diff --git a/backend/danswer/direct_qa/qa_block.py b/backend/danswer/direct_qa/qa_block.py
index 96d90b24b..87f0aaaf3 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/direct_qa/qa_block.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/direct_qa/qa_block.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ logger = setup_logger()
 
 class QAHandler(abc.ABC):
     """Evolution of the `PromptProcessor` - handles both building the prompt and
-    processing the response. These are neccessarily coupled, since the prompt determines
+    processing the response. These are necessarily coupled, since the prompt determines
     the response format (and thus how it should be parsed into an answer + quotes)."""
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
diff --git a/backend/scripts/save_load_state.py b/backend/scripts/save_load_state.py
index e0e2b872b..1b2167607 100644
--- a/backend/scripts/save_load_state.py
+++ b/backend/scripts/save_load_state.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from danswer.configs.app_configs import QDRANT_PORT
 from danswer.datastores.qdrant.utils import create_qdrant_collection
 from danswer.datastores.qdrant.utils import list_qdrant_collections
 from danswer.datastores.typesense.store import create_typesense_collection
+from danswer.datastores.vespa.store import DOCUMENT_ID_ENDPOINT
 from danswer.utils.clients import get_qdrant_client
 from danswer.utils.clients import get_typesense_client
 from danswer.utils.logger import setup_logger
@@ -124,6 +125,41 @@ def load_typesense(filename: str) -> None:
         )
 
 
+def save_vespa(filename: str) -> None:
+    logger.info("Attempting to take Vespa snapshot")
+    continuation = ""
+    params = {}
+    doc_jsons: list[dict] = []
+    while continuation is not None:
+        if continuation:
+            params = {"continuation": continuation}
+        response = requests.get(DOCUMENT_ID_ENDPOINT, params=params)
+        response.raise_for_status()
+        found = response.json()
+        continuation = found.get("continuation")
+        docs = found["documents"]
+        for doc in docs:
+            doc_json = {"update": doc["id"], "create": True, "fields": doc["fields"]}
+            doc_jsons.append(doc_json)
+
+    with open(filename, "w") as jsonl_file:
+        for doc in doc_jsons:
+            json_str = json.dumps(doc)
+            jsonl_file.write(json_str + "\n")
+
+
+def load_vespa(filename: str) -> None:
+    headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
+    with open(filename, "r") as f:
+        for line in f:
+            new_doc = json.loads(line.strip())
+            doc_id = new_doc["update"].split("::")[-1]
+            response = requests.post(
+                DOCUMENT_ID_ENDPOINT + "/" + doc_id, headers=headers, json=new_doc
+            )
+            response.raise_for_status()
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         description="Danswer checkpoint saving and loading."
@@ -152,9 +188,11 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     if args.load:
         load_postgres(os.path.join(checkpoint_dir, "postgres_snapshot.tar"))
-        load_qdrant(os.path.join(checkpoint_dir, "qdrant.snapshot"))
-        load_typesense(os.path.join(checkpoint_dir, "typesense_snapshot.jsonl"))
+        load_vespa(os.path.join(checkpoint_dir, "vespa_snapshot.jsonl"))
+        # load_qdrant(os.path.join(checkpoint_dir, "qdrant.snapshot"))
+        # load_typesense(os.path.join(checkpoint_dir, "typesense_snapshot.jsonl"))
     else:
         save_postgres(os.path.join(checkpoint_dir, "postgres_snapshot.tar"))
-        save_qdrant(os.path.join(checkpoint_dir, "qdrant.snapshot"))
-        save_typesense(os.path.join(checkpoint_dir, "typesense_snapshot.jsonl"))
+        save_vespa(os.path.join(checkpoint_dir, "vespa_snapshot.jsonl"))
+        # save_qdrant(os.path.join(checkpoint_dir, "qdrant.snapshot"))
+        # save_typesense(os.path.join(checkpoint_dir, "typesense_snapshot.jsonl"))