diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ddc31083..0ee84cf7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ jrd = "0.1"
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3"
 clap = { version = "4.5", features = ["derive"] }
+futures = "0.3"
 tokio = { version = "1.35", features = ["full"] } # TODO slim this down
 sea-orm = { version = "0.12", features = ["macros", "sqlx-sqlite", "runtime-tokio-rustls"] }
 reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["json"] }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 6bc592dc..4f059c26 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -72,7 +72,23 @@ enum CliCommand {
 		actor: String,
 
 		#[arg(long, default_value_t = false)]
+		/// instead of sending a follow request, send an accept
 		accept: bool
+	},
+
+	/// run db maintenance tasks
+	Fix {
+		#[arg(long, default_value_t = false)]
+		/// fix likes counts for posts
+		likes: bool,
+
+		#[arg(long, default_value_t = false)]
+		/// fix shares counts for posts
+		shares: bool,
+
+		#[arg(long, default_value_t = false)]
+		/// fix replies counts for posts
+		replies: bool,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -147,6 +163,11 @@ async fn main() {
 				.expect("could not dispatch relay activity");
 		},
 
+		CliCommand::Fix { likes, shares, replies } =>
+			fix(db, likes, shares, replies)
+				.await
+				.expect("failed running fix task"),
+
 		CliCommand::Serve => {
 			let ctx = server::Context::new(db, args.domain)
 				.await.expect("failed creating server context");
@@ -211,3 +232,73 @@ async fn fetch(db: sea_orm::DatabaseConnection, domain: String, uri: String, sav
 
 	Ok(())
 }
+
+async fn fix(db: sea_orm::DatabaseConnection, likes: bool, shares: bool, replies: bool) -> crate::Result<()> {
+	use futures::TryStreamExt;
+
+	if likes {
+		tracing::info!("fixing likes...");
+		let mut store = std::collections::HashMap::new();
+		let mut stream = model::like::Entity::find().stream(&db).await?;
+		while let Some(like) = stream.try_next().await? {
+			store.insert(like.likes.clone(), store.get(&like.likes).unwrap_or(&0) + 1);
+		}
+
+		for (k, v) in store {
+			let m = model::object::ActiveModel {
+				id: sea_orm::Set(k),
+				likes: sea_orm::Set(v),
+				..Default::default()
+			};
+			model::object::Entity::update(m)
+				.exec(&db)
+				.await?;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if shares {
+		tracing::info!("fixing shares...");
+		let mut store = std::collections::HashMap::new();
+		let mut stream = model::share::Entity::find().stream(&db).await?;
+		while let Some(share) = stream.try_next().await? {
+			store.insert(share.shares.clone(), store.get(&share.shares).unwrap_or(&0) + 1);
+		}
+
+		for (k, v) in store {
+			let m = model::object::ActiveModel {
+				id: sea_orm::Set(k),
+				shares: sea_orm::Set(v),
+				..Default::default()
+			};
+			model::object::Entity::update(m)
+				.exec(&db)
+				.await?;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if replies {
+		tracing::info!("fixing replies...");
+		let mut store = std::collections::HashMap::new();
+		let mut stream = model::object::Entity::find().stream(&db).await?;
+		while let Some(object) = stream.try_next().await? {
+			if let Some(reply) = object.in_reply_to {
+				let before = store.get(&reply).unwrap_or(&0);
+				store.insert(reply, before + 1);
+			}
+		}
+
+		for (k, v) in store {
+			let m = model::object::ActiveModel {
+				id: sea_orm::Set(k),
+				comments: sea_orm::Set(v),
+				..Default::default()
+			};
+			model::object::Entity::update(m)
+				.exec(&db)
+				.await?;
+		}
+	}
+
+	tracing::info!("done running fix tasks");
+	Ok(())
+}