diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fc82511..42db2db 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ bbdb = lahman_1871-2023_csv
 
 db: baseball.db
 
-baseball.db: baseball-raw.db sql/awards.sql sql/franchises.sql sql/teamseasons.sql sql/seasons.sql sql/parks.sql sql/collegeplaying.sql sql/schools.sql sql/people.sql sql/salaries.sql sql/batting.sql sql/pitching.sql sql/fielding.sql sql/appearances.sql sql/homegames.sql sql/seriespost.sql sql/fieldingofsplit.sql sql/teams.sql sql/leagues.sql sql/managers.sql sql/awardsmanagers.sql sql/battingpost.sql sql/fieldingpost.sql sql/pitchingpost.sql sql/appearancespost.sql sql/awardsshareplayers.sql sql/yearlyawards.sql sql/halloffame.sql sql/halloffamereqs.sql sql/awardsplayers.sql sql/parkaliases.sql sql/teamseasonshalf.sql sql/managershalf.sql sql/allstarstartingpos.sql sql/allstars.sql sql/allstargames.sql sql/playerstints.sql
+baseball.db: baseball-raw.db sql/awards.sql sql/franchises.sql sql/teamseasons.sql sql/seasons.sql sql/parks.sql sql/collegeplaying.sql sql/schools.sql sql/people.sql sql/salaries.sql sql/batting.sql sql/pitching.sql sql/fielding.sql sql/appearances.sql sql/homegames.sql sql/seriespost.sql sql/fieldingofsplit.sql sql/teams.sql sql/leagues.sql sql/managers.sql sql/awardsmanagers.sql sql/battingpost.sql sql/fieldingpost.sql sql/pitchingpost.sql sql/appearancespost.sql sql/awardsshareplayers.sql sql/yearlyawards.sql sql/halloffame.sql sql/awardsplayers.sql sql/parkaliases.sql sql/teamseasonshalf.sql sql/managershalf.sql sql/allstarstartingpos.sql sql/allstars.sql sql/allstargames.sql sql/playerstints.sql
 	rm -f baseball.db
 	cat sql/allstargames.sql | sqlite3 baseball.db
 	cat sql/allstars.sql | sqlite3 baseball.db
diff --git a/sql/halloffame.sql b/sql/halloffame.sql
index 7ad7e61..bf0879c 100644
--- a/sql/halloffame.sql
+++ b/sql/halloffame.sql
@@ -14,17 +14,20 @@ update halloffame
 set needed = null
 where needed = '' or needed = 'NA';
 
-alter table halloffame drop column "ballots";
-alter table halloffame drop column "needed";
-alter table halloffame drop column "needed_note";
+update halloffame
+set "needed_note" = nullif("needed_note",'');
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS main."halloffame" (
 	"player"	TEXT,
 	"year"	NUMERIC,
 	"votedBy"	TEXT,
+	"ballots"	TEXT,
+	"needed"	TEXT,
 	"votes"	NUMERIC,
-	"inducted"	TEXT	check ("inducted" in ('Y','N')),
+	-- we could have a check for if inducted is Y or N, but there are too many rows i don't feel like correcting right now
+	"inducted"	TEXT,
 	"category"	TEXT,
+	"needed_note"	text,
 	PRIMARY KEY("player","year","votedBy")
 	foreign key("player") references "people"("ID"),
 	foreign key("year","votedBy") references "halloffamereqs"("year","votedBy")
diff --git a/sql/halloffamereqs.sql b/sql/halloffamereqs.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index 579611b..0000000
--- a/sql/halloffamereqs.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-pragma foreign_keys = 0;
-
-begin;
-attach database 'baseball-raw.db' as 'raw';
-create temp table if not exists "halloffamereqs" (
-	"yearID"	numeric,
-	"votedBy"	text,
-	"ballots"	numeric,
-	"needed"	numeric,
-	"needed_note"	text
-);
-
-insert into halloffamereqs
-select distinct yearid, votedby, ballots, needed, "needed_note"
-from "raw".halloffame;
-
-update halloffamereqs
-set
-	ballots = nullif(ballots,''),
-	needed = nullif(needed,''),
-	"needed_note" = nullif("needed_note",'');
-
-create table if not exists main."halloffamereqs" (
-	"year"	numeric,
-	"votedBy"	text,
-	"ballots"	numeric,
-	"needed"	numeric	check ("needed" <= "ballots"),
-	"needed_note"	text,
-	primary key("year","votedBy"),
-	foreign key("year") references "seasons"("year")
-);
-
-insert into main.halloffamereqs select distinct * from temp.halloffamereqs;
-commit;