diff --git a/codescholar/apps/app_decl.py b/codescholar/apps/app_decl.py
index ce629c9..13a745d 100644
--- a/codescholar/apps/app_decl.py
+++ b/codescholar/apps/app_decl.py
@@ -80,16 +80,13 @@ def search():
         # search config
         args.mode = "q"
         args.seed = api
-        args.min_idiom_size = 2
+        args.min_idiom_size = 3
         args.max_idiom_size = 20
-        args.max_init_beams = 150
+        args.max_init_beams = 200
         args.result_dir = f"{api_cache_dir}/{args.seed}/"
         args.idiom_g_dir = f"{args.result_dir}/idioms/graphs/"
         args.idiom_p_dir = f"{args.result_dir}/idioms/progs/"
 
-        if not osp.exists(args.idiom_g_dir):
-            os.makedirs(args.idiom_g_dir)
-
         if not osp.exists(args.idiom_p_dir):
             os.makedirs(args.idiom_p_dir)
 
diff --git a/codescholar/search/search.py b/codescholar/search/search.py
index 7ac7da4..716d753 100644
--- a/codescholar/search/search.py
+++ b/codescholar/search/search.py
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ def main(args):
     else:
         prog_indices = grep_programs(args, args.seed)[: args.prog_samples]
 
+    if len(prog_indices) > 0:
+        return
+
     # load all embeddings of prog_indices to redis
     # TODO: do this offline for *all* progs?
     load_embeddings_batched_redis(args, prog_indices)