diff --git a/src/bluesearch/entrypoint/database/add.py b/src/bluesearch/entrypoint/database/add.py
index 7055f2941..6cbde64d7 100644
--- a/src/bluesearch/entrypoint/database/add.py
+++ b/src/bluesearch/entrypoint/database/add.py
@@ -136,9 +136,14 @@ def run(
         }
         article_mappings.append(article_mapping)
 
+        # Integrate abstract into the sentences table
+        entire_text = [
+            ("Abstract", "\n".join(article.abstract)),
+            *article.section_paragraphs,
+        ]
+
         swapped = (
-            (text, (section, ppos))
-            for ppos, (section, text) in enumerate(article.section_paragraphs)
+            (text, (section, ppos)) for ppos, (section, text) in enumerate(entire_text)
         )
         for doc, (section, ppos) in nlp.pipe(swapped, as_tuples=True):
             for spos, sent in enumerate(doc.sents):
diff --git a/tests/unit/entrypoint/database/test_add.py b/tests/unit/entrypoint/database/test_add.py
index 306915250..55cb4db9a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/entrypoint/database/test_add.py
+++ b/tests/unit/entrypoint/database/test_add.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def test_no_sentences(tmp_path, engine_sqlite, monkeypatch, model_entities):
     article = Article(
         title="Title",
         authors=["Author"],
-        abstract="Abstract",
+        abstract=[],
         section_paragraphs=[],
         pubmed_id="PubMed ID",
         pmc_id="PMC ID",