diff --git a/apps/location/migrations/0036_auto_20200127_2004.py b/apps/location/migrations/0036_auto_20200127_2004.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..af475a6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/location/migrations/0036_auto_20200127_2004.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# Generated by Django 2.2.7 on 2020-01-27 20:04
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import utils.models
+
+
+def clear_data(apps, schema_editor):
+    City = apps.get_model('location', 'City')
+    for city in City.objects.all():
+        city.name = None
+        city.save()
+
+
+def preserve_field_data(apps, schema_editor):
+    City = apps.get_model('location', 'City')
+    for city in City.objects.all():
+        city.name = city.name_translated
+        city.save()
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('location', '0035_auto_20200115_1117'),
+    ]
+
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='city',
+            name='name',
+            field=models.CharField(max_length=250, null=True, verbose_name='name'),
+        ),
+        migrations.RunPython(clear_data, migrations.RunPython.noop),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='city',
+            name='name',
+            field=utils.models.TJSONField(default=None, help_text='{"en-GB":"some city name"}', null=True, verbose_name='City name json'),
+        ),
+        migrations.RunPython(preserve_field_data, migrations.RunPython.noop),
+    ]
diff --git a/apps/location/models.py b/apps/location/models.py
index a8f4c43a..36eb575a 100644
--- a/apps/location/models.py
+++ b/apps/location/models.py
@@ -145,7 +145,9 @@ class CityQuerySet(models.QuerySet):
 
 class City(models.Model):
     """Region model."""
-    name = models.CharField(_('name'), max_length=250)
+    name = TJSONField(default=None, null=True, help_text='{"en-GB":"some city name"}',
+                      verbose_name=_('City name json'))
+
     name_translated = TJSONField(blank=True, null=True, default=None,
                                  verbose_name=_('Translated name'),
                                  help_text='{"en-GB":"some text"}')
diff --git a/apps/search_indexes/signals.py b/apps/search_indexes/signals.py
index 0a6fb4f6..0f89139a 100644
--- a/apps/search_indexes/signals.py
+++ b/apps/search_indexes/signals.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def update_document(sender, **kwargs):
 
     app_label_model_name_to_filter = {
         ('location', 'country'): 'address__city__country',
-        ('location', 'city'): 'address__city',
+        # ('location', 'city'): 'address__city',
         ('location', 'address'): 'address',
         # todo: remove after migration
         ('establishment', 'establishmenttype'): 'establishment_type',