diff --git a/backend/src/db/migrate/store.js b/backend/src/db/migrate/store.js
index ac762647b..0c0b63943 100644
--- a/backend/src/db/migrate/store.js
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrate/store.js
@@ -86,13 +86,6 @@ class Store {
     if (CONFIG.CATEGORIES_ACTIVE) await createCategories(session)
     const writeTxResultPromise = session.writeTransaction(async (txc) => {
       await txc.run('CALL apoc.schema.assert({},{},true)') // drop all indices and constraints
-      return Promise.all(
-        [
-          'CALL db.index.fulltext.createNodeIndex("user_fulltext_search",["User"],["name", "slug"])',
-          'CALL db.index.fulltext.createNodeIndex("post_fulltext_search",["Post"],["title", "content"])',
-          'CALL db.index.fulltext.createNodeIndex("tag_fulltext_search",["Tag"],["id"])',
-        ].map((statement) => txc.run(statement)),
-      )
     })
     try {
       await writeTxResultPromise
diff --git a/backend/src/db/migrations/20230320130345-fulltext-search-indexes.js b/backend/src/db/migrations/20230320130345-fulltext-search-indexes.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..11029bea6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrations/20230320130345-fulltext-search-indexes.js
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import { getDriver } from '../../db/neo4j'
+
+export const description = ''
+
+export async function up(next) {
+  const driver = getDriver()
+  const session = driver.session()
+  const transaction = session.beginTransaction()
+
+  try {
+    // Drop indexes if they exist because due to legacy code they might be set already
+    const indexesResponse = await transaction.run(`CALL db.indexes()`)
+    const indexes = indexesResponse.records.map((record) => record.get('indexName'))
+    if (indexes.indexOf('user_fulltext_search') > -1) {
+      await transaction.run(`CALL db.index.fulltext.drop("user_fulltext_search")`)
+    }
+    if (indexes.indexOf('post_fulltext_search') > -1) {
+      await transaction.run(`CALL db.index.fulltext.drop("post_fulltext_search")`)
+    }
+    if (indexes.indexOf('tag_fulltext_search') > -1) {
+      await transaction.run(`CALL db.index.fulltext.drop("tag_fulltext_search")`)
+    }
+    // Create indexes
+    await transaction.run(
+      `CALL db.index.fulltext.createNodeIndex("user_fulltext_search",["User"],["name", "slug"])`,
+    )
+    await transaction.run(
+      `CALL db.index.fulltext.createNodeIndex("post_fulltext_search",["Post"],["title", "content"])`,
+    )
+    await transaction.run(
+      `CALL db.index.fulltext.createNodeIndex("tag_fulltext_search",["Tag"],["id"])`,
+    )
+    await transaction.commit()
+    next()
+  } catch (error) {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+    console.log(error)
+    await transaction.rollback()
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+    console.log('rolled back')
+    throw new Error(error)
+  } finally {
+    session.close()
+  }
+}
+
+export async function down(next) {
+  const driver = getDriver()
+  const session = driver.session()
+  const transaction = session.beginTransaction()
+
+  try {
+    await transaction.run(`CALL db.index.fulltext.drop("user_fulltext_search")`)
+    await transaction.run(`CALL db.index.fulltext.drop("post_fulltext_search")`)
+    await transaction.run(`CALL db.index.fulltext.drop("tag_fulltext_search")`)
+    await transaction.commit()
+    next()
+  } catch (error) {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+    console.log(error)
+    await transaction.rollback()
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+    console.log('rolled back')
+    throw new Error(error)
+  } finally {
+    session.close()
+  }
+}