diff --git a/tiled/adapters/arrow.py b/tiled/adapters/arrow.py
index 5c6e5776d..d391c0b74 100644
--- a/tiled/adapters/arrow.py
+++ b/tiled/adapters/arrow.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import copy
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Iterator, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
-from typing import Callable, Dict, Iterator, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 from urllib.parse import quote_plus
 
 import pandas
diff --git a/tiled/adapters/awkward_buffers.py b/tiled/adapters/awkward_buffers.py
index 87296c133..b51fbb747 100644
--- a/tiled/adapters/awkward_buffers.py
+++ b/tiled/adapters/awkward_buffers.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 from ..structures.awkward import AwkwardStructure
 from ..structures.core import Spec, StructureFamily
 from ..structures.data_source import Asset, DataSource, Storage
-
 from ..type_aliases import JSON
 from ..utils import path_from_uri
 from .awkward import AwkwardAdapter
diff --git a/tiled/adapters/sql.py b/tiled/adapters/sql.py
index a0a97a653..b046092a5 100644
--- a/tiled/adapters/sql.py
+++ b/tiled/adapters/sql.py
@@ -94,16 +94,25 @@ def init_storage(
             data_source.structure.arrow_schema_decoded
         )  # based on hash of Arrow schema
         encoded = schema.serialize()
+
         default_table_name = "table_" + hashlib.md5(encoded).hexdigest()
-        data_source.parameters.setdefault("table_name", default_table_name)
+        table_name = data_source.parameters.setdefault("table_name", default_table_name)
+
         data_source.parameters["dataset_id"] = secrets.randbits(63)
         data_uri = storage.get("sql")  # TODO scrub credential
 
         schema_new = schema.insert(0, pyarrow.field("dataset_id", pyarrow.int64()))
-        statement = schema_to_pg_create_table(schema_new, default_table_name)
+        create_table_statement = schema_to_pg_create_table(schema_new, table_name)
+
+        create_index_statement = f"""create
+        index if not exists
+        dataset_id_index
+        on
+        {table_name}(dataset_id);"""
 
         conn = create_connection(data_uri)
-        conn.cursor().execute(statement)
+        conn.cursor().execute(create_table_statement)
+        conn.cursor().execute(create_index_statement)
         conn.commit()
 
         data_source.assets.append(
@@ -232,8 +241,8 @@ def read_partition(
             raise NotImplementedError
         return self.read(fields)
 
+def create_connection(uri: str):
 
-def create_connection(uri):
     if uri.startswith("sqlite:"):
         # Ensure this path is writable to avoid a confusing error message
         # from abdc_driver_sqlite.
diff --git a/tiled/structures/table.py b/tiled/structures/table.py
index 7052355cb..f6890b5e6 100644
--- a/tiled/structures/table.py
+++ b/tiled/structures/table.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import io
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import List, Tuple, Union
+
 import pyarrow
 
 B64_ENCODED_PREFIX = "data:application/vnd.apache.arrow.file;base64,"
@@ -64,9 +65,9 @@ def from_arrays(cls, arr, names):
         schema_b64 = base64.b64encode(schema_bytes).decode("utf-8")
         data_uri = B64_ENCODED_PREFIX + schema_b64
         return cls(arrow_schema=data_uri, npartitions=1, columns=list(names))
+
     @classmethod
     def from_schema(cls, schema: pyarrow.Schema, npartitions: int = 1):
-
         schema_bytes = schema.serialize()
         schema_b64 = base64.b64encode(schema_bytes).decode("utf-8")
         data_uri = B64_ENCODED_PREFIX + schema_b64