diff --git a/packages/api/src/entity/library_item.ts b/packages/api/src/entity/library_item.ts
index 960c05635..416c65b68 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/entity/library_item.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/entity/library_item.ts
@@ -198,4 +198,7 @@ export class LibraryItem {
 
   @Column('text', { nullable: true })
   note?: string | null
+
+  @Column('text', { nullable: true })
+  recommenderNames?: string[] | null
 }
diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/function_resolvers.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/function_resolvers.ts
index 57f702a59..f669a5909 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/function_resolvers.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/function_resolvers.ts
@@ -9,13 +9,16 @@ import {
   Highlight,
   Label,
   PageType,
+  Recommendation,
   SearchItem,
 } from '../generated/graphql'
 import { findHighlightsByLibraryItemId } from '../services/highlights'
 import { findLabelsByLibraryItemId } from '../services/labels'
+import { findRecommendationsByLibraryItemId } from '../services/recommendation'
 import { findUploadFileById } from '../services/upload_file'
 import {
   highlightDataToHighlight,
+  recommandationDataToRecommendation,
   validatedDate,
   wordsCount,
 } from '../utils/helpers'
@@ -502,6 +505,15 @@ export const functionResolvers = {
 
       return findLabelsByLibraryItemId(item.id, ctx.uid)
     },
+    async recommendations(item: {
+      id: string
+      recommendations?: Recommendation[]
+    }) {
+      if (item.recommendations) return item.recommendations
+
+      const recommendations = await findRecommendationsByLibraryItemId(item.id)
+      return recommendations.map(recommandationDataToRecommendation)
+    },
   },
   Subscription: {
     newsletterEmail(subscription: Subscription) {
diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/library_item.ts b/packages/api/src/services/library_item.ts
index 68868c8fd..1dcdb146d 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/library_item.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/library_item.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { Label } from '../entity/label'
 import { LibraryItem, LibraryItemState } from '../entity/library_item'
 import { BulkActionType } from '../generated/graphql'
 import { createPubSubClient, EntityType } from '../pubsub'
-import { authTrx, getColumns } from '../repository'
+import { authTrx } from '../repository'
 import { libraryItemRepository } from '../repository/library_item'
 import { wordsCount } from '../utils/helpers'
 import {
@@ -245,12 +245,13 @@ const buildWhereClause = (
   }
 
   if (args.recommendedBy) {
-    queryBuilder.andWhere('recommendations IS NOT NULL')
-
-    // select all if * is provided
-    if (args.recommendedBy !== '*') {
+    if (args.recommendedBy === '*') {
+      // select all if * is provided
+      queryBuilder.andWhere(`library_item.recommender_names <> '{}'`)
+    } else {
+      // select only if the user is recommended by the provided user
       queryBuilder.andWhere(
-        '(lower(recommender.name) = :recommendedBy OR lower(group.name) = :recommendedBy)',
+        'lower(library_item.recommender_names::text)::text[] && ARRAY[:recommendedBy]::text[]',
         {
           recommendedBy: args.recommendedBy.toLowerCase(),
         }
@@ -275,10 +276,6 @@ export const searchLibraryItems = async (
     async (tx) => {
       const queryBuilder = tx
         .createQueryBuilder(LibraryItem, 'library_item')
-        .leftJoinAndSelect('library_item.recommendations', 'recommendations')
-        .leftJoinAndSelect('recommendations.recommender', 'recommender')
-        .leftJoinAndSelect('recommendations.group', 'group')
-        .leftJoinAndSelect('recommender.profile', 'recommender_profile')
         .where('library_item.user_id = :userId', { userId })
 
       // build the where clause
diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/recommendation.ts b/packages/api/src/services/recommendation.ts
index 933123bfe..cd5558b97 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/recommendation.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/recommendation.ts
@@ -94,3 +94,15 @@ export const createRecommendation = async (
 ) => {
   return getRepository(Recommendation).save(recommendation)
 }
+
+export const findRecommendationsByLibraryItemId = async (
+  libraryItemId: string
+) => {
+  return getRepository(Recommendation).find({
+    where: { libraryItem: { id: libraryItemId } },
+    relations: {
+      group: true,
+      recommender: true,
+    }
+  })
+}
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/helpers.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/helpers.ts
index 8bfc97478..e576af4e1 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/helpers.ts
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ export const highlightDataToHighlight = (
   user: userDataToUser(highlight.user),
 })
 
-const recommandationDataToRecommendation = (
+export const recommandationDataToRecommendation = (
   recommendation: RecommendationData
 ): Recommendation => ({
   ...recommendation,
diff --git a/packages/db/migrations/0128.undo.create_index_for_foreign_key.sql b/packages/db/migrations/0128.undo.create_index_for_foreign_key.sql
index 87612778e..51b7cfb54 100755
--- a/packages/db/migrations/0128.undo.create_index_for_foreign_key.sql
+++ b/packages/db/migrations/0128.undo.create_index_for_foreign_key.sql
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ BEGIN;
 DROP INDEX IF EXISTS omnivore.library_item_updated_at_idx;
 DROP INDEX IF EXISTS omnivore.library_item_saved_at_idx;
 
-DROP INDEX IF NOT EXISTS omnivore.user_profile_user_id_idx;
+DROP INDEX IF EXISTS omnivore.user_profile_user_id_idx;
 
 DROP INDEX IF EXISTS omnivore.highlight_library_item_id_idx;
 
diff --git a/packages/db/migrations/0129.do.add_recommender_names_to_library_item.sql b/packages/db/migrations/0129.do.add_recommender_names_to_library_item.sql
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..68f5b20d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/db/migrations/0129.do.add_recommender_names_to_library_item.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+-- Type: DO
+-- Name: add_recommender_names_to_library_item
+-- Description: Add recommender names field to library item table
+
+BEGIN;
+
+ALTER TABLE omnivore.library_item ADD COLUMN recommender_names text[] DEFAULT '{}'::text[];
+
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION update_library_item_recommenders()
+RETURNS trigger AS $$
+BEGIN
+    -- update library_item recommender names from user and group table name column
+    UPDATE omnivore.library_item
+    SET recommender_names = (
+        SELECT array_agg(DISTINCT name)
+        FROM (
+            SELECT name
+            FROM omnivore.user
+            WHERE id = NEW.user_id
+            UNION
+            SELECT name
+            FROM omnivore.group
+            WHERE id = NEW.group_id
+        ) AS recommender_names
+    )
+    WHERE id = NEW.library_item_id;
+
+    return NEW;
+END;
+$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
+
+CREATE TRIGGER library_item_recommenders_update
+AFTER INSERT ON omnivore.recommendation
+FOR EACH ROW
+EXECUTE FUNCTION update_library_item_recommenders();
+
+COMMIT;
diff --git a/packages/db/migrations/0129.undo.add_recommender_names_to_library_item.sql b/packages/db/migrations/0129.undo.add_recommender_names_to_library_item.sql
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..6d56db7dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/db/migrations/0129.undo.add_recommender_names_to_library_item.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+-- Type: UNDO
+-- Name: add_recommender_names_to_library_item
+-- Description: Add recommender names field to library item table
+
+BEGIN;
+
+DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS library_item_recommenders_update ON omnivore.recommendation;
+DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS update_library_item_recommenders();
+
+ALTER TABLE omnivore.library_item DROP COLUMN recommender_names;
+
+COMMIT;