diff --git a/services/backend-api/src/features/user-feeds/entities/user-feed.entity.ts b/services/backend-api/src/features/user-feeds/entities/user-feed.entity.ts
index 6da38687b..545af6aca 100644
--- a/services/backend-api/src/features/user-feeds/entities/user-feed.entity.ts
+++ b/services/backend-api/src/features/user-feeds/entities/user-feed.entity.ts
@@ -189,6 +189,11 @@ UserFeedSchema.index({
   refreshRateSeconds: 1,
 });
 
+// For looking up feeds with specific URLs when refreshing user external credentials
+UserFeedSchema.index({
+  "user.discordUserId": 1,
+});
+
 export const UserFeedFeature: ModelDefinition = {
   name: UserFeed.name,
   schema: UserFeedSchema,