diff --git a/tables.sql b/tables.sql
index 99bc43f..46f70c7 100644
--- a/tables.sql
+++ b/tables.sql
@@ -50,11 +50,10 @@ CREATE TABLE pa_user(
     default_storage_folders BOOLEAN,
     CONSTRAINT pk_pa_user_id PRIMARY KEY(id) );
 
--- this is totally not 3rd normal form, but when I made it that, it was so complex, it was stupid
--- so for the little data here, I'm deliberately doing a redundant data structure
+-- FIXME: NEED TO RETHINK THIS, not sure this even needs to be in the DB
 CREATE TABLE pa_user_state ( id INTEGER, pa_user_dn VARCHAR(128), path_type VARCHAR(16), 
     noo VARCHAR(16), grouping VARCHAR(16), how_many INTEGER, size INTEGER, folders BOOLEAN,
-    root VARCHAR, cwd VARCHAR, search_term VARCHAR,
+    root VARCHAR, cwd VARCHAR,
     CONSTRAINT fk_pa_user_dn FOREIGN KEY (pa_user_dn) REFERENCES pa_user(dn),
     CONSTRAINT pk_pa_user_states_id PRIMARY KEY(id ) );