diff --git a/src/ssb.db.c b/src/ssb.db.c
index 0d4d3375..153df218 100644
--- a/src/ssb.db.c
+++ b/src/ssb.db.c
@@ -1468,9 +1468,9 @@ static void _populate_follows_and_blocks(tf_ssb_t* ssb, following_t* entry, foll
 	sqlite3* db = tf_ssb_acquire_db_reader(ssb);
 	sqlite3_stmt* statement = NULL;
 	if (sqlite3_prepare(db,
-			"SELECT json_extract(content, '$.contact') AS contact, json_extract(content, '$.following'), json_extract(content, '$.blocking') "
+			"SELECT content ->> '$.contact' AS contact, content ->> '$.following', content ->> '$.blocking' "
 			"FROM messages "
-			"WHERE contact IS NOT NULL AND author = ? AND json_extract(content, '$.type') = 'contact' "
+			"WHERE contact IS NOT NULL AND author = ? AND content ->> '$.type' = 'contact' "
 			"ORDER BY sequence",
 			-1, &statement, NULL) == SQLITE_OK)
 	{
@@ -2306,7 +2306,7 @@ const char* tf_ssb_db_get_profile_name(sqlite3* db, const char* id)
 	if (sqlite3_prepare(db,
 			"SELECT name FROM (SELECT messages.author, RANK() OVER (PARTITION BY messages.author ORDER BY messages.sequence DESC) AS author_rank, "
 			"messages.content ->> 'name' AS name FROM messages WHERE messages.author = ? "
-			"AND json_extract(messages.content, '$.type') = 'about' AND content ->> 'about' = messages.author AND name IS NOT NULL) "
+			"AND messages.content ->> '$.type' = 'about' AND content ->> 'about' = messages.author AND name IS NOT NULL) "
 			"WHERE author_rank = 1",
 			-1, &statement, NULL) == SQLITE_OK)
 	{
@@ -2472,7 +2472,7 @@ tf_ssb_identity_info_t* tf_ssb_db_get_identity_info(tf_ssb_t* ssb, const char* u
 		"	JOIN identities ON messages.author = ('@' || identities.public_key) "
 		"	WHERE "
 		"		(identities.user = ? OR identities.public_key = ?) AND "
-		"		json_extract(messages.content, '$.type') = 'about' AND "
+		"		messages.content ->> '$.type' = 'about' AND "
 		"		content ->> 'about' = messages.author AND name IS NOT NULL) "
 		"WHERE author_rank = 1 ",
 		-1, &statement, NULL);