diff --git a/actions/publishToPublication.ts b/actions/publishToPublication.ts
index a1a93592..70aa3d9d 100644
--- a/actions/publishToPublication.ts
+++ b/actions/publishToPublication.ts
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ export async function publishToPublication({
   await supabaseServerClient.from("documents").upsert({
     uri: result.uri,
     data: record as unknown as Json,
+    indexed: true,
   });
 
   if (publication_uri) {
diff --git a/appview/index.ts b/appview/index.ts
index 6c4c1548..31ead5fb 100644
--- a/appview/index.ts
+++ b/appview/index.ts
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ async function handleEvent(evt: Event) {
       let docResult = await supabase.from("documents").upsert({
         uri: evt.uri.toString(),
         data: record.value as Json,
-        indexed: false,
       });
       if (docResult.error) console.log(docResult.error);
       await inngest.send({
@@ -275,7 +274,6 @@ async function handleEvent(evt: Event) {
       let docResult = await supabase.from("documents").upsert({
         uri: evt.uri.toString(),
         data: record.value as Json,
-        indexed: false,
       });
       if (docResult.error) console.log(docResult.error);
       await inngest.send({
diff --git a/supabase/migrations/20260211000000_indexed_default_false.sql b/supabase/migrations/20260211000000_indexed_default_false.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..09031c3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/supabase/migrations/20260211000000_indexed_default_false.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ALTER TABLE documents ALTER COLUMN indexed SET DEFAULT false;