diff --git a/mim/commands/search.py b/mim/commands/search.py
index bda992e..790df1a 100644
--- a/mim/commands/search.py
+++ b/mim/commands/search.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import re
 import subprocess
 import tempfile
 import typing
-from pkg_resources import resource_filename
 from typing import Any, List, Optional
 
 import click
@@ -19,6 +18,7 @@ from mim.utils import (
     cast2lowercase,
     echo_success,
     get_github_url,
+    get_installed_path,
     highlighted_error,
     is_installed,
     split_package_version,
@@ -212,14 +212,16 @@ def load_metadata_from_local(package: str):
     if is_installed(package):
         # rename the model_zoo.yml to model-index.yml but support both of them
         # for backward compatibility
-        metadata_path = resource_filename(package, 'model-index.yml')
+        installed_path = get_installed_path(package)
+        metadata_path = osp.join(installed_path, 'model-index.yml')
         if not osp.exists(metadata_path):
-            metadata_path = resource_filename(package, 'model_zoo.yml')
+            metadata_path = osp.join(installed_path, 'model_zoo.yml')
             if not osp.exists(metadata_path):
                 raise FileNotFoundError(
                     highlighted_error(
-                        'model-index.yml or model_zoo.yml is not found, please'
-                        f' upgrade your {package} to support search command'))
+                        f'{installed_path}/model-index.yml or {installed_path}'
+                        '/model_zoo.yml is not found, please upgrade your '
+                        f'{package} to support search command'))
 
         metadata = load(metadata_path)
 
@@ -265,9 +267,9 @@ def load_metadata_from_remote(package: str) -> Optional[ModelIndex]:
 
             # rename the model_zoo.yml to model-index.yml but support both of
             # them for backward compatibility
-            metadata_path = resource_filename(package, 'model-index.yml')
+            metadata_path = osp.join(repo_root, 'model-index.yml')
             if not osp.exists(metadata_path):
-                metadata_path = resource_filename(package, 'model_zoo.yml')
+                metadata_path = osp.join(repo_root, 'model_zoo.yml')
                 if not osp.exists(metadata_path):
                     raise FileNotFoundError(
                         highlighted_error(
@@ -277,7 +279,7 @@ def load_metadata_from_remote(package: str) -> Optional[ModelIndex]:
 
             metadata = load(metadata_path)
 
-        if not version:
+        if version:
             with open(pkl_path, 'wb') as fw:
                 pickle.dump(metadata, fw)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_search.py b/tests/test_search.py
index 2130b7f..77cf933 100644
--- a/tests/test_search.py
+++ b/tests/test_search.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+import os.path as osp
+
 from click.testing import CliRunner
 
 from mim.commands.install import cli as install
 from mim.commands.search import cli as search
-from mim.utils import is_installed
+from mim.utils import DEFAULT_CACHE_DIR, is_installed
 
 
 def setup_module():
@@ -23,10 +25,18 @@ def test_search():
     # search master branch
     result = runner.invoke(search, ['mmcls', '--remote'])
     assert result.exit_code == 0
+    # mim search mmsegmentation --remote
+    result = runner.invoke(search, ['mmsegmentation', '--remote'])
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
+    # mim search mmaction2 --remote
+    result = runner.invoke(search, ['mmaction2', '--remote'])
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
 
     # mim search mmcls==0.11.0 --remote
     result = runner.invoke(search, ['mmcls==0.11.0', '--remote'])
     assert result.exit_code == 0
+    # the metadata of mmcls==0.11.0 will be saved in cache
+    assert osp.exists(osp.join(DEFAULT_CACHE_DIR, 'mmcls-0.11.0.pkl'))
 
     # mim search mmcls --model res
     # invali model