diff --git a/src/ssb.db.c b/src/ssb.db.c
index 8fc128ef..5b0c343e 100644
--- a/src/ssb.db.c
+++ b/src/ssb.db.c
@@ -174,13 +174,15 @@ void tf_ssb_db_init(tf_ssb_t* ssb)
 
 	_tf_ssb_db_exec(db, "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS messages_refs_message_idx ON messages_refs (message)");
 	_tf_ssb_db_exec(db, "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS messages_refs_ref_idx ON messages_refs (ref)");
+	_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) AS "
 		"  SELECT messages_refs.ref AS id "
 		"  FROM messages_refs "
 		"  LEFT OUTER JOIN blobs ON messages_refs.ref = blobs.id "
-		"  WHERE messages_refs.ref LIKE '&____________________________________________.sha256' "
-		"    AND blobs.id IS NULL");
+		"  WHERE blobs.id IS NULL "
+		"    AND LENGTH(messages_refs.ref) = 52 "
+		"    AND messages_refs.ref LIKE '&%.sha256'");
 
 	bool need_add_sequence_before_author = true;
 	bool need_convert_timestamp_to_real = false;