diff --git a/maternal-app/maternal-app-backend/src/database/migrations/V008_add_user_photo_url.sql b/maternal-app/maternal-app-backend/src/database/migrations/V008_add_user_photo_url.sql
index 5fe7c9d..8f361b4 100644
--- a/maternal-app/maternal-app-backend/src/database/migrations/V008_add_user_photo_url.sql
+++ b/maternal-app/maternal-app-backend/src/database/migrations/V008_add_user_photo_url.sql
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 ALTER TABLE users
 ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS photo_url TEXT;
 
--- Create index for faster photo lookups
-CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_users_photo_url ON users(photo_url) WHERE photo_url IS NOT NULL;
+-- Note: No index on photo_url because base64 images exceed PostgreSQL's 8KB index limit
+-- Queries by photo_url are rare, so full table scan is acceptable
 
 -- Add comment
 COMMENT ON COLUMN users.photo_url IS 'User profile photo - can be base64 data URL or external URL';