diff --git a/exec/Main.hs b/exec/Main.hs
index 9b0d9651..79c0cab4 100644
--- a/exec/Main.hs
+++ b/exec/Main.hs
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ main = do
                 addEventsHeightNameParamsIndex logg conn
                 addFromAccountsIndex logg conn
                 addToAccountsIndex logg conn
+                addTransactionsRequestKeyIndex logg conn
+                addEventsRequestKeyIndex logg conn
             logg Info "DB Tables Initialized"
             let mgrSettings = mkManagerSettings (TLSSettingsSimple True False False) Nothing
             m <- newManager mgrSettings
@@ -170,6 +172,24 @@ addToAccountsIndex =
     , statement = "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS transfers_to_acct_height_idx_idx ON transfers (to_acct, height desc, idx);"
     }
 
+addTransactionsRequestKeyIndex :: LogFunctionIO Text -> Connection -> IO ()
+addTransactionsRequestKeyIndex =
+  addIndex
+    IndexCreationInfo
+    {
+      message = "Adding \"(requestkey)\" index on transactions table"
+    , statement = "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS transactions_requestkey_idx ON transactions (requestkey);"
+    }
+
+addEventsRequestKeyIndex :: LogFunctionIO Text -> Connection -> IO ()
+addEventsRequestKeyIndex =
+  addIndex
+    IndexCreationInfo
+    {
+      message = "Adding \"(requestkey)\" index on events table"
+    , statement = "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS events_requestkey_idx ON events (requestkey);"
+    }
+
 {-
 λ> :main single --chain 2 --height 1487570 --service-host api.chainweb.com --p2p-host us-e3.chainweb.com --dbname chainweb-data --service-port 443 --service-https
 λ> :main single --chain 0 --height 1494311 --service-host api.chainweb.com --p2p-host us-e3.chainweb.com --dbname chainweb-data --service-port 443 --service-https