diff --git a/src/backend/CassandraBackend.cpp b/src/backend/CassandraBackend.cpp
index fa12f82e..3f76abf4 100644
--- a/src/backend/CassandraBackend.cpp
+++ b/src/backend/CassandraBackend.cpp
@@ -1314,7 +1314,9 @@ CassandraBackend::open(bool readOnly)
               << "    taxon bigint,"
               << "    token_id blob,"
               << "    PRIMARY KEY (issuer, taxon, token_id)"
-              << "  )";
+              << "  )"
+              << "  WITH CLUSTERING ORDER BY (taxon ASC, token_id ASC)"
+              << "    AND default_time_to_live = " << ttl;
         if (!executeSimpleStatement(query.str()))
             continue;
 
diff --git a/src/backend/README.md b/src/backend/README.md
index 6be3d486..fb227549 100644
--- a/src/backend/README.md
+++ b/src/backend/README.md
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ CREATE TABLE clio.issuer_nf_tokens_v2 (
 	taxon bigint,      # The NFT's token taxon
 	token_id blob,     # The NFT's ID
 	PRIMARY KEY (issuer, taxon, token_id)
-)
+) WITH CLUSTERING ORDER BY (taxon ASC, token_id ASC) ...
 ```
 This table indexes token IDs against their issuer and issuer/taxon
 combination. This is useful for determining all the NFTs a specific account
diff --git a/src/backend/cassandra/Schema.h b/src/backend/cassandra/Schema.h
index 23322110..5a232695 100644
--- a/src/backend/cassandra/Schema.h
+++ b/src/backend/cassandra/Schema.h
@@ -221,8 +221,11 @@ public:
                     token_id blob,
                      PRIMARY KEY (issuer, taxon, token_id)
                   ) 
+             WITH CLUSTERING ORDER BY (taxon ASC, token_id ASC)
+              AND default_time_to_live = {}
             )",
-            qualifiedTableName(settingsProvider_.get(), "issuer_nf_tokens_v2")));
+            qualifiedTableName(settingsProvider_.get(), "issuer_nf_tokens_v2"),
+            settingsProvider_.get().getTtl()));
 
         statements.emplace_back(fmt::format(
             R"(