diff --git a/keyserver/src/database/migration-config.js b/keyserver/src/database/migration-config.js
--- a/keyserver/src/database/migration-config.js
+++ b/keyserver/src/database/migration-config.js
@@ -204,6 +204,22 @@
     },
   ],
   [18, updateRolesAndPermissionsForAllThreads],
+  [
+    19,
+    async () => {
+      await dbQuery(
+        SQL`
+        CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS search (
+          original_message_id bigint(20) NOT NULL,
+          message_id bigint(20) NOT NULL,
+          processed_content mediumtext COLLATE utf8mb4_bin,
+          FULLTEXT(processed_content),
+          PRIMARY KEY (original_message_id)
+        ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
+      `,
+      );
+    },
+  ],
 ]);
 const newDatabaseVersion: number = Math.max(...migrations.keys());
 
diff --git a/keyserver/src/database/setup-db.js b/keyserver/src/database/setup-db.js
--- a/keyserver/src/database/setup-db.js
+++ b/keyserver/src/database/setup-db.js
@@ -247,6 +247,13 @@
         creation_time bigint(20) NOT NULL
       ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
 
+      CREATE TABLE search (
+        original_message_id bigint(20) NOT NULL,
+        message_id bigint(20) NOT NULL,
+        processed_content mediumtext COLLATE utf8mb4_bin,
+        FULLTEXT(processed_content)
+      ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4;
+
       ALTER TABLE cookies
         ADD PRIMARY KEY (id),
         ADD UNIQUE KEY device_token (device_token(512)),
@@ -363,6 +370,9 @@
         
       ALTER TABLE siwe_nonces
         ADD PRIMARY KEY (nonce);
+
+      ALTER TABLE search
+        ADD PRIMARY KEY (original_message_id);
     `,
     { multipleStatements: true },
   );