diff --git a/data-serving/scripts/setup-db/migrations/20211119121032-additional-user-indexes.js b/data-serving/scripts/setup-db/migrations/20211119121032-additional-user-indexes.js
index 1658ef992..514708f24 100644
--- a/data-serving/scripts/setup-db/migrations/20211119121032-additional-user-indexes.js
+++ b/data-serving/scripts/setup-db/migrations/20211119121032-additional-user-indexes.js
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 const indexes = [
-  {
-    name: 'googleID',
-    key: {
-      googleID: 1,
+    {
+        name: 'googleID',
+        key: {
+            googleID: 1,
+        },
     },
-  },
-]
+];
 
 module.exports = {
-  async up(db, client) {
-    await db.command({
-      createIndexes: 'users',
-      indexes: indexes,
-    });
-  },
+    async up(db, client) {
+        await db.command({
+            createIndexes: 'users',
+            indexes: indexes,
+        });
+    },
 
-  async down(db, client) {
-    await db.command({
-      dropIndexes: 'users',
-      index: ['googleID'],
-    });
-  }
+    async down(db, client) {
+        await db.command({
+            dropIndexes: 'users',
+            index: ['googleID'],
+        });
+    },
 };
diff --git a/data-serving/scripts/setup-db/migrations/20220713074716-additional-user-indexes.js b/data-serving/scripts/setup-db/migrations/20220713074716-additional-user-indexes.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1b0cbd05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data-serving/scripts/setup-db/migrations/20220713074716-additional-user-indexes.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+const indexes = [
+    {
+        name: 'email',
+        key: {
+            email: 1,
+        },
+        collation: {
+            locale: 'en_US',
+            strength: 2,
+        },
+    },
+];
+
+module.exports = {
+    async up(db, client) {
+        await db.command({
+            createIndexes: 'users',
+            indexes: indexes,
+        });
+    },
+
+    async down(db, client) {
+        await db.command({
+            dropIndexes: 'users',
+            index: ['email'],
+        });
+    },
+};
diff --git a/verification/curator-service/api/src/controllers/auth.ts b/verification/curator-service/api/src/controllers/auth.ts
index b3a6e82ec..e9eb3c201 100644
--- a/verification/curator-service/api/src/controllers/auth.ts
+++ b/verification/curator-service/api/src/controllers/auth.ts
@@ -660,8 +660,12 @@ export class AuthController {
                 },
                 async (req, email, password, done) => {
                     try {
-                        const user = await users().findOne({ email });
+                        const userPromise = await users().find({ email })
+                        .collation({ locale: 'en_US', strength: 2 })
+                        .toArray();
 
+                        const user = userPromise[0];
+                        
                         if (user) {
                             return done(null, false, {
                                 message: 'Email address already exists',
@@ -708,9 +712,12 @@ export class AuthController {
                 },
                 async (email, password, done) => {
                     try {
-                        const user = (await users().findOne({
-                            email,
-                        })) as IUser;
+                        const userPromise = await users().find({ email })
+                        .collation({ locale: 'en_US', strength: 2 })
+                        .toArray();
+
+                        const user = userPromise[0] as IUser;
+
                         if (!user) {
                             return done(null, false, {
                                 message: 'Wrong username or password',