diff --git a/bin/paused b/bin/paused
index 8180d522..3abaa7ce 100755
--- a/bin/paused
+++ b/bin/paused
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ sub loop () { # we're NOT called as a method
 	      WHERE length(userid) > 1
                 AND ( dverified=''
                       OR
-                      dverified+0 > ?
+                      dverified > ?
                     ) }; #};
 
   $sth = $dbh->prepare($query);
diff --git a/doc/mod.schema.txt b/doc/mod.schema.txt
index c1ccb379..b7e00346 100644
--- a/doc/mod.schema.txt
+++ b/doc/mod.schema.txt
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ CREATE TABLE uris (
   is_perl6 tinyint NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
   PRIMARY KEY (uriid),
   UNIQUE KEY useridbaseis_perl6 (userid,basename,is_perl6),
+  KEY dverified (dverified),
   KEY uri (uri)
 ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 PACK_KEYS=1;
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;