diff --git a/database/books.go b/database/books.go
index 72728f8..e8fe16d 100644
--- a/database/books.go
+++ b/database/books.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package database
 
 import (
+	log "github.com/cihub/seelog"
+
 	"strings"
 	"unicode"
 
@@ -37,6 +39,34 @@ type Book struct {
 	Keywords    []string
 }
 
+func indexBooks(coll *mgo.Collection) {
+	indexes := []mgo.Index{
+		{
+			Key:        []string{"id"},
+			Unique:     true,
+			Background: true,
+		},
+		{
+			Key:        []string{"active", "-_id"},
+			Background: true,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, k := range []string{"keywords", "lang", "title", "author", "subject"} {
+		idx := mgo.Index{
+			Key:        []string{"active", k, "-_id"},
+			Background: true,
+		}
+		indexes = append(indexes, idx)
+	}
+
+	for _, idx := range indexes {
+		err := coll.EnsureIndex(idx)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error("Error indexing books: ", err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func addBook(coll *mgo.Collection, book map[string]interface{}) error {
 	book["keywords"] = keywords(book)
 	return coll.Insert(book)
diff --git a/database/database.go b/database/database.go
index b98f8ef..ab80e43 100644
--- a/database/database.go
+++ b/database/database.go
@@ -30,9 +30,20 @@ func Init(host string, name string) *DB {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 	db.name = name
+	db.initIndexes()
 	return db
 }
 
+func (db *DB) initIndexes() {
+	dbCopy := db.session.Copy()
+	booksColl := dbCopy.DB(db.name).C(books_coll)
+	go indexBooks(booksColl)
+	statsColl := dbCopy.DB(db.name).C(stats_coll)
+	go indexStats(statsColl)
+	newsColl := dbCopy.DB(db.name).C(news_coll)
+	go indexNews(newsColl)
+}
+
 func (db *DB) Close() {
 	db.session.Close()
 }
diff --git a/database/news.go b/database/news.go
index 52fd9e9..24b6158 100644
--- a/database/news.go
+++ b/database/news.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package database
 
 import (
+	log "github.com/cihub/seelog"
+
 	"time"
 
 	"gopkg.in/mgo.v2"
@@ -16,6 +18,18 @@ type News struct {
 	Text string
 }
 
+func indexNews(coll *mgo.Collection) {
+	idx := mgo.Index{
+		Key:        []string{"-date"},
+		Unique:     true,
+		Background: true,
+	}
+	err := coll.EnsureIndex(idx)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error("Error indexing news: ", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func addNews(coll *mgo.Collection, text string) error {
 	var news News
 	news.Text = text
diff --git a/database/stats.go b/database/stats.go
index 8add666..a716c0b 100644
--- a/database/stats.go
+++ b/database/stats.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package database
 
 import (
+	log "github.com/cihub/seelog"
+
 	"time"
 
 	"gopkg.in/mgo.v2"
@@ -42,6 +44,26 @@ type Visits struct {
 	Count int       "count"
 }
 
+func indexStats(coll *mgo.Collection) {
+	indexes := []mgo.Index{
+		{
+			Key:        []string{"section"},
+			Background: true,
+		},
+		{
+			Key:        []string{"-date", "section"},
+			Background: true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, idx := range indexes {
+		err := coll.EnsureIndex(idx)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error("Error indexing stats: ", err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func GetTags(tagsColl *mgo.Collection) ([]string, error) {
 	var result []struct {
 		Tag string "_id"