diff --git a/jobs/search-index/search-index.go b/jobs/search-index/search-index.go
index 0edb8450..273e6807 100644
--- a/jobs/search-index/search-index.go
+++ b/jobs/search-index/search-index.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func updateUserIndex() {
 	}
 
 	for user := range userStream {
-		if user.IsActive() && user.Nick != "" {
+		if user.HasNick() {
 			userSearchIndex.TextToID[strings.ToLower(user.Nick)] = user.ID
 		}
 	}