diff --git a/src/database/sqlite/sqlite.cpp b/src/database/sqlite/sqlite.cpp
index c2c7255..3da8aef 100644
--- a/src/database/sqlite/sqlite.cpp
+++ b/src/database/sqlite/sqlite.cpp
@@ -144,9 +144,12 @@ User SQLite::get_user(unsigned long id)
 
     int code = sqlite_exec(GET_USER_BY_ID, {{id}}, [&luser](sqlite3_stmt* stmt){
         luser.acct = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(sqlite3_column_text(stmt, 0));
-        luser.display_name = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(sqlite3_column_text(stmt, 1));
-        luser.bio = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(sqlite3_column_int64(stmt, 2));
-        luser.key = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(sqlite3_column_text(stmt, 3));
+        if (sqlite3_column_type(stmt, 1) == SQLITE_NULL)
+            luser.display_name = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(sqlite3_column_text(stmt, 1));
+        if (sqlite3_column_type(stmt, 2) == SQLITE_NULL)
+            luser.bio = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(sqlite3_column_int64(stmt, 2));
+        if (sqlite3_column_type(stmt, 3) == SQLITE_NULL)
+            luser.key = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(sqlite3_column_text(stmt, 3));
     });
     
     if (!code)
@@ -166,9 +169,12 @@ User SQLite::get_user(const std::string& acct)
 
     int code = sqlite_exec(GET_USER_BY_ACCT, {acct}, [&luser](sqlite3_stmt* stmt){
         luser.id = sqlite3_column_int64(stmt, 0);
-        luser.display_name = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(sqlite3_column_text(stmt, 1));
-        luser.bio = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(sqlite3_column_text(stmt, 2));
-        luser.key = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(sqlite3_column_text(stmt, 3));
+        if (sqlite3_column_type(stmt, 1) == SQLITE_NULL)
+            luser.display_name = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(sqlite3_column_text(stmt, 1));
+        if (sqlite3_column_type(stmt, 2) == SQLITE_NULL)
+            luser.bio = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(sqlite3_column_text(stmt, 2));
+        if (sqlite3_column_type(stmt, 3) == SQLITE_NULL)
+            luser.key = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(sqlite3_column_text(stmt, 3));
     });
 
     if (!code)