diff --git a/assets/migrations/20250107104609_drop_column_author.sql b/assets/migrations/20250107104609_drop_column_author.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e66d51f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/migrations/20250107104609_drop_column_author.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+-- +goose Up
+-- +goose StatementBegin
+BEGIN;
+
+DROP INDEX IF EXISTS articles_fts_idx;
+ALTER TABLE articles DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS fts_vector;
+
+ALTER TABLE articles DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS author;
+
+ALTER TABLE articles 
+ADD COLUMN fts_vector tsvector GENERATED ALWAYS AS (
+    to_tsvector('german', coalesce(title, '') || ' ' || coalesce(content, ''))
+) STORED;
+CREATE INDEX articles_fts_idx ON articles USING gin(fts_vector);
+
+COMMIT;
+-- +goose StatementEnd
+
+-- +goose Down
+-- +goose StatementBegin
+BEGIN; 
+
+ALTER TABLE articles ADD COLUMN author VARCHAR(255) DEFAULT '';
+
+DROP INDEX IF EXISTS articles_fts_idx;
+ALTER TABLE articles DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS fts_vector;
+
+ALTER TABLE articles 
+ADD COLUMN fts_vector tsvector GENERATED ALWAYS AS (
+    to_tsvector('german', coalesce(title, '') || ' ' || coalesce(content, '') || ' ' || coalesce(author, ''))
+) STORED;
+
+CREATE INDEX articles_fts_idx ON articles USING gin(fts_vector);
+
+COMMIT;
+-- +goose StatementEnd
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmd/crawler/collectors/spiegel.go b/cmd/crawler/collectors/spiegel.go
index 08dbd9b..40e8644 100644
--- a/cmd/crawler/collectors/spiegel.go
+++ b/cmd/crawler/collectors/spiegel.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func (c *Collector) ExtractSpiegel(url string, body []byte) error {
 	whitespace := regexp.MustCompile(`\s+`)
 
 	var exists bool
-	var pagetype, title, content, datestr, author string
+	var pagetype, title, content, datestr string
 	var tag *goquery.Selection
 	var date time.Time
 
@@ -113,13 +113,6 @@ func (c *Collector) ExtractSpiegel(url string, body []byte) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// get author
-	tag = doc.Find("meta[name='author']")
-	author, exists = tag.Attr("content")
-	if !exists {
-		return errors.New("unable to extract article, no author tag")
-	}
-
 	// get content
 	tag = doc.Find("main[id='Inhalt'] div > p")
 
@@ -139,7 +132,6 @@ func (c *Collector) ExtractSpiegel(url string, body []byte) error {
 		FetchDate:   time.Now(),
 		Title:       title,
 		Content:     content,
-		Author:      author,
 	}
 
 	err = c.Articles.Insert(&article)
diff --git a/internal/model/article.go b/internal/model/article.go
index b26fc8e..b1f631c 100644
--- a/internal/model/article.go
+++ b/internal/model/article.go
@@ -1,58 +1,47 @@
 package model
 
 import (
-    "time"
-    //"strings"
-    "net/url"
+	"net/url"
+	"time"
 )
 
-
 // TODO docstring
 type Article struct {
-    Identifier  int
-    SourceUrl   string
-    PublishDate time.Time
-    FetchDate   time.Time
-    Title       string
-    Content     string
-    Author      string
+	Identifier  int
+	SourceUrl   string
+	PublishDate time.Time
+	FetchDate   time.Time
+	Title       string
+	Content     string
 }
 
 // TODO docstring
 type ArticleViewModel struct {
-    Title       string
-    Author      string
-    PublishDate string
-    SourceUrl   string
-    ShortSource string
-    Summary     string
+	Title       string
+	PublishDate string
+	SourceUrl   string
+	ShortSource string
+	Summary     string
 }
 
-
 // TODO docstring
 func (a *Article) ViewModel() *ArticleViewModel {
-    summary := a.Content
-    if len(a.Content) > 300 {
-        summary = summary[:300]
-    }
+	summary := a.Content
+	if len(a.Content) > 300 {
+		summary = summary[:300]
+	}
 
-    short_url := ""
+	short_url := ""
 	parsedURL, err := url.Parse(a.SourceUrl)
-    if err == nil {
-        short_url = parsedURL.Hostname()
+	if err == nil {
+		short_url = parsedURL.Hostname()
+	}
 
-        //hostParts := strings.Split(short_url, ".")
-	    //if len(hostParts) >= 2 {
-        //    short_url = strings.Join(hostParts[len(hostParts)-2:], ".")
-	    //}
-    }
-
-    return &ArticleViewModel{
-        Title: a.Title,
-        Author: a.Author,
-        PublishDate: a.PublishDate.Local().Format("02.01.2006"),
-        SourceUrl: a.SourceUrl,
-        ShortSource: short_url,
-        Summary: summary,
-    }
+	return &ArticleViewModel{
+		Title:       a.Title,
+		PublishDate: a.PublishDate.Local().Format("02.01.2006"),
+		SourceUrl:   a.SourceUrl,
+		ShortSource: short_url,
+		Summary:     summary,
+	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/model/database/articles.go b/internal/model/database/articles.go
index bb3c2e4..2ce6f84 100644
--- a/internal/model/database/articles.go
+++ b/internal/model/database/articles.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ type ArticleModel struct {
 // the connection to the database fails.
 func (m *ArticleModel) All(limit int) ([]model.Article, error) {
 	stmt := `
-        SELECT id, title, sourceUrl, author, content, publishDate, fetchDate 
+        SELECT id, title, sourceUrl, content, publishDate, fetchDate 
         FROM articles 
         ORDER BY publishDate DESC
 		LIMIT $1
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func (m *ArticleModel) All(limit int) ([]model.Article, error) {
 	articles := []model.Article{}
 	for rows.Next() {
 		a := model.Article{}
-		err := rows.Scan(&a.Identifier, &a.Title, &a.SourceUrl, &a.Author, &a.Content, &a.PublishDate, &a.FetchDate)
+		err := rows.Scan(&a.Identifier, &a.Title, &a.SourceUrl, &a.Content, &a.PublishDate, &a.FetchDate)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func (m *ArticleModel) All(limit int) ([]model.Article, error) {
 // database fails.
 func (m *ArticleModel) Search(query string) ([]model.Article, error) {
 	stmt := `
-		SELECT id, title, sourceurl, author, content, publishdate, fetchDate
+		SELECT id, title, sourceurl, content, publishdate, fetchDate
 		FROM articles
 		WHERE fts_vector @@ to_tsquery('german', $1)
 		ORDER BY ts_rank(fts_vector, to_tsquery('german', $1)) DESC
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func (m *ArticleModel) Search(query string) ([]model.Article, error) {
 	articles := []model.Article{}
 	for rows.Next() {
 		a := model.Article{}
-		err := rows.Scan(&a.Identifier, &a.Title, &a.SourceUrl, &a.Author, &a.Content, &a.PublishDate, &a.FetchDate)
+		err := rows.Scan(&a.Identifier, &a.Title, &a.SourceUrl, &a.Content, &a.PublishDate, &a.FetchDate)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -80,19 +80,19 @@ func (m *ArticleModel) Search(query string) ([]model.Article, error) {
 // query fails.
 func (m *ArticleModel) Insert(a *model.Article) error {
 	// insert article
-	stmt := `INSERT INTO articles (title, sourceUrl, author, content, publishDate, fetchDate)
-             VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6)
+	stmt := `INSERT INTO articles (title, sourceUrl, content, publishDate, fetchDate)
+             VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5)
     `
-	_, err := m.DB.Exec(stmt, a.Title, a.SourceUrl, a.Author, a.Content, a.PublishDate, a.FetchDate)
+	_, err := m.DB.Exec(stmt, a.Title, a.SourceUrl, a.Content, a.PublishDate, a.FetchDate)
 	return err
 }
 
 // TODO docstring
 func (m *ArticleModel) Update(a *model.Article) error {
 	stmt := `UPDATE articles 
-             SET title = $1, sourceUrl = $2, author = $3, content = $4, publishDate = $5, fetchDate = $6
+             SET title = $1, sourceUrl = $2, content = $4, publishDate = $5, fetchDate = $6
              WHERE id = $7
     `
-	_, err := m.DB.Exec(stmt, a.Title, a.SourceUrl, a.Author, a.Content, a.PublishDate, a.FetchDate, a.Identifier)
+	_, err := m.DB.Exec(stmt, a.Title, a.SourceUrl, a.Content, a.PublishDate, a.FetchDate, a.Identifier)
 	return err
 }