstance().startJob(jobId, dataSourceId, keywordListNames);
+            startedSearching = true;
+        }
         
         return ProcessResult.OK;
     }
diff --git a/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/SearchRunner.java b/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/SearchRunner.java
index cdd1f4a4b0..8c6e8b3ce4 100644
--- a/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/SearchRunner.java
+++ b/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/SearchRunner.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.concurrent.CancellationException;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
 import javax.swing.SwingWorker;
@@ -97,6 +98,8 @@ public final class SearchRunner {
             jobs.put(jobId, jobData);         
         }
         
+        jobs.get(jobId).incrementModuleReferenceCount();
+        
         if (jobs.size() > 0) {            
             if (!updateTimer.isRunning()) {
                 updateTimer.start();              
@@ -111,16 +114,24 @@ public final class SearchRunner {
      */
     public void endJob(long jobId) {        
         SearchJobInfo job;
+        boolean readyForFinalSearch = false;
         synchronized(this) {
             job = jobs.get(jobId);
             if (job == null) {
                 return;
-            }            
-            jobs.remove(jobId);
+            }
+            
+            // Only do final search if this is the last module in this job to call endJob()
+            if(job.decrementModuleReferenceCount() == 0) {
+                jobs.remove(jobId);
+                readyForFinalSearch = true;
+            }
+        }
+            
+        if (readyForFinalSearch) {
+            commit();        
+            doFinalSearch(job); //this will block until it's done
         }
-                
-        commit();        
-        doFinalSearch(job); //this will block until it's done
     }
     
     
@@ -257,7 +268,8 @@ public final class SearchRunner {
         private List<String> keywordListNames; //guarded by SearchJobInfo.this
         private Map<Keyword, List<Long>> currentResults; //guarded by SearchJobInfo.this
         private SearchRunner.Searcher currentSearcher;
-        
+        private AtomicLong moduleReferenceCount = new AtomicLong(0);
+
         public SearchJobInfo(long jobId, long dataSourceId, List<String> keywordListNames) {
             this.jobId = jobId;
             this.dataSourceId = dataSourceId;
@@ -306,6 +318,14 @@ public final class SearchRunner {
         public synchronized void setCurrentSearcher(SearchRunner.Searcher searchRunner) {
             currentSearcher = searchRunner;
         }
+        
+        public void incrementModuleReferenceCount() {
+            moduleReferenceCount.incrementAndGet();
+        }
+        
+        public long decrementModuleReferenceCount() {
+            return moduleReferenceCount.decrementAndGet();
+        }        
     }
     
     /**