diff --git a/schema/comments_ddl.sql b/schema/comments_ddl.sql
index 2c6ffea..183cbe9 100644
--- a/schema/comments_ddl.sql
+++ b/schema/comments_ddl.sql
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ PRAGMA FOREIGN_KEYS = ON;
 -- DROP TABLE IF EXISTS COMMENT;
 -- DROP TABLE IF EXISTS CHANNEL;
 
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS COMMENT;
+-- DROP TABLE IF EXISTS COMMENT;
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS COMMENT (
     CommentId   TEXT    NOT NULL,
     LbryClaimId TEXT    NOT NULL,
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS COMMENT (
         ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE NO ACTION  -- setting null implies comment is top level
 );
 
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS CHANNEL;
+-- DROP TABLE IF EXISTS CHANNEL;
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS CHANNEL(
     ClaimId     TEXT    NOT NULL,
     Name        TEXT    NOT NULL,
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ CREATE VIEW IF NOT EXISTS COMMENTS_ON_CLAIMS (comment_id, claim_id, timestamp, c
 
 
 
--- DROP VIEW IF EXISTS COMMENT_REPLIES;
+DROP VIEW IF EXISTS COMMENT_REPLIES;
 CREATE VIEW IF NOT EXISTS COMMENT_REPLIES (Author, CommentBody, ParentAuthor, ParentCommentBody) AS
     SELECT AUTHOR.Name, OG.Body, PCHAN.Name, PARENT.Body FROM COMMENT AS OG
         JOIN  COMMENT AS PARENT