diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index 998059b..81c83c0 100644
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ replace_string_recursive "/opt/stacks" "?onlyofficeJWT?" $onlyofficeJWT
 
 
 # install mailcow to /opt/stacks/mailcow so it shows up in dockge
-apt install -y git openssl curl gawk coreutils grep jq
+apt install -y git openssl curl gawk coreutils grep jq sqlite3
 umask 0022
 #cd /opt/stacks
 #git clone https://github.com/mailcow/mailcow-dockerized mailcow
diff --git a/prepdb.sh b/prepdb.sh
index 56df47e..c359189 100644
--- a/prepdb.sh
+++ b/prepdb.sh
@@ -10,12 +10,13 @@ replace_in_sqlite_db() {
         return 1
     fi
 
-    echo "Starting replacement of '$OLD_STRING' with '$NEW_STRING' in '$DB_PATH'..."
+    # Check if jq is installed
+    if ! command -v jq &> /dev/null; then
+        echo "Error: 'jq' is not installed. Please install it first (e.g., 'sudo apt install jq')."
+        return 1
+    fi
 
-    # Enable the json1 extension
-    sqlite3 "$DB_PATH" "SELECT load_extension('json1');" || {
-        echo "Warning: json1 extension not available. JSON fields will not be processed."
-    }
+    echo "Starting replacement of '$OLD_STRING' with '$NEW_STRING' in all string-based columns in '$DB_PATH'..."
 
     # Escape single quotes in the strings for SQL
     local OLD_STRING_ESC=$(echo "$OLD_STRING" | sed "s/'/''/g")
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ replace_in_sqlite_db() {
 
             # Check if the column is a string-based type (TEXT, VARCHAR, CHAR, CLOB, etc.)
             if [[ "$COLUMN_TYPE" =~ [Tt][Ee][Xx][Tt]|[Vv][Aa][Rr][Cc][Hh][Aa][Rr]|[Cc][Hh][Aa][Rr]|[Cc][Ll][Oo][Bb]|[Ss][Tt][Rr][Ii][Nn][Gg] ]]; then
-                echo "  Updating column: $COLUMN (type: $COLUMN_TYPE)"
+                echo "  Processing column: $COLUMN (type: $COLUMN_TYPE)"
 
                 # Check if the column contains JSON data
                 local IS_JSON=$(sqlite3 "$DB_PATH" "
@@ -47,14 +48,39 @@ replace_in_sqlite_db() {
                 ")
 
                 if [ "$IS_JSON" -gt 0 ]; then
-                    echo "    Detected JSON data in column $COLUMN. Using json_replace()."
+                    echo "    Detected JSON data in column $COLUMN. Processing with jq..."
 
-                    # Use json_replace() to handle JSON strings
+                    # Create a temporary table to store updated JSON
+                    sqlite3 "$DB_PATH" "
+                    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS temp_$TABLE (rowid INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, new_$COLUMN TEXT);
+                    "
+
+                    # Export JSON data, modify with jq, and store in temp table
+                    sqlite3 "$DB_PATH" "SELECT rowid, $COLUMN FROM $TABLE WHERE json_valid($COLUMN) = 1;" | while read -r ROWID JSON_DATA; do
+                        # Skip the header line (rowid|column)
+                        if [ "$ROWID" != "rowid" ]; then
+                            # Replace the string in the JSON using jq
+                            local MODIFIED_JSON
+                            MODIFIED_JSON=$(echo "$JSON_DATA" | jq --arg old_str "$OLD_STRING" --arg new_str "$NEW_STRING" '
+                                walk(if type == "string" then gsub($old_str; $new_str) else . end)
+                            ')
+
+                            # Insert the modified JSON into the temp table
+                            sqlite3 "$DB_PATH" "
+                            INSERT INTO temp_$TABLE (rowid, new_$COLUMN) VALUES ($ROWID, '$MODIFIED_JSON');
+                            "
+                        fi
+                    done
+
+                    # Update the original table with the modified JSON
                     sqlite3 "$DB_PATH" "
                     UPDATE $TABLE
-                    SET $COLUMN = json_replace($COLUMN, '$OLD_STRING_ESC', '$NEW_STRING_ESC')
-                    WHERE json_valid($COLUMN) = 1;
+                    SET $COLUMN = (SELECT new_$COLUMN FROM temp_$TABLE WHERE temp_$TABLE.rowid = $TABLE.rowid)
+                    WHERE rowid IN (SELECT rowid FROM temp_$TABLE);
                     "
+
+                    # Drop the temporary table
+                    sqlite3 "$DB_PATH" "DROP TABLE temp_$TABLE;"
                 else
                     echo "    Column $COLUMN is not JSON. Using replace()."
 
diff --git a/stacks/npm/data/database-post.sqlite b/stacks/npm/data/database-post.sqlite
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bf369f
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