diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 11e805e8b..c0911cc19 100755
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -1284,8 +1284,8 @@ function fix_system_urls($oldurl,$newurl) {
 	// that they can clean up their hubloc tables (this includes directories).
 	// It's a very expensive operation so you don't want to have to do it often or after your site gets to be large.
 
-	$r = q("select * from xchan left join channel on channel_hash = xchan_hash where xchan_url = '%s'",
-		dbesc($oldurl)
+	$r = q("select * from xchan left join channel on channel_hash = xchan_hash where xchan_url like '%s'",
+		dbesc($oldurl . '%')
 	);
 	if($r) {
 		foreach($r as $rr) {