diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/ReferencesSearch/ReferencesSearchController.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/ReferencesSearch/ReferencesSearchController.coffee
index 12b2356fbb..c4182fff44 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/ReferencesSearch/ReferencesSearchController.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/ReferencesSearch/ReferencesSearchController.coffee
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ module.exports = ReferencesSearchController =
 				logger.err {err, project_id, user_id, doc_id}, "error finding element for downloading file"
 				return res.send 500
 			doc_url = ReferencesSearchController._buildDocUrl project_id, doc_id
-			console.log ">>"
-			console.log doc, doc_url
-			console.log "<<"
 			ReferencesSearchHandler.indexFile user_id, doc_url, (err) ->
 				if err
 					logger.err {err, project_id, user_id, doc_id}, "error indexing references file"
diff --git a/services/web/public/coffee/ide.coffee b/services/web/public/coffee/ide.coffee
index 0ea6165835..24707137b7 100644
--- a/services/web/public/coffee/ide.coffee
+++ b/services/web/public/coffee/ide.coffee
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ define [
 	"ide/permissions/PermissionsManager"
 	"ide/pdf/PdfManager"
 	"ide/binary-files/BinaryFilesManager"
+	"ide/references-search/ReferencesSearchManager"
 	"ide/settings/index"
 	"ide/share/index"
 	"ide/chat/index"
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ define [
 	PermissionsManager
 	PdfManager
 	BinaryFilesManager
+	ReferencesSearchManager
 ) ->
 
 	App.controller "IdeController", ($scope, $timeout, ide, localStorage) ->
@@ -80,7 +82,8 @@ define [
 		ide.pdfManager = new PdfManager(ide, $scope)
 		ide.permissionsManager = new PermissionsManager(ide, $scope)
 		ide.binaryFilesManager = new BinaryFilesManager(ide, $scope)
-		
+		ide.referencesSearchManager = new ReferencesSearchManager(ide, $scope)
+
 		inited = false
 		$scope.$on "project:joined", () ->
 			return if inited
diff --git a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/editor/Document.coffee b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/editor/Document.coffee
index 1927b791da..bc60a522e4 100644
--- a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/editor/Document.coffee
+++ b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/editor/Document.coffee
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ define [
 			@doc?.detachFromAce()
 			editorDoc = @ace?.getSession().getDocument()
 			editorDoc?.off "change", @_checkConsistency
+			@ide.$scope.$emit 'document:closed', @doc
 
 		_checkConsistency: () ->
 			# We've been seeing a lot of errors when I think there shouldn't be
diff --git a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/references-search/ReferencesSearchManager.coffee b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/references-search/ReferencesSearchManager.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c8fa56992
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/references-search/ReferencesSearchManager.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+define [
+], () ->
+	class ReferencesSearchManager
+		constructor: (@ide, @$scope) ->
+			console.log ">> yay"
+
+			@$scope.$on 'document:closed', (e, doc) =>
+				if doc.doc_id
+				 	entity = @ide.fileTreeManager.findEntityById doc.doc_id
+					if entity?.name?.match /.*\.bib$/
+						@$scope.$emit 'references:changed', entity
+						console.log ">> references changed"
+						@indexReferences doc.doc_id
+
+		indexReferences: (doc_id) ->
+			console.log ">> doc id #{doc_id}"
+			$.post("/project/#{@$scope.project_id}/references", {
+				docId: doc_id,
+				_csrf: window.csrfToken
+			}, (data) => console.log(data))