diff --git a/db/migrate/20170117233040_add_trigram_index_to_users.rb b/db/migrate/20170117233040_add_trigram_index_to_users.rb
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+class AddTrigramIndexToUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+  	execute "set statement_timeout = 0"
+    execute "create index index_users_on_name_trgm on users using gin (lower(name) gin_trgm_ops)"
+  end
+end