diff --git a/gossamer_forums.rb b/gossamer_forums.rb
index f1603fc..8f93d9f 100644
--- a/gossamer_forums.rb
+++ b/gossamer_forums.rb
@@ -1138,7 +1138,7 @@ class GossamerForumsImporter < ImportScripts::Base
     #this parts needs to be synchronously to avoid race conditions
 
     # Fetch the post data for the given post_id (this is the first post in the topic)
-    row = execute_query("SELECT post_id, user_id_fk, forum_id_fk, post_root_id, post_subject, post_time, post_message, post_father_id, post_likes, post_replies FROM gforum_Post WHERE post_id = #{post_id}").first
+    row = execute_query("SELECT post_id, user_id_fk, forum_id_fk, post_root_id, post_subject, post_time, post_message, post_father_id, post_replies FROM gforum_Post WHERE post_id = #{post_id}").first
   
     # Early return if the post data is not found
     return unless row
@@ -1216,7 +1216,6 @@ class GossamerForumsImporter < ImportScripts::Base
           raw: sanitized_post_message,
           created_at: Time.at(row['post_time']),
           updated_at: Time.at(row['post_time']),
-          like_count: row['post_likes'] || 0,
           reads: post_views || 0,
           post_number: post_number
         )
@@ -1235,7 +1234,7 @@ class GossamerForumsImporter < ImportScripts::Base
         insert_url_mapping(row['post_id'], new_url, unique_title)
   
         # Now fetch and import all replies to this topic
-        replies = execute_query("SELECT post_id, user_id_fk, post_message, post_time, post_likes FROM gforum_Post WHERE post_root_id = #{post_id} ORDER BY post_time ASC")
+        replies = execute_query("SELECT post_id, user_id_fk, post_message, post_time, FROM gforum_Post WHERE post_root_id = #{post_id} ORDER BY post_time ASC")
   
         # Import each reply sequentially
         replies.each do |reply_row|
@@ -1259,7 +1258,6 @@ class GossamerForumsImporter < ImportScripts::Base
               raw: sanitized_reply_message,
               created_at: Time.at(reply_row['post_time']),
               updated_at: Time.at(reply_row['post_time']),
-              like_count: reply_row['post_likes'] || 0,
               post_number: post_number
             )
             post.custom_fields['original_gossamer_id'] = reply_row['post_id']