diff --git a/src/objects/migrations/0012_index_objattr_values.py b/src/objects/migrations/0012_index_objattr_values.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d39e0fbd08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/objects/migrations/0012_index_objattr_values.py
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import datetime
+from south.db import db
+from south.v2 import SchemaMigration
+from django.db import models
+
+
+class Migration(SchemaMigration):
+
+    def forwards(self, orm):
+        # Adding index on 'ObjAttribute', fields ['db_value']
+        db.create_index('objects_objattribute', ['db_value'])
+
+
+    def backwards(self, orm):
+        # Removing index on 'ObjAttribute', fields ['db_value']
+        db.delete_index('objects_objattribute', ['db_value'])
+
+
+    models = {
+        'auth.group': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Group'},
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '80'}),
+            'permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': "orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        'auth.permission': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "('content_type__app_label', 'content_type__model', 'codename')", 'unique_together': "(('content_type', 'codename'),)", 'object_name': 'Permission'},
+            'codename': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50'})
+        },
+        'auth.user': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'User'},
+            'date_joined': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'email': ('django.db.models.fields.EmailField', [], {'max_length': '75', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'first_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'groups': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': "orm['auth.Group']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'is_active': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
+            'is_staff': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'is_superuser': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'last_login': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'last_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'password': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '128'}),
+            'user_permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': "orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'username': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '30'})
+        },
+        'contenttypes.contenttype': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "('name',)", 'unique_together': "(('app_label', 'model'),)", 'object_name': 'ContentType', 'db_table': "'django_content_type'"},
+            'app_label': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'model': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'})
+        },
+        'objects.alias': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Alias'},
+            'db_key': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'db_obj': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['objects.ObjectDB']"}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'})
+        },
+        'objects.objattribute': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'ObjAttribute'},
+            'db_date_created': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_key': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'db_lock_storage': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '512', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_obj': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['objects.ObjectDB']"}),
+            'db_value': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'db_index': 'True', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'})
+        },
+        'objects.objectdb': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'ObjectDB'},
+            'db_cmdset_storage': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_date_created': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_destination': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'destinations_set'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['objects.ObjectDB']"}),
+            'db_home': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'homes_set'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['objects.ObjectDB']"}),
+            'db_key': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'db_location': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'locations_set'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['objects.ObjectDB']"}),
+            'db_lock_storage': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '512', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_player': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['players.PlayerDB']", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_typeclass_path': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'})
+        },
+        'objects.objectnick': {
+            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('db_nick', 'db_type', 'db_obj'),)", 'object_name': 'ObjectNick'},
+            'db_nick': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'db_obj': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['objects.ObjectDB']"}),
+            'db_real': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {}),
+            'db_type': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'inputline'", 'max_length': '16', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'})
+        },
+        'players.playerdb': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'PlayerDB'},
+            'db_cmdset_storage': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'db_date_created': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_is_connected': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'db_key': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'db_lock_storage': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '512', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_obj': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['objects.ObjectDB']", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_typeclass_path': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['auth.User']", 'unique': 'True'})
+        }
+    }
+
+    complete_apps = ['objects']
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diff --git a/src/typeclasses/models.py b/src/typeclasses/models.py
index 9dd7e2d874..580bae4f90 100644
--- a/src/typeclasses/models.py
+++ b/src/typeclasses/models.py
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ class Attribute(SharedMemoryModel):
 
     db_key = models.CharField('key', max_length=255, db_index=True)
     # access through the value property
-    db_value = models.TextField('value', blank=True, null=True)
+    db_value = models.TextField('value', blank=True, null=True, db_index=True)
     # Lock storage
     db_lock_storage = models.CharField('locks', max_length=512, blank=True)
     # references the object the attribute is linked to (this is set