diff --git a/src/Storage/TSDatabaseView.m b/src/Storage/TSDatabaseView.m
index f10b991dc..b74e6e66a 100644
--- a/src/Storage/TSDatabaseView.m
+++ b/src/Storage/TSDatabaseView.m
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ NSString *const TSArchiveGroup = @"TSArchiveGroup";
 NSString *const TSUnreadIncomingMessagesGroup = @"TSUnreadIncomingMessagesGroup";
 NSString *const TSSecondaryDevicesGroup = @"TSSecondaryDevicesGroup";
 
-NSString *const TSThreadDatabaseViewExtensionName = @"TSThreadDatabaseViewExtensionName";
+// YAPDB BUG: when changing from non-persistent to persistent view, we had to rename TSThreadDatabaseViewExtensionName
+// -> TSThreadDatabaseViewExtensionName2 to work around https://github.com/yapstudios/YapDatabase/issues/324
+NSString *const TSThreadDatabaseViewExtensionName = @"TSThreadDatabaseViewExtensionName2";
 NSString *const TSMessageDatabaseViewExtensionName = @"TSMessageDatabaseViewExtensionName";
 NSString *const TSThreadOutgoingMessageDatabaseViewExtensionName = @"TSThreadOutgoingMessageDatabaseViewExtensionName";
 NSString *const TSUnreadDatabaseViewExtensionName = @"TSUnreadDatabaseViewExtensionName";