diff --git a/db.mjs b/db.mjs
index 27cebe2..93ed4f8 100644
--- a/db.mjs
+++ b/db.mjs
@@ -46,6 +46,84 @@ export function createDbPool() {
   });
 }
 
+export function splitSqlStatements(sql) {
+  const statements = [];
+  let current = '';
+  let quote = null;
+  let lineComment = false;
+  let blockComment = false;
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < sql.length; i += 1) {
+    const char = sql[i];
+    const next = sql[i + 1];
+
+    if (lineComment) {
+      if (char === '\n') {
+        lineComment = false;
+        current += '\n';
+      }
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (blockComment) {
+      if (char === '*' && next === '/') {
+        blockComment = false;
+        i += 1;
+      }
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (quote) {
+      current += char;
+      if (char === '\\' && (quote === '\'' || quote === '"') && next) {
+        current += next;
+        i += 1;
+        continue;
+      }
+      if (char === quote) {
+        if (next === quote && quote !== '`') {
+          current += next;
+          i += 1;
+        } else {
+          quote = null;
+        }
+      }
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (char === '-' && next === '-') {
+      lineComment = true;
+      i += 1;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (char === '/' && next === '*') {
+      blockComment = true;
+      i += 1;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (char === '\'' || char === '"' || char === '`') {
+      quote = char;
+      current += char;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (char === ';') {
+      const trimmed = current.trim();
+      if (trimmed) statements.push(trimmed);
+      current = '';
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    current += char;
+  }
+
+  const trimmed = current.trim();
+  if (trimmed) statements.push(trimmed);
+  return statements;
+}
+
 async function columnExists(pool, table, column) {
   const [rows] = await pool.query(
     `SELECT 1 FROM information_schema.COLUMNS
@@ -589,11 +667,8 @@ export async function migrateSchema(pool) {
 export async function initSchema(pool) {
   const schemaPath = path.join(__dirname, 'schema.sql');
   const sql = fs.readFileSync(schemaPath, 'utf8');
-  for (const statement of sql.split(';')) {
-    const trimmed = statement.trim();
-    if (trimmed) {
-      await pool.query(trimmed);
-    }
+  for (const statement of splitSqlStatements(sql)) {
+    await pool.query(statement);
   }
   await migrateSchema(pool);
   await ensureDefaultSpaces(pool, {
diff --git a/db.test.mjs b/db.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93d9f16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import test from 'node:test';
+
+import { splitSqlStatements } from './db.mjs';
+
+test('splitSqlStatements ignores semicolons in comments and strings', () => {
+  const statements = splitSqlStatements(`
+    -- comment with a semicolon; should not split
+    CREATE TABLE one (
+      label VARCHAR(64) DEFAULT 'semi;colon'
+    );
+    /* block; comment */
+    CREATE TABLE two (
+      id BIGINT PRIMARY KEY,
+      name VARCHAR(64) DEFAULT "two;name"
+    );
+  `);
+
+  assert.equal(statements.length, 2);
+  assert.match(statements[0], /^CREATE TABLE one/);
+  assert.match(statements[1], /^CREATE TABLE two/);
+});
diff --git a/schema.sql b/schema.sql
index b1ca566..a78fbb7 100644
--- a/schema.sql
+++ b/schema.sql
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS h5_publish_records (
   updated_at BIGINT NOT NULL,
   KEY idx_h5_publish_route (url_slug, status, published_at),
   KEY idx_h5_publish_page (user_id, page_id, published_at),
-  KEY idx_h5_publish_auto_private (expires_at, user_confirmed_at) WHERE access_mode = 'public' AND user_confirmed_at IS NULL,
+  KEY idx_h5_publish_auto_private (expires_at, user_confirmed_at),
   UNIQUE KEY uq_h5_publish_token_hash (token_hash),
   CONSTRAINT fk_h5_publish_user FOREIGN KEY (user_id) REFERENCES h5_users(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
   CONSTRAINT fk_h5_publish_page FOREIGN KEY (page_id) REFERENCES h5_page_records(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS h5_blocked_words (
 
 -- Shared experience store (etat C): all goosed Worker instances read/write the
 -- same learned experience so capability is not siloed per instance. Built on
--- MySQL first with a keyword + recency retrieval; `embedding` is reserved for a
+-- MySQL first with a keyword + recency retrieval. `embedding` is reserved for a
 -- later move to PostgreSQL + pgvector without changing the calling contract.
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS h5_experience (
   id CHAR(36) PRIMARY KEY,