diff --git a/rero_ils/modules/documents/views.py b/rero_ils/modules/documents/views.py
index cbfecdd215..9846a4fda7 100644
--- a/rero_ils/modules/documents/views.py
+++ b/rero_ils/modules/documents/views.py
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ def doc_item_view_method(pid, record, template=None, **kwargs):
         pid=pid,
         record=record,
         holdings=holdings,
-        viewcode=viewcode
+        viewcode=viewcode,
+        recordType='documents'
     )
 
 
diff --git a/rero_ils/modules/indexer_utils.py b/rero_ils/modules/indexer_utils.py
index 6d5eefa2e8..60261fa151 100644
--- a/rero_ils/modules/indexer_utils.py
+++ b/rero_ils/modules/indexer_utils.py
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ def record_to_index(record):
     # put all document in the same index
     if re.search(r'/documents/', schema):
         schema = re.sub(r'-.*\.json', '.json', schema)
+    # authorities specific transformation
+    if re.search(r'/authorities/', schema):
+        schema = re.sub(r'/authorities/', '/persons/', schema)
+        schema = re.sub(r'mef-person', 'mef_person', schema)
     index, doc_type = schema_to_index(schema, index_names=index_names)
 
     if index and doc_type:
diff --git a/tests/ui/test_indexer_utils.py b/tests/ui/test_indexer_utils.py
index 39ded202ec..0ad2ab3a21 100644
--- a/tests/ui/test_indexer_utils.py
+++ b/tests/ui/test_indexer_utils.py
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ def test_record_to_index(app):
         'documents/document-minimal-v0.0.1.json'
     }) == ('documents-document', 'document')
 
+    # for mef-persons
+    assert record_to_index({
+        '$schema': 'http://mef.rero.ch/schemas/'
+        'authorities/mef-person-v0.0.1.json'
+    }) == ('persons-mef_person-v0.0.1', 'mef_person-v0.0.1')
+
     # for others
     assert record_to_index({
         '$schema': 'https://ils.rero.ch/schema/'