diff --git a/lib/searchkick.rb b/lib/searchkick.rb
index d1f35c3..48c6f42 100644
--- a/lib/searchkick.rb
+++ b/lib/searchkick.rb
@@ -1,14 +1,21 @@
-require "tire"
+require "elasticsearch"
 require "searchkick/version"
+require "searchkick/index"
 require "searchkick/reindex"
 require "searchkick/results"
 require "searchkick/search"
 require "searchkick/similar"
 require "searchkick/model"
 require "searchkick/tasks"
-require "searchkick/logger" if defined?(Rails)
+# TODO add logger
+# require "searchkick/logger" if defined?(Rails)
 
 module Searchkick
+
+  def self.client
+    @client ||= Elasticsearch::Client.new log: true
+  end
+
   @callbacks = true
 
   def self.enable_callbacks
@@ -24,6 +31,8 @@ module Searchkick
   end
 end
 
+require "active_record" # TODO remove
+
 # TODO find better ActiveModel hook
-ActiveModel::Callbacks.send(:include, Searchkick::Model)
+ActiveModel::Callbacks.send(:include, Searchkick::Model) if defined?(ActiveModel)
 ActiveRecord::Base.send(:extend, Searchkick::Model) if defined?(ActiveRecord)
diff --git a/lib/searchkick/index.rb b/lib/searchkick/index.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6031999
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/searchkick/index.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+module Searchkick
+  class Index
+    attr_reader :name
+
+    def initialize(name)
+      @name = name
+    end
+
+    def create(options = {})
+      Searchkick.client.indices.create index: name, body: options
+    end
+
+    def delete
+      Searchkick.client.indices.delete index: name
+    end
+
+    def exists?
+      Searchkick.client.indices.exists index: name
+    end
+
+    def refresh
+      Searchkick.client.indices.refresh index: name
+    end
+
+    def store(model)
+    end
+
+    def remove(model)
+    end
+
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/searchkick/model.rb b/lib/searchkick/model.rb
index 57ec70b..be611b4 100644
--- a/lib/searchkick/model.rb
+++ b/lib/searchkick/model.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ module Searchkick
         # set index name
         # TODO support proc
         index_name = options[:index_name] || [options[:index_prefix], model_name.plural, searchkick_env].compact.join("_")
-        class_variable_set :@@searchkick_index, Tire::Index.new(index_name)
+        class_variable_set :@@searchkick_index, Searchkick::Index.new(index_name)
 
         extend Searchkick::Search
         extend Searchkick::Reindex
diff --git a/lib/searchkick/reindex.rb b/lib/searchkick/reindex.rb
index 2ec3047..6e33190 100644
--- a/lib/searchkick/reindex.rb
+++ b/lib/searchkick/reindex.rb
@@ -2,36 +2,29 @@ module Searchkick
   module Reindex
 
     # https://gist.github.com/jarosan/3124884
+    # http://www.elasticsearch.org/blog/changing-mapping-with-zero-downtime/
     def reindex
       alias_name = searchkick_index.name
       new_index = alias_name + "_" + Time.now.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S%L")
-      index = Tire::Index.new(new_index)
+      index = Searchkick::Index.new(new_index)
 
       clean_indices
 
       success = index.create searchkick_index_options
       raise index.response.to_s if !success
 
-      if a = Tire::Alias.find(alias_name)
+      # check if alias exists
+      if Searchkick.client.indices.exists_alias name: alias_name
         searchkick_import(index) # import before swap
 
-        a.indices.each do |i|
-          a.indices.delete i
-        end
-
-        a.indices.add new_index
-        response = a.save
-
-        if response.success?
-          clean_indices
-        else
-          raise response.to_s
-        end
+        # get existing indices to remove
+        old_indices = Searchkick.client.indices.get_alias(name: alias_name).keys
+        actions = old_indices.map{|name| {remove: {index: name, alias: alias_name}} } + [{add: {index: new_index, alias: alias_name}}]
+        Searchkick.client.indices.update_aliases body: {actions: actions}
+        clean_indices
       else
         searchkick_index.delete if searchkick_index.exists?
-        response = Tire::Alias.create(name: alias_name, indices: [new_index])
-        raise response.to_s if !response.success?
-
+        Searchkick.client.indices.update_aliases body: {actions: [{add: {index: new_index, alias: alias_name}}]}
         searchkick_import(index) # import after swap
       end
 
@@ -42,10 +35,10 @@ module Searchkick
 
     # remove old indices that start w/ index_name
     def clean_indices
-      all_indices = JSON.parse(Tire::Configuration.client.get("#{Tire::Configuration.url}/_aliases").body)
+      all_indices = Searchkick.client.indices.get_aliases
       indices = all_indices.select{|k, v| v["aliases"].empty? && k =~ /\A#{Regexp.escape(searchkick_index.name)}_\d{14,17}\z/ }.keys
       indices.each do |index|
-        Tire::Index.new(index).delete
+        Searchkick::Index.new(index).delete
       end
       indices
     end
diff --git a/lib/searchkick/results.rb b/lib/searchkick/results.rb
index fdaca24..2882937 100644
--- a/lib/searchkick/results.rb
+++ b/lib/searchkick/results.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Searchkick
-  class Results < Tire::Results::Collection
+  class Results
 
     def suggestions
       if @response["suggest"]
diff --git a/lib/searchkick/search.rb b/lib/searchkick/search.rb
index 6a73e72..68aafa4 100644
--- a/lib/searchkick/search.rb
+++ b/lib/searchkick/search.rb
@@ -328,10 +328,9 @@ module Searchkick
 
       tire_options = {load: load, payload: payload, size: per_page, from: offset}
       tire_options[:type] = document_type if self != searchkick_klass
-      search = Tire::Search::Search.new(index_name, tire_options)
       begin
-        response = search.json
-      rescue Tire::Search::SearchRequestFailed => e
+        response = Searchkick.client.search index: index_name, body: payload
+      rescue => e
         status_code = e.message[0..3].to_i
         if status_code == 404
           raise "Index missing - run #{searchkick_klass.name}.reindex"
diff --git a/searchkick.gemspec b/searchkick.gemspec
index 0e60113..9aa1e73 100644
--- a/searchkick.gemspec
+++ b/searchkick.gemspec
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.test_files    = spec.files.grep(%r{^(test|spec|features)/})
   spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
-  spec.add_dependency "tire"
-  spec.add_dependency "tire-contrib"
+  spec.add_dependency "elasticsearch"
 
   spec.add_development_dependency "bundler", "~> 1.3"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rake"
diff --git a/test/index_test.rb b/test/index_test.rb
index a796594..fc3b8f5 100644
--- a/test/index_test.rb
+++ b/test/index_test.rb
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ require_relative "test_helper"
 class TestIndex < Minitest::Unit::TestCase
 
   def test_clean_indices
-    old_index = Tire::Index.new("products_test_20130801000000000")
-    different_index = Tire::Index.new("items_test_20130801000000000")
+    old_index = Searchkick::Index.new("products_test_20130801000000000")
+    different_index = Searchkick::Index.new("items_test_20130801000000000")
 
     # create indexes
     old_index.create
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class TestIndex < Minitest::Unit::TestCase
   end
 
   def test_clean_indices_old_format
-    old_index = Tire::Index.new("products_test_20130801000000")
+    old_index = Searchkick::Index.new("products_test_20130801000000")
     old_index.create
 
     Product.clean_indices
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index a547764..2a5b7fc 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -6,10 +6,7 @@ require "minitest/pride"
 ENV["RACK_ENV"] = "test"
 
 File.delete("elasticsearch.log") if File.exists?("elasticsearch.log")
-Tire.configure do
-  logger "elasticsearch.log", :level => "debug"
-  pretty true
-end
+Searchkick.client.transport.logger = Logger.new("elasticsearch.log")
 
 if defined?(Mongoid)
   Mongoid.configure do |config|
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