diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f80e5c682..86d5b7799 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ bld/
 
 # Visual Studio 2015/2017 cache/options directory
 .vs/
+.vscode
 # Uncomment if you have tasks that create the project's static files in wwwroot
 #wwwroot/
 
diff --git a/apps/search_memory_index.cpp b/apps/search_memory_index.cpp
index 1a9acc285..2138b9134 100644
--- a/apps/search_memory_index.cpp
+++ b/apps/search_memory_index.cpp
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ int search_memory_index(diskann::Metric &metric, const std::string &index_path,
     double best_recall = 0.0;
 
     for (uint32_t test_id = 0; test_id < Lvec.size(); test_id++)
-    {
+    {   
+        std::cout<<"L: "<<test_id<<std::endl;
         uint32_t L = Lvec[test_id];
         if (L < recall_at)
         {
@@ -198,7 +199,8 @@ int search_memory_index(diskann::Metric &metric, const std::string &index_path,
                 }
             }
             else
-            {
+            {   
+                std::cout<<"Query: "<<i+1<<std::endl;
                 cmp_stats[i] = index
                                    ->search(query + i * query_aligned_dim, recall_at, L,
                                             query_result_ids[test_id].data() + i * recall_at)
diff --git a/run_from_python.py b/run_from_python.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c2791047d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run_from_python.py
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import subprocess
+import os
+
+# Path to the executable and its arguments
+exe_path = r"C:\Users\ameyv\MSR\DiskANN\x64\Debug\build_memory_index.exe"
+#exe_path = r"C:\Users\ameyv\MSR\DiskANN\x64\Release\build_disk_index.exe"
+#exe_path = r"C:\Users\ameyv\MSR\DiskANN\x64\Release\gen_random_slice.exe"
+
+command_type = 1
+
+if command_type == 1:
+    data_path = r"C:\Users\ameyv\MSR\sift_base.bin"
+    index_path_prefix = r"C:\Users\ameyv\MSR\sift_memory_index_R64_L100"
+    arguments = [
+        "--data_type", "float",
+        "--dist_fn", "l2",
+        "--data_path", data_path,
+        "--index_path_prefix", index_path_prefix,
+        "-R", "64",
+        "-L", "100"
+    ]
+elif command_type == 2:
+    memory = 1
+    data_path = r"C:\Users\ameyv\MSR\sift_base.bin"
+    index_path_prefix = r"C:\Users\ameyv\MSR\sift_disk_index"
+    arguments = [
+        "--data_type", "float",
+        "--dist_fn", "l2",
+        "--data_path", data_path,
+        "--index_path_prefix", index_path_prefix,
+        "-R", "16",
+        "-L", "25",
+        "-B", "0.003",
+        "-T","1",
+        "-M", str(memory)
+    ]
+elif command_type == 3:
+    base_file_path = r"C:\Users\ameyv\MSR\sift_base.bin"
+    arguments = ["float", 
+                 base_file_path, 
+                 "sift_50k", 
+                 "0.05"
+    ]
+
+# Constructing the complete command
+command = [exe_path] + arguments
+
+# Print the command to debug
+print("Executing command:", command)
+
+# Check if the executable exists and is a file
+if not os.path.isfile(exe_path):
+    print(f"Error: The executable {exe_path} does not exist or is not a file.")
+else:
+    # Execute the executable with arguments and capture the output
+    try:
+        # Run the executable with arguments and capture the output and errors
+        directory = r"C:\Users\ameyv\MSR\DiskANN\results" + "\\"
+        file_base = r"\log.txt"
+        file_path = directory + file_base
+        if os.path.exists(file_path):
+            # Delete the file
+            os.remove(file_path)
+        with open(directory + file_base, 'a') as log_file:  # Open the file in append mode
+            result = subprocess.run(command, stdout=log_file)
+
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        print(f"Program failed with return code {e.returncode}")
+        print(f"Output: {e.output}")
+        print(f"Errors: {e.stderr}")
+
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        print(f"Executable not found: {exe_path}")
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"An error occurred: {str(e)}")
+
diff --git a/src/index.cpp b/src/index.cpp
index bf93344fa..61fa86ea3 100644
--- a/src/index.cpp
+++ b/src/index.cpp
@@ -752,6 +752,15 @@ template <typename T, typename TagT, typename LabelT> std::vector<uint32_t> Inde
         }
     }
 
+    // if(_nd > 50000){
+    //     std::random_device rd;
+    //     std::mt19937 gen(rd());
+    //     std::uniform_int_distribution<uint32_t> dis(0, (uint32_t)_nd-1);
+    //     for(uint32_t i=0;i<1000;i++){
+    //         init_ids.emplace_back((uint32_t)dis(gen));
+    //     }
+    // }
+
     return init_ids;
 }
 
@@ -879,11 +888,20 @@ std::pair<uint32_t, uint32_t> Index<T, TagT, LabelT>::iterate_to_fixed_point(
 
     uint32_t hops = 0;
     uint32_t cmps = 0;
-
     while (best_L_nodes.has_unexpanded_node())
     {
         auto nbr = best_L_nodes.closest_unexpanded();
         auto n = nbr.id;
+        
+        // if(search_invocation){
+        //     std::vector<uint32_t> id_scratch_temp = {n};
+        //     std::vector<float> dist_scratch_temp = {0.0};
+        //     compute_dists(id_scratch_temp, dist_scratch_temp);
+        //     diskann::cout<<"Iteration/Hop: #"<<hops+1<<std::endl;
+        //     diskann::cout<<"Current L size: "<<best_L_nodes.size()<<std::endl;
+        //     diskann::cout<<"Node expanded(ID) : "<<nbr.id<<" Distance(ID,Query): "<<dist_scratch_temp[0]<<std::endl;     
+        // }
+        hops++;
 
         // Add node to expanded nodes to create pool for prune later
         if (!search_invocation)
@@ -966,12 +984,29 @@ std::pair<uint32_t, uint32_t> Index<T, TagT, LabelT>::iterate_to_fixed_point(
         compute_dists(id_scratch, dist_scratch);
         cmps += (uint32_t)id_scratch.size();
 
-        // Insert <id, dist> pairs into the pool of candidates
+        // // Insert <id, dist> pairs into the pool of candidates
+        // if (search_invocation){
+        //     diskann::cout<<"Comparisons(Neighbors of ID) "<<(uint32_t)id_scratch.size()<<std::endl;
+        //     diskann::cout<<"Distances of Neighbors: ID, Query"<<std::endl;
+        // }
         for (size_t m = 0; m < id_scratch.size(); ++m)
         {
+            // if(search_invocation){
+            //     float cur_dist = _pq_data_store->get_distance(id_scratch[m], n);
+            //     diskann::cout<<"pt #"<<m+1<<": "<<cur_dist<<std::setw(10)<<dist_scratch[m]<<std::endl;
+            // }
             best_L_nodes.insert(Neighbor(id_scratch[m], dist_scratch[m]));
         }
     }
+    if (search_invocation){
+        diskann::cout<<"Total Iterations/Hops: "<<hops<<std::endl;
+        diskann::cout<<"Total comparisons: "<<cmps<<std::endl;
+        // diskann::cout<<"L size: "<<best_L_nodes.size()<<std::endl;
+        // diskann::cout<<"Expanded Nodes List"<<scratch->expanded_nodes_vec().size()<<std::endl;
+        // for(auto neighbor : scratch->expanded_nodes_vec()){
+        //     diskann::cout<<neighbor.id<<std::endl;
+        // }       
+    }
     return std::make_pair(hops, cmps);
 }
 
@@ -1977,12 +2012,24 @@ std::pair<uint32_t, uint32_t> Index<T, TagT, LabelT>::search(const T *query, con
     }
 
     const std::vector<LabelT> unused_filter_label;
-    const std::vector<uint32_t> init_ids = get_init_ids();
+    const std::vector<uint32_t> init_ids_temp = get_init_ids();
 
     std::shared_lock<std::shared_timed_mutex> lock(_update_lock);
 
     _data_store->preprocess_query(query, scratch);
 
+    std::vector<uint32_t> init_ids;
+    float min_dist = std::numeric_limits<float>::max();
+    for(auto id:init_ids_temp){
+
+        float dist = _data_store->get_distance(query,id);
+        if(dist < min_dist){
+            min_dist = dist;
+            init_ids.clear();
+            init_ids.push_back(id);
+        }
+    }
+
     auto retval = iterate_to_fixed_point(scratch, L, init_ids, false, unused_filter_label, true);
 
     NeighborPriorityQueue &best_L_nodes = scratch->best_l_nodes();