diff --git a/app/classes/ratelimitrer.php b/app/classes/ratelimiter.php
similarity index 99%
rename from app/classes/ratelimitrer.php
rename to app/classes/ratelimiter.php
index 7e8481c..ecd1eb6 100644
--- a/app/classes/ratelimitrer.php
+++ b/app/classes/ratelimiter.php
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ class RateLimiter {
             id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
             ip_address TEXT NOT NULL,
             username TEXT NOT NULL,
-            attempted_at TEXT DEFAULT (DATETIME('now')),
-            INDEX idx_ip_username (ip_address, username)
+            attempted_at TEXT DEFAULT (DATETIME('now'))
         )";
         $this->db->exec($sql);
 
diff --git a/doc/jilo-web.schema b/doc/jilo-web.schema
index ef1a67e..f0f8e3d 100644
--- a/doc/jilo-web.schema
+++ b/doc/jilo-web.schema
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ CREATE TABLE login_attempts (
     username TEXT NOT NULL,
     attempted_at TEXT DEFAULT (DATETIME('now')),
 );
-CREATE INDEX idx_ip_username ON login_attempts (ip_address, username);
 
 CREATE TABLE ip_whitelist (
     id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
diff --git a/public_html/index.php b/public_html/index.php
index 35fa643..40fedd2 100644
--- a/public_html/index.php
+++ b/public_html/index.php
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ include '../app/helpers/logs.php';
 $logObject = new Log($dbWeb);
 $user_IP = getUserIP();
 
+// init rate limiter
+require '../app/classes/ratelimiter.php';
+
 // get platforms details
 require '../app/classes/platform.php';
 $platformObject = new Platform($dbWeb);