diff --git a/internal/repository/migrations/sqlite3/08_add-footprint.down.sql b/internal/repository/migrations/sqlite3/08_add-footprint.down.sql
index cc2d3e95..fefa54f6 100644
--- a/internal/repository/migrations/sqlite3/08_add-footprint.down.sql
+++ b/internal/repository/migrations/sqlite3/08_add-footprint.down.sql
@@ -101,3 +101,5 @@ DROP INDEX IF EXISTS jobs_numnodes_starttime;
 DROP INDEX IF EXISTS jobs_numhwthreads_starttime;
 DROP INDEX IF EXISTS jobs_numacc_starttime;
 DROP INDEX IF EXISTS jobs_energy_starttime;
+
+PRAGMA optimize;
diff --git a/internal/repository/migrations/sqlite3/12_stats-covering-index.down.sql b/internal/repository/migrations/sqlite3/12_stats-covering-index.down.sql
index 1368eb1f..0d5e3865 100644
--- a/internal/repository/migrations/sqlite3/12_stats-covering-index.down.sql
+++ b/internal/repository/migrations/sqlite3/12_stats-covering-index.down.sql
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 DROP INDEX IF EXISTS jobs_cluster_user_starttime_stats;
+DROP INDEX IF EXISTS jobs_cluster_project_starttime_stats;
+
+PRAGMA optimize;