diff --git a/modules/console.cc b/modules/console.cc
index 73ccd1831..c642c1ab0 100644
--- a/modules/console.cc
+++ b/modules/console.cc
@@ -1889,6 +1889,7 @@ console_cmd__event__erase(opt &out, const string_view &line)
 
 	m::dbs::write_opts opts;
 	opts.op = db::op::DELETE;
+	opts.idx = m::event::fetch::index(event);
 	m::dbs::write(txn, event, opts);
 	txn();