diff --git a/packages/backend/src/migration/1700331070890-note-text-fts-idx.ts b/packages/backend/src/migration/1700331070890-note-text-fts-idx.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b0f6dfeb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/src/migration/1700331070890-note-text-fts-idx.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { MigrationInterface, QueryRunner } from "typeorm"
+
+export class NoteTextFtsIdx1700331070890 implements MigrationInterface {
+    public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+        await queryRunner.query(`CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS pg_trgm`);
+        const total = await queryRunner.query(`SELECT COUNT(*) FROM "note"`);
+        if (total && total.length > 0) {
+            const count = BigInt(total[0].count);
+            console.log(`Indexing the "note" table for full text search, please hang tight!`);
+            console.log(`You have ${count} notes in your database. This process will take an estimated ${count / 1000000n * 45n} seconds, though the exact duration depends on your hardware configuration.`);
+        }
+        await queryRunner.query(`CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS "note_text_fts_idx" ON "note" USING gin ("text" gin_trgm_ops)`);
+    }
+
+    public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX IF EXISTS "note_text_fts_idx"`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`DROP EXTENSION IF EXISTS pg_trgm`);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/models/entities/note.ts b/packages/backend/src/models/entities/note.ts
index 4226a429f..21a39aa01 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/models/entities/note.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/models/entities/note.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ export class Note {
 	})
 	public threadId: string | null;
 
+	@Index('note_text_fts_idx', { synchronize: false })
 	@Column("text", {
 		nullable: true,
 	})