diff --git a/lib/version/sync.dart b/lib/version/sync.dart
index 1ef646cbc..8a8aaa18c 100644
--- a/lib/version/sync.dart
+++ b/lib/version/sync.dart
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ class SyncManager {
       if (Settings.useOptimizeDatabase && filteredIter.isNotEmpty) {
         var sql = HitomiManager.translate2query(
                 '${Settings.includeTags} ${Settings.excludeTags.where((e) => e.trim() != '').map((e) => '-$e').join(' ')}')
-            .replaceAll('ExistOnHitomi=1', '');
+            .replaceAll(' AND ExistOnHitomi=1', '');
 
         await (await DataBaseManager.getInstance()).delete('HitomiColumnModel',
             'NOT (${sql.substring(sql.indexOf('WHERE') + 6)})', []);