Optimize laravel query

Hi, I made this query to retrieve more data from a few tables .. but currently I tested with many pictures .. and it loads in 4 minutes I also tested with super many data of order 8k elements in the database and it loads super hard. Do you know a way to optimize your query? Could I use something from laravel to get rid of these joins or something?

        $results = app(ProductFlatRepository::class)->scopeQuery(function($query) use($term, $categoryId, $params) {
            $channel = request()->get('channel') ?: (core()->getCurrentChannelCode() ?: core()->getDefaultChannelCode());

            $locale = request()->get('locale') ?: app()->getLocale();

            $query = $query->distinct()
                           ->addSelect('product_flat.*')
                           ->addSelect('product_images.path as image')
                           ->leftJoin('products', 'product_flat.product_id', '=', 'products.id')
                           ->leftJoin('product_categories', 'products.id', '=', 'product_categories.product_id')
                           ->leftJoin('product_images', 'products.id', '=', 'product_images.product_id')
                           ->where('product_flat.status', 1)
                           ->where('product_flat.visible_individually', 1)
                           ->where('product_flat.channel', $channel)
                           ->where('product_flat.locale', $locale)
                           ->whereNotNull('product_flat.url_key');

So that's the query ... do you think I have a way to get off the lines and do something more optimized?