diff --git a/apps/ssb/tf-tab-query.js b/apps/ssb/tf-tab-query.js
index bec5a7d83..566aadc14 100644
--- a/apps/ssb/tf-tab-query.js
+++ b/apps/ssb/tf-tab-query.js
@@ -86,7 +86,10 @@ class TfTabQueryElement extends LitElement {
 	}
 
 	render_error() {
-		return html`<pre>${JSON.stringify(this.error, null, 2)}</pre>`;
+		if (this.error) {
+			return html`<h2 style="color: red">${this.error.message}</h2>
+				<pre style="color: red">${this.error.stack}</pre>`;
+		}
 	}
 
 	render() {
diff --git a/src/ssb.db.c b/src/ssb.db.c
index 9c06566a3..89424ce4e 100644
--- a/src/ssb.db.c
+++ b/src/ssb.db.c
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ void tf_ssb_db_init(tf_ssb_t* ssb)
 	_tf_ssb_db_exec(db, "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS messages_author_id_index ON messages (author, id)");
 	_tf_ssb_db_exec(db, "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS messages_author_sequence_index ON messages (author, sequence)");
 	_tf_ssb_db_exec(db, "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS messages_author_timestamp_index ON messages (author, timestamp)");
+	_tf_ssb_db_exec(db, "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS messages_timestamp_index ON messages (timestamp)");
 	_tf_ssb_db_exec(db,
 		"CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS blobs ("
 		"  id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,"