diff --git a/query_alter.class.php b/query_alter.class.php
index 488ffd9..8b1c095 100644
--- a/query_alter.class.php
+++ b/query_alter.class.php
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ private function handle_single_command($queries) {
 		$tokenized_query = $queries;
 		if (stripos($tokenized_query['command'], 'add column') !== false) {
 			$column_def = $this->convert_field_types($tokenized_query['column_name'], $tokenized_query['column_def']);
+			$column_def = preg_replace('/ AFTER.*/im', '', $column_def);
 			$query = "ALTER TABLE {$tokenized_query['table_name']} ADD COLUMN {$tokenized_query['column_name']} $column_def";
 		} elseif (stripos($tokenized_query['command'], 'rename') !== false) {
 			$query = "ALTER TABLE {$tokenized_query['table_name']} RENAME TO {$tokenized_query['column_name']}";
diff --git a/utilities/test-sql.php b/utilities/test-sql.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..458f89d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utilities/test-sql.php
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?php
+
+include("../query_alter.class.php");
+
+$alter = new AlterQuery();
+
+var_dump($alter->rewrite_query("ALTER TABLE `wp_redirection_items` ADD `match_url` VARCHAR(2000) NULL DEFAULT NULL AFTER `url`","ALTER"));
+
+?>