diff --git a/hammond-data/benches/bench.rs b/hammond-data/benches/bench.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1706fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hammond-data/benches/bench.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+#![feature(test)]
+
+extern crate diesel;
+extern crate hammond_data;
+extern crate rand;
+extern crate rayon;
+extern crate rss;
+extern crate tempdir;
+extern crate test;
+
+use diesel::prelude::*;
+use rayon::prelude::*;
+
+use rand::Rng;
+use test::Bencher;
+
+use hammond_data::run_migration_on;
+use hammond_data::index_feed::{complete_index, insert_return_source};
+
+use std::io::BufReader;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+use std::fs;
+
+struct TempDB(tempdir::TempDir, PathBuf, SqliteConnection);
+
+/// Create and return a Temporary DB.
+/// Will be destroed once the returned variable(s) is dropped.
+fn get_temp_db() -> TempDB {
+    let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+
+    let tmp_dir = tempdir::TempDir::new("hammond_unit_test").unwrap();
+    let db_path = tmp_dir
+        .path()
+        .join(format!("hammonddb_{}.db", rng.gen::<usize>()));
+
+    let db = SqliteConnection::establish(db_path.to_str().unwrap()).unwrap();
+    ::run_migration_on(&db).unwrap();
+
+    TempDB(tmp_dir, db_path, db)
+}
+
+#[bench]
+fn bench_index_test_files(b: &mut Bencher) {
+    let TempDB(_tmp_dir, _db_path, db) = get_temp_db();
+    // complete_index runs in parallel so it requires a mutex as argument.
+    let m = Arc::new(Mutex::new(db));
+
+    // vec of (path, url) tuples.
+    let urls = vec![
+        (
+            "tests/feeds/Intercepted.xml",
+            "https://feeds.feedburner.com/InterceptedWithJeremyScahill",
+        ),
+        (
+            "tests/feeds/LinuxUnplugged.xml",
+            "http://feeds.feedburner.com/linuxunplugged",
+        ),
+        (
+            "tests/feeds/TheBreakthrough.xml",
+            "http://feeds.feedburner.com/propublica/podcast",
+        ),
+        (
+            "tests/feeds/R4Explanation.xml",
+            "https://request-for-explanation.github.io/podcast/rss.xml",
+        ),
+    ];
+
+    b.iter(|| {
+        urls.par_iter().for_each(|&(path, url)| {
+            let tempdb = m.lock().unwrap();
+            // Create and insert a Source into db
+            let s = insert_return_source(&tempdb, url).unwrap();
+            drop(tempdb);
+
+            // open the xml file
+            let feed = fs::File::open(path).unwrap();
+            // parse it into a channel
+            let chan = rss::Channel::read_from(BufReader::new(feed)).unwrap();
+
+            // Index the channel
+            complete_index(&m, &chan, &s).unwrap();
+        });
+    });
+}
diff --git a/hammond-data/src/index_feed.rs b/hammond-data/src/index_feed.rs
index a44795e..ac36a6d 100644
--- a/hammond-data/src/index_feed.rs
+++ b/hammond-data/src/index_feed.rs
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ pub fn complete_index_from_source(
     complete_index(db, &chan, source)
 }
 
-fn complete_index(db: &Database, chan: &rss::Channel, parent: &Source) -> Result<()> {
+pub fn complete_index(db: &Database, chan: &rss::Channel, parent: &Source) -> Result<()> {
     let pd = {
         let conn = db.lock().unwrap();
         index_channel(&conn, chan, parent)?