diff --git a/archivebox/core/migrations/0019_auto_20210401_0654.py b/archivebox/core/migrations/0019_auto_20210401_0654.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..735a6549
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archivebox/core/migrations/0019_auto_20210401_0654.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.1.3 on 2021-04-01 06:54
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('core', '0018_auto_20210327_0952'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='snapshot',
+            name='url',
+            field=models.URLField(db_index=True, unique=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/archivebox/core/models.py b/archivebox/core/models.py
index fcfcf97d..b359ce48 100644
--- a/archivebox/core/models.py
+++ b/archivebox/core/models.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class Tag(models.Model):
 class Snapshot(models.Model):
     id = models.UUIDField(primary_key=True, default=uuid.uuid4, editable=False)
 
-    url = models.URLField(unique=True)
+    url = models.URLField(unique=True, db_index=True)
     timestamp = models.CharField(max_length=32, unique=True, db_index=True)
 
     title = models.CharField(max_length=512, null=True, blank=True, db_index=True)