diff --git a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/db.js b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/db.js
index b1f25b57e..b2e0631d2 100644
--- a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/db.js
+++ b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/db.js
@@ -417,6 +417,13 @@ Scholar.DB = new function(){
 			}
 			
 			if (i==9){
+				Scholar.DB.query("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS objectCreators; "
+					+ "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS objectData; DROP TABLE IF EXISTS objectKeywords; "
+					+ "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS objectTypeFields; DROP TABLE IF EXISTS objectTypes; "
+					+ "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS objects; DROP TABLE IF EXISTS treeOrder;");
+			}
+			
+			if (i==10){
 				// do stuff
 				// _updateDBVersion(i);
 			}
diff --git a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/scholar.js b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/scholar.js
index 8520c555a..6e1e7dd1f 100644
--- a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/scholar.js
+++ b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/scholar.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const SCHOLAR_CONFIG = {
 	GUID: 'scholar@chnm',
 	DB_FILE: 'scholar.sqlite',
-	DB_VERSION: 8, // must match version at top of schema.sql
+	DB_VERSION: 9, // must match version at top of schema.sql
 	DB_REBUILD: false, // erase DB and recreate from schema
 	DEBUG_LOGGING: true,
 	DEBUG_TO_CONSOLE: true // dump debug messages to console rather than (much slower) Debug Logger
diff --git a/schema.sql b/schema.sql
index c79e0142f..0b924053e 100644
--- a/schema.sql
+++ b/schema.sql
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--- 8
+-- 9
 
     DROP TABLE IF EXISTS version;
     CREATE TABLE version (