diff --git a/apps/ssb.json b/apps/ssb.json
index e63230b77..2932e4276 100644
--- a/apps/ssb.json
+++ b/apps/ssb.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
 	"type": "tildefriends-app",
 	"emoji": "🐌",
-	"previous": "&fro6dEqPfrkbxnrFGIO0KsRPFzi9jhWMXBgmYKTHNW0=.sha256"
+	"previous": "&oPRvet0lD7W47N5YKm0IKpIX8q5zC12mIsHSVLCxex4=.sha256"
 }
diff --git a/apps/ssb/tf-app.js b/apps/ssb/tf-app.js
index 9becccc32..c191e8795 100644
--- a/apps/ssb/tf-app.js
+++ b/apps/ssb/tf-app.js
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ class TfElement extends LitElement {
 	async fetch_new_message(id) {
 		let messages = await tfrpc.rpc.query(
 			`
-				SELECT messages.id, previous, author, sequence, timestamp, hash, json(content), signature
+				SELECT messages.id, previous, author, sequence, timestamp, hash, json(content) AS content, signature
 				FROM messages
 				JOIN json_each(?) AS following ON messages.author = following.value
 				WHERE messages.id = ?
diff --git a/apps/ssb/tf-compose.js b/apps/ssb/tf-compose.js
index 96a7ae635..7ecf01559 100644
--- a/apps/ssb/tf-compose.js
+++ b/apps/ssb/tf-compose.js
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ class TfComposeElement extends LitElement {
 		try {
 			let rows = await tfrpc.rpc.query(
 				`
-				SELECT messages.content FROM messages_fts(?)
+				SELECT json(messages.content) FROM messages_fts(?)
 				JOIN messages ON messages.rowid = messages_fts.rowid
 				WHERE messages.content LIKE ?
 				ORDER BY timestamp DESC LIMIT 10
diff --git a/apps/ssb/tf-tab-mentions.js b/apps/ssb/tf-tab-mentions.js
index 944f61cfd..014fc3ce4 100644
--- a/apps/ssb/tf-tab-mentions.js
+++ b/apps/ssb/tf-tab-mentions.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class TfTabMentionsElement extends LitElement {
 		console.log('Loading...', this.whoami);
 		let results = await tfrpc.rpc.query(
 			`
-				SELECT messages.*
+				SELECT messages.id, messages.previous, messages.author, messages.sequence, messages.timestamp, messages.hash, json(messages.content) AS content, messages.signature
 				FROM messages_fts(?)
 				JOIN messages ON messages.rowid = messages_fts.rowid
 				JOIN json_each(?) AS following ON messages.author = following.value
diff --git a/apps/ssb/tf-tab-search.js b/apps/ssb/tf-tab-search.js
index f5764cc31..b36bc823b 100644
--- a/apps/ssb/tf-tab-search.js
+++ b/apps/ssb/tf-tab-search.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class TfTabSearchElement extends LitElement {
 		await tfrpc.rpc.setHash('#q=' + encodeURIComponent(query));
 		let results = await tfrpc.rpc.query(
 			`
-				SELECT messages.*
+				SELECT messages.id, messages.previous, messages.author, messages.sequence, messages.timestamp, messages.hash, json(messages.content) AS content, messages.signature
 				FROM messages_fts(?)
 				JOIN messages ON messages.rowid = messages_fts.rowid
 				JOIN json_each(?) AS following ON messages.author = following.value