diff --git a/prepdb.sh b/prepdb.sh
index 7b1b76a..f0f16a0 100644
--- a/prepdb.sh
+++ b/prepdb.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,13 @@ replace_in_sqlite_db() {
         exit 1
     fi
 
-    echo "Starting safe replacement of '$OLD_STRING' with '$NEW_STRING' in '$DB_PATH'..."
+    # Check if jq is installed
+    if ! command -v jq &> /dev/null; then
+        echo "Error: 'jq' is not installed. Please install it first (e.g., 'sudo apt install jq')."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    echo "Starting JSON-aware replacement of '$OLD_STRING' with '$NEW_STRING' in '$DB_PATH'..."
 
     # Create a backup of the original database
     local BACKUP_PATH="${DB_PATH}.bak"
@@ -20,18 +26,42 @@ replace_in_sqlite_db() {
     local DUMP_PATH="${DB_PATH}.sql"
     sqlite3 "$DB_PATH" ".dump" > "$DUMP_PATH"
 
-    # Replace strings in the SQL dump
-    sed -i "s|$OLD_STRING|$NEW_STRING|g" "$DUMP_PATH"
+    # Create a temporary file for the modified SQL dump
+    local MODIFIED_DUMP_PATH="${DB_PATH}.modified.sql"
+
+    # Process the SQL dump line by line
+    while IFS= read -r line; do
+        # Check if the line contains JSON data (simplistic check for quotes and brackets)
+        if [[ "$line" =~ [\"{][^"\{]*["\}][^"\{]*$OLD_STRING[^"\{]*[\}"] ]]; then
+            # Use jq to replace strings in JSON fields
+            echo "$line" | jq --arg old_str "$OLD_STRING" --arg new_str "$NEW_STRING" '
+                walk(if type == "string" then gsub($old_str; $new_str) else . end)
+            ' > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+            # If jq fails (not valid JSON), fall back to sed
+            if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+                echo "$line" | sed "s|$OLD_STRING|$NEW_STRING|g"
+            else
+                echo "$line" | jq --arg old_str "$OLD_STRING" --arg new_str "$NEW_STRING" '
+                    walk(if type == "string" then gsub($old_str; $new_str) else . end)
+                '
+            fi
+        else
+            # Use sed for non-JSON fields
+            echo "$line" | sed "s|$OLD_STRING|$NEW_STRING|g"
+        fi
+    done < "$DUMP_PATH" > "$MODIFIED_DUMP_PATH"
 
     # Create a new database from the modified SQL dump
     local NEW_DB_PATH="${DB_PATH}.new"
-    sqlite3 "$NEW_DB_PATH" < "$DUMP_PATH"
+    sqlite3 "$NEW_DB_PATH" < "$MODIFIED_DUMP_PATH"
 
     # Replace the original database with the new one
     mv "$NEW_DB_PATH" "$DB_PATH"
 
     # Clean up temporary files
     rm "$DUMP_PATH"
+    rm "$MODIFIED_DUMP_PATH"
 
     echo "Replacement completed in '$DB_PATH'. Original database backed up to '$BACKUP_PATH'."
 }
diff --git a/stacks/npm/data/database.sqlite b/stacks/npm/data/database.sqlite
deleted file mode 100644
index e4ab44d..0000000
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