diff --git a/src/ssb.db.c b/src/ssb.db.c
index 9456d22c..b4809177 100644
--- a/src/ssb.db.c
+++ b/src/ssb.db.c
@@ -233,13 +233,21 @@ void tf_ssb_db_init(tf_ssb_t* ssb)
 	_tf_ssb_db_exec(db, "DROP VIEW IF EXISTS blob_wants_view");
 	_tf_ssb_db_exec(db,
 		"CREATE VIEW IF NOT EXISTS blob_wants_view (id, timestamp) AS "
-		"  SELECT messages_refs.ref AS id, messages.timestamp AS timestamp "
-		"  FROM messages_refs "
-		"  JOIN messages ON messages.id = messages_refs.message "
-		"  LEFT OUTER JOIN blobs ON messages_refs.ref = blobs.id "
+		"  WITH wanted AS ( "
+		"    SELECT messages_refs.ref AS id, messages.timestamp AS timestamp "
+		"    FROM messages_refs "
+		"    JOIN messages ON messages.id = messages_refs.message "
+		"    UNION "
+		"    SELECT messages_refs.ref AS id, unixepoch() * 1000 AS timestamp "
+		"    FROM messages_refs "
+		"    JOIN messages ON messages.id = messages_refs.message "
+		"    WHERE messages.content ->> 'type' = 'about' "
+		"  ) "
+		"  SELECT wanted.id, wanted.timestamp FROM wanted "
+		"  LEFT OUTER JOIN blobs ON wanted.id = blobs.id "
 		"  WHERE blobs.id IS NULL "
-		"    AND LENGTH(messages_refs.ref) = 52 "
-		"    AND messages_refs.ref LIKE '&%.sha256'");
+		"    AND LENGTH(wanted.id) = 52 "
+		"    AND wanted.id LIKE '&%.sha256'");
 
 	bool need_add_flags = true;
 	bool need_convert_timestamp_to_real = false;