diff --git a/kallithea/lib/indexers/__init__.py b/kallithea/lib/indexers/__init__.py
--- a/kallithea/lib/indexers/__init__.py
+++ b/kallithea/lib/indexers/__init__.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ CHGSET_IDX_NAME = 'CHGSET_INDEX'
 
 # used only to generate queries in journal
 JOURNAL_SCHEMA = Schema(
-    username=TEXT(),
+    username=ID(),
     date=DATETIME(),
     action=TEXT(),
     repository=ID(),
diff --git a/kallithea/tests/functional/test_admin.py b/kallithea/tests/functional/test_admin.py
--- a/kallithea/tests/functional/test_admin.py
+++ b/kallithea/tests/functional/test_admin.py
@@ -171,9 +171,9 @@ class TestAdminController(TestController
 
         #### "username:" filtering
         # "-" is valid character
-        ('username:peso-xxx', 0),
+        ('username:peso-xxx', 4),
         # using "stop words"
-        ('username:this-is-it', 2036),
+        ('username:this-is-it', 2),
 
         ## additional tests to quickly find out regression in the future
         ## (and check case-insensitive search, too)