diff --git a/Classes/Command/IndexCommand.php b/Classes/Command/IndexCommand.php
index 42449a7..6302693 100644
--- a/Classes/Command/IndexCommand.php
+++ b/Classes/Command/IndexCommand.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use Elastic\Elasticsearch\Client;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
+use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
@@ -787,16 +788,30 @@ protected function fetchObjects(): void
 
             if ($name == 'published_item') {
                 $qb->where(
-                    $eb->notLike('mvdb_id', $qb->createNamedParameter('AA%'))
+                    $eb->notLike('mvdb_id', $qb->createNamedParameter('AA%')),
+                    $eb->eq('final', 2)
                 );
             }
 
             $data = $qb->execute()->fetchAll();
+            if ($name == 'person') { 
+                $data = Collection::wrap($data)->
+                    map(function ($person) { return self::removeSortingSymbols($person); });
+            }
 
             $this->dataObjects[$name] = $data;
         }
     }
 
+    protected static function removeSortingSymbols(array $person): array
+    {
+        $name = Str::of($person['name'])->
+            replace('˜', '')->
+            replace('œ', '');
+        $person['name'] = $name;
+        return $person;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Executes an indexing sequence
      *
@@ -861,7 +876,9 @@ protected function index(array $config, array $bufferedObject = null): array
             foreach($mmObjects as $object) {
                 $subKey = $object[$subKeyField];
                 $superKey = $object[$superKeyField];
-                $indexedObjects[$superKey][] = isset($subDataObjects[$subKey][0]) ? $subDataObjects[$subKey][0] : null;
+                if (isset($subDataObjects[$subKey][0])) {
+                    $indexedObjects[$superKey][] = $subDataObjects[$subKey][0];
+                }
             }
         } else {
             $subDataObjects = $bufferedObject ?? $this->dataObjects[$config['subObject']];
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index da2a87f..77e77f1 100755
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
         "elasticsearch/elasticsearch": "^8",
         "slub/dm-ont": "@dev",
         "fluidtypo3/vhs": "^6",
-        "illuminate/collections": "^8"
+        "illuminate/collections": "^8",
+        "illuminate/support": "^8"
     },
     "config": {
         "allow-plugins": {