diff --git a/indexer.go b/indexer.go
index e19af69..f73e717 100644
--- a/indexer.go
+++ b/indexer.go
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ func MapIndexAlias(elasticURL string, alias string, newIndex string) error {
 const contactQuery = `
 SELECT org_id, id, modified_on, is_active, row_to_json(t) FROM (
   SELECT
-   id, org_id, uuid, name, language, status = 'S' AS is_stopped, status = 'B' AS is_blocked, is_active, created_on, modified_on, last_seen_on,
+   id, org_id, uuid, name, language, status, status = 'S' AS is_stopped, status = 'B' AS is_blocked, is_active, created_on, modified_on, last_seen_on,
    EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM modified_on) * 1000000 as modified_on_mu,
    (
      SELECT array_to_json(array_agg(row_to_json(u)))
@@ -591,6 +591,9 @@ const indexSettings = `
 				"uuid": {
 					"type": "keyword"
 				},
+				"status": {
+					"type": "keyword"
+				},
 				"language": {
 					"type": "keyword",
 					"normalizer": "lowercase"
diff --git a/indexer_test.go b/indexer_test.go
index 6afc549..67a830b 100644
--- a/indexer_test.go
+++ b/indexer_test.go
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ func TestIndexing(t *testing.T) {
 	assertQuery(t, client, physicalName, elastic.NewMatchQuery("is_blocked", "true"), []int64{3})
 	assertQuery(t, client, physicalName, elastic.NewMatchQuery("is_stopped", "true"), []int64{2})
 
+	assertQuery(t, client, physicalName, elastic.NewMatchQuery("status", "B"), []int64{3})
+	assertQuery(t, client, physicalName, elastic.NewMatchQuery("status", "S"), []int64{2})
+
 	assertQuery(t, client, physicalName, elastic.NewMatchQuery("org_id", "1"), []int64{1, 2, 3, 4})
 
 	// created_on range query