diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index 81c83c0..a9f4233 100644
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -48,7 +48,11 @@ replace_in_sqlite_db() {
         return 1
     fi
 
-    echo "Starting replacement of '$OLD_STRING' with '$NEW_STRING' in '$DB_PATH'..."
+    echo "Starting brute-force replacement of '$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")
 
     # Get a list of all tables in the database
     local TABLES
@@ -64,25 +68,18 @@ replace_in_sqlite_db() {
 
         # Loop through each column
         for COLUMN in $COLUMNS; do
-            # Check if the column is a text type (simplistic check)
-            local COLUMN_TYPE
-            COLUMN_TYPE=$(sqlite3 "$DB_PATH" "PRAGMA table_info($TABLE);" | awk -F'|' -v col="$COLUMN" '$2 == col {print $3}')
+            echo "  Processing column: $COLUMN"
 
-            # Only proceed if the column type contains 'TEXT' (case-insensitive)
-            if [[ "$COLUMN_TYPE" =~ [Tt][Ee][Xx][Tt] ]]; then
-                echo "  Updating column: $COLUMN (type: $COLUMN_TYPE)"
-
-                # Perform the replacement
-                sqlite3 "$DB_PATH" "
-                UPDATE $TABLE
-                SET $COLUMN = replace($COLUMN, '$OLD_STRING', '$NEW_STRING')
-                WHERE $COLUMN LIKE '%$OLD_STRING%';
-                "
-            fi
+            # 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
 
-    echo "Replacement completed for all text-type columns in '$DB_PATH'."
+    echo "replacement of '$OLD_STRING' with '$NEW_STRING' completed in '$DB_PATH'."
 }
 
 #example usage: replace_in_sqlite_db "database.sqlite" "Europe/Amsterdam" "UTC"
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