diff --git a/src/ssb.db.c b/src/ssb.db.c
index 877349cf..7c7b564b 100644
--- a/src/ssb.db.c
+++ b/src/ssb.db.c
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ void tf_ssb_db_init(tf_ssb_t* ssb)
 	_tf_ssb_db_exec(db, "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS messages_size_by_author_index ON messages (author, length(content))");
 	_tf_ssb_db_exec(db, "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS messages_timestamp_index ON messages (timestamp)");
 	_tf_ssb_db_exec(db, "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS messages_type_timestamp_index ON messages (content ->> 'type', timestamp)");
+	_tf_ssb_db_exec(db, "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS messages_author_type_root_index ON messages (author, content ->> 'type', content ->> 'root')");
 	_tf_ssb_db_exec(db, "DROP INDEX IF EXISTS messages_author_id_index");
 	_tf_ssb_db_exec(db, "DROP INDEX IF EXISTS messages_by_author_index");
 	_tf_ssb_db_exec(db, "DROP INDEX IF EXISTS messages_id_index");