diff --git a/lib/queue.js b/lib/queue.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/queue.js
+++ b/lib/queue.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ function Queue(connection, name, options) {
 
     this.collection = connection.db.collection(this.options.collection);
 
-    if(!options.dontCreateIndex){
+    if(options.index){
         this.ensureIndex();
     }
 }
Don't create the index by default