diff --git a/examples/_d2n-indexer/flake.nix b/examples/_d2n-indexer/flake.nix
index e7bd82a8..0679e559 100644
--- a/examples/_d2n-indexer/flake.nix
+++ b/examples/_d2n-indexer/flake.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
           number = 5;
         };
         crates-io = {};
+        crates-io-simple = {
+          sortBy = "name";
+          maxPages = 1;
+        };
       };
       packageOverrides = {
         "^.*$".disable-build = {
diff --git a/src/indexers/crates-io-simple/default.nix b/src/indexers/crates-io-simple/default.nix
index 2f4e41fd..ac59a89f 100644
--- a/src/indexers/crates-io-simple/default.nix
+++ b/src/indexers/crates-io-simple/default.nix
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
     coreutils,
     curl,
     jq,
+    python3,
     ...
   }:
     utils.writePureShellScript
-    [coreutils curl jq]
+    [coreutils curl jq python3]
     ''
       input=''${1:?"please provide an input as a JSON file"}
 
@@ -19,9 +20,8 @@
       maxPages=$(jq '.maxPages' -c -r $input)
 
       for currentPage in $(seq 1 $maxPages); do
-        jqQuery="$(jq '.' -c -r "$tmpFile") + (.crates | map(\"crates-io:\" + .name + \"\/\" + .max_stable_version))"
         url="https://crates.io/api/v1/crates?page=$currentPage&per_page=100&sort=$sortBy"
-        curl -k "$url" | jq "$jqQuery" -r > "$tmpFile"
+        curl -k "$url" | python3 ${./process-result.py} > "$tmpFile"
       done
 
       mv "$tmpFile" "$(realpath $outFile)"
diff --git a/src/indexers/crates-io-simple/process-result.py b/src/indexers/crates-io-simple/process-result.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..448b47c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/indexers/crates-io-simple/process-result.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import json
+import sys
+
+input = json.load(sys.stdin)
+projects = []
+for package in input['crates']:
+  projects.append(dict(
+    id=f"{package['name']}-{package['max_stable_version']}",
+    name=package['name'],
+    version=package['max_stable_version'],
+    translator='crates-io',
+  ))
+print(json.dumps(projects, indent=2))