diff --git a/cisticola/base.py b/cisticola/base.py
index 01df6f4..6825569 100644
--- a/cisticola/base.py
+++ b/cisticola/base.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import io
 
 from sqlalchemy.orm import registry
 from sqlalchemy import Table, Column, Integer, String, JSON, DateTime, ForeignKey, Boolean, Index
+from sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql import JSONB
 import pytesseract
 import PIL
 import exiftool
@@ -475,7 +476,7 @@ channel_table = Table('channels', mapper_registry.metadata,
                     Column('platform', String),
                     Column('url', String),
                     Column('screenname', String),
-                    Column('country', String),
+                    Column('country', JSONB, index = True),
                     Column('influencer', String),
                     Column('public', Boolean),
                     Column('chat', Boolean),
@@ -511,7 +512,7 @@ post_table = Table('posts', mapper_registry.metadata,
                        Column('views', Integer),
                        Column('video_title', String),
                        Column('video_duration', Integer),
-                       Column('detected_language', String),
+                       Column('detected_language', String, index = True),
                        Column('normalized_content', String)
                        )
 
diff --git a/sync_with_gsheet.py b/sync_with_gsheet.py
index 1c15fbe..5f939f1 100644
--- a/sync_with_gsheet.py
+++ b/sync_with_gsheet.py
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ from loguru import logger
 
 from cisticola.base import Channel, ChannelInfo
 
+def standardize_country(s):
+    _s = s.split('(')[0].split('?')[0]
+    return _s.strip()
+        
+        
 def sync_channels(args, session):
     logger.info("Synchronizing channels")
 
@@ -73,7 +78,7 @@ def sync_channels(args, session):
                 channel.platform = c["platform"]
                 channel.url = c["url"]
                 channel.screenname = c["screenname"]
-                channel.country = c["country"]
+                channel.country = list(map(standardize_country, c["country"].split('/')))
                 channel.influencer = c["influencer"]
                 channel.public = c["public"]
                 channel.chat = c["chat"]
@@ -114,7 +119,7 @@ def sync_channels(args, session):
             channel.platform = c["platform"]
             channel.url = c["url"]
             channel.screenname = c["screenname"]
-            channel.country = c["country"]
+            channel.country = list(map(standardize_country, c["country"].split('/')))
             channel.influencer = c["influencer"]
             channel.public = c["public"]
             channel.chat = c["chat"]