diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index a9f4233..22d0847 100644
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -45,41 +45,33 @@ replace_in_sqlite_db() {
     # Check if the database file exists
     if [ ! -f "$DB_PATH" ]; then
         echo "Error: Database file '$DB_PATH' does not exist."
-        return 1
+        exit 1
     fi
 
-    echo "Starting brute-force replacement of '$OLD_STRING' with '$NEW_STRING' in '$DB_PATH'..."
+    echo "Starting safe replacement of '$OLD_STRING' with '$NEW_STRING' in '$DB_PATH'..."
 
-    # Escape single quotes for SQL
-    local OLD_STRING_ESC=$(echo "$OLD_STRING" | sed "s/'/''/g")
-    local NEW_STRING_ESC=$(echo "$NEW_STRING" | sed "s/'/''/g")
+    # Create a backup of the original database
+    local BACKUP_PATH="${DB_PATH}.bak"
+    cp "$DB_PATH" "$BACKUP_PATH"
 
-    # Get a list of all tables in the database
-    local TABLES
-    TABLES=$(sqlite3 "$DB_PATH" ".tables")
+    # Dump the database to SQL
+    local DUMP_PATH="${DB_PATH}.sql"
+    sqlite3 "$DB_PATH" ".dump" > "$DUMP_PATH"
 
-    # Loop through each table
-    for TABLE in $TABLES; do
-        echo "Processing table: $TABLE"
+    # Replace strings in the SQL dump
+    sed -i "s|$OLD_STRING|$NEW_STRING|g" "$DUMP_PATH"
 
-        # Get a list of all columns in the table
-        local COLUMNS
-        COLUMNS=$(sqlite3 "$DB_PATH" "PRAGMA table_info($TABLE);" | awk -F'|' '{print $2}' | grep -v '^$')
+    # Create a new database from the modified SQL dump
+    local NEW_DB_PATH="${DB_PATH}.new"
+    sqlite3 "$NEW_DB_PATH" < "$DUMP_PATH"
 
-        # Loop through each column
-        for COLUMN in $COLUMNS; do
-            echo "  Processing column: $COLUMN"
+    # Replace the original database with the new one
+    mv "$NEW_DB_PATH" "$DB_PATH"
 
-            # Update every cell in the column, casting to TEXT to force string replacement
-            sqlite3 "$DB_PATH" "
-            UPDATE $TABLE
-            SET $COLUMN = replace(CAST($COLUMN AS TEXT), '$OLD_STRING_ESC', '$NEW_STRING_ESC')
-            WHERE CAST($COLUMN AS TEXT) LIKE '%$OLD_STRING_ESC%';
-            "
-        done
-    done
+    # Clean up temporary files
+    rm "$DUMP_PATH"
 
-    echo "replacement of '$OLD_STRING' with '$NEW_STRING' completed in '$DB_PATH'."
+    echo "Replacement completed in '$DB_PATH'. Original database backed up to '$BACKUP_PATH'."
 }
 
 #example usage: replace_in_sqlite_db "database.sqlite" "Europe/Amsterdam" "UTC"
diff --git a/stacks/npm/data/database.sqlite b/stacks/npm/data/database.sqlite
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