diff --git a/backend/src/db/migrate/store.js b/backend/src/db/migrate/store.js
index 9984b3971..b2d65a0f2 100644
--- a/backend/src/db/migrate/store.js
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrate/store.js
@@ -3,10 +3,27 @@ import { getDriver, getNeode } from '../../db/neo4j'
 class Store {
   async init(fn) {
     const neode = getNeode()
-    await getNeode().schema.install()
+    const { driver } = neode
+    const session = driver.session()
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-    console.log('Successfully created database indices and constraints!')
-    neode.driver.close()
+    const writeTxResultPromise = session.writeTransaction(async txc => {
+      await txc.run('CALL apoc.schema.assert({},{},true)') // drop all indices
+      return Promise.all([
+        'CALL db.index.fulltext.createNodeIndex("post_fulltext_search",["Post"],["title", "content"])',
+        'CALL db.index.fulltext.createNodeIndex("user_fulltext_search",["User"],["name", "slug"])'
+      ].map(statement => txc.run(statement)))
+    })
+    try {
+      await writeTxResultPromise
+      await getNeode().schema.install()
+      console.log('Successfully created database indices and constraints!')
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.log(error) // eslint-disable-line no-console
+    } finally {
+      session.close()
+      driver.close()
+      fn()
+    }
   }
 
   async load(fn) {