diff --git a/api/internal/crawl/cmd/crawler/crawler.go b/api/internal/crawl/cmd/crawler/crawler.go
index e534780d2..d87c47996 100644
--- a/api/internal/crawl/cmd/crawler/crawler.go
+++ b/api/internal/crawl/cmd/crawler/crawler.go
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ func main() {
 		it := idx.IterateQuery(query, 10000, 60*time.Second)
 		for it.Next() {
 			for _, hit := range it.Value().Hits.Hits {
-				seedDocs = append(seedDocs, hit.Document.Copy())
+				seedDocs = append(seedDocs, hit.Document.Document.Copy())
 			}
 		}
 		if err := it.Err(); err != nil {
diff --git a/api/internal/crawl/doc/doc.go b/api/internal/crawl/doc/doc.go
index 0e5965ac1..d37fd19ca 100644
--- a/api/internal/crawl/doc/doc.go
+++ b/api/internal/crawl/doc/doc.go
@@ -46,6 +46,15 @@ type KustomizationDocument struct {
 
 type set map[string]struct{}
 
+func (doc *KustomizationDocument) Copy() *KustomizationDocument {
+	return &KustomizationDocument{
+		Document:    *(doc.Document.Copy()),
+		Kinds:       doc.Kinds,
+		Identifiers: doc.Identifiers,
+		Values:      doc.Values,
+	}
+}
+
 func (doc *KustomizationDocument) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s %s %s %v %v %v len(identifiers):%v  len(values):%v",
 		doc.RepositoryURL, doc.FilePath, doc.DefaultBranch, doc.CreationTime,