diff --git a/server/models/video/sql/shared/abstract-videos-model-query-builder.ts b/server/models/video/sql/shared/abstract-videos-model-query-builder.ts
index 8eff59db0..65df8d914 100644
--- a/server/models/video/sql/shared/abstract-videos-model-query-builder.ts
+++ b/server/models/video/sql/shared/abstract-videos-model-query-builder.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ import { VideoTables } from './video-tables'
 
 export class AbstractVideosModelQueryBuilder extends AbstractVideosQueryBuilder {
   protected attributes: { [key: string]: string } = {}
-  protected joins: string[] = []
+
+  protected joins = ''
   protected where: string
 
   protected tables: VideoTables
@@ -31,12 +32,14 @@ export class AbstractVideosModelQueryBuilder extends AbstractVideosQueryBuilder
   }
 
   protected includeChannels () {
-    this.joins.push(
-      'INNER JOIN "videoChannel" AS "VideoChannel" ON "video"."channelId" = "VideoChannel"."id"',
-      'INNER JOIN "actor" AS "VideoChannel->Actor" ON "VideoChannel"."actorId" = "VideoChannel->Actor"."id"',
+    this.addJoin('INNER JOIN "videoChannel" AS "VideoChannel" ON "video"."channelId" = "VideoChannel"."id"')
+    this.addJoin('INNER JOIN "actor" AS "VideoChannel->Actor" ON "VideoChannel"."actorId" = "VideoChannel->Actor"."id"')
 
-      'LEFT OUTER JOIN "server" AS "VideoChannel->Actor->Server" ON "VideoChannel->Actor"."serverId" = "VideoChannel->Actor->Server"."id"',
+    this.addJoin(
+      'LEFT OUTER JOIN "server" AS "VideoChannel->Actor->Server" ON "VideoChannel->Actor"."serverId" = "VideoChannel->Actor->Server"."id"'
+    )
 
+    this.addJoin(
       'LEFT OUTER JOIN "actorImage" AS "VideoChannel->Actor->Avatar" ' +
         'ON "VideoChannel->Actor"."avatarId" = "VideoChannel->Actor->Avatar"."id"'
     )
@@ -52,13 +55,17 @@ export class AbstractVideosModelQueryBuilder extends AbstractVideosQueryBuilder
   }
 
   protected includeAccounts () {
-    this.joins.push(
-      'INNER JOIN "account" AS "VideoChannel->Account" ON "VideoChannel"."accountId" = "VideoChannel->Account"."id"',
-      'INNER JOIN "actor" AS "VideoChannel->Account->Actor" ON "VideoChannel->Account"."actorId" = "VideoChannel->Account->Actor"."id"',
+    this.addJoin('INNER JOIN "account" AS "VideoChannel->Account" ON "VideoChannel"."accountId" = "VideoChannel->Account"."id"')
+    this.addJoin(
+      'INNER JOIN "actor" AS "VideoChannel->Account->Actor" ON "VideoChannel->Account"."actorId" = "VideoChannel->Account->Actor"."id"'
+    )
 
+    this.addJoin(
       'LEFT OUTER JOIN "server" AS "VideoChannel->Account->Actor->Server" ' +
-        'ON "VideoChannel->Account->Actor"."serverId" = "VideoChannel->Account->Actor->Server"."id"',
+        'ON "VideoChannel->Account->Actor"."serverId" = "VideoChannel->Account->Actor->Server"."id"'
+    )
 
+    this.addJoin(
       'LEFT OUTER JOIN "actorImage" AS "VideoChannel->Account->Actor->Avatar" ' +
         'ON "VideoChannel->Account->Actor"."avatarId" = "VideoChannel->Account->Actor->Avatar"."id"'
     )
@@ -74,7 +81,7 @@ export class AbstractVideosModelQueryBuilder extends AbstractVideosQueryBuilder
   }
 
   protected includeThumbnails () {
-    this.joins.push('LEFT OUTER JOIN "thumbnail" AS "Thumbnails" ON "video"."id" = "Thumbnails"."videoId"')
+    this.addJoin('LEFT OUTER JOIN "thumbnail" AS "Thumbnails" ON "video"."id" = "Thumbnails"."videoId"')
 
     this.attributes = {
       ...this.attributes,
@@ -85,7 +92,7 @@ export class AbstractVideosModelQueryBuilder extends AbstractVideosQueryBuilder
 
   protected includeWebtorrentFiles (required: boolean) {
     const joinType = required ? 'INNER' : 'LEFT'
-    this.joins.push(joinType + ' JOIN "videoFile" AS "VideoFiles" ON "VideoFiles"."videoId" = "video"."id"')
+    this.addJoin(joinType + ' JOIN "videoFile" AS "VideoFiles" ON "VideoFiles"."videoId" = "video"."id"')
 
     this.attributes = {
       ...this.attributes,
@@ -97,9 +104,11 @@ export class AbstractVideosModelQueryBuilder extends AbstractVideosQueryBuilder
   protected includeStreamingPlaylistFiles (required: boolean) {
     const joinType = required ? 'INNER' : 'LEFT'
 
-    this.joins.push(
-      joinType + ' JOIN "videoStreamingPlaylist" AS "VideoStreamingPlaylists" ON "VideoStreamingPlaylists"."videoId" = "video"."id"',
+    this.addJoin(
+      joinType + ' JOIN "videoStreamingPlaylist" AS "VideoStreamingPlaylists" ON "VideoStreamingPlaylists"."videoId" = "video"."id"'
+    )
 
+    this.addJoin(
       joinType + ' JOIN "videoFile" AS "VideoStreamingPlaylists->VideoFiles" ' +
         'ON "VideoStreamingPlaylists->VideoFiles"."videoStreamingPlaylistId" = "VideoStreamingPlaylists"."id"'
     )
@@ -113,7 +122,7 @@ export class AbstractVideosModelQueryBuilder extends AbstractVideosQueryBuilder
   }
 
   protected includeUserHistory (userId: number) {
-    this.joins.push(
+    this.addJoin(
       'LEFT OUTER JOIN "userVideoHistory" ' +
         'ON "video"."id" = "userVideoHistory"."videoId" AND "userVideoHistory"."userId" = :userVideoHistoryId'
     )
@@ -128,7 +137,7 @@ export class AbstractVideosModelQueryBuilder extends AbstractVideosQueryBuilder
   }
 
   protected includePlaylist (playlistId: number) {
-    this.joins.push(
+    this.addJoin(
       'INNER JOIN "videoPlaylistElement" as "VideoPlaylistElement" ON "videoPlaylistElement"."videoId" = "video"."id" ' +
         'AND "VideoPlaylistElement"."videoPlaylistId" = :videoPlaylistId'
     )
@@ -143,7 +152,7 @@ export class AbstractVideosModelQueryBuilder extends AbstractVideosQueryBuilder
   }
 
   protected includeTags () {
-    this.joins.push(
+    this.addJoin(
       'LEFT OUTER JOIN (' +
         '"videoTag" AS "Tags->VideoTagModel" INNER JOIN "tag" AS "Tags" ON "Tags"."id" = "Tags->VideoTagModel"."tagId"' +
       ') ' +
@@ -159,7 +168,7 @@ export class AbstractVideosModelQueryBuilder extends AbstractVideosQueryBuilder
   }
 
   protected includeBlacklisted () {
-    this.joins.push(
+    this.addJoin(
       'LEFT OUTER JOIN "videoBlacklist" AS "VideoBlacklist" ON "video"."id" = "VideoBlacklist"."videoId"'
     )
 
@@ -171,7 +180,7 @@ export class AbstractVideosModelQueryBuilder extends AbstractVideosQueryBuilder
   }
 
   protected includeScheduleUpdate () {
-    this.joins.push(
+    this.addJoin(
       'LEFT OUTER JOIN "scheduleVideoUpdate" AS "ScheduleVideoUpdate" ON "video"."id" = "ScheduleVideoUpdate"."videoId"'
     )
 
@@ -183,7 +192,7 @@ export class AbstractVideosModelQueryBuilder extends AbstractVideosQueryBuilder
   }
 
   protected includeLive () {
-    this.joins.push(
+    this.addJoin(
       'LEFT OUTER JOIN "videoLive" AS "VideoLive" ON "video"."id" = "VideoLive"."videoId"'
     )
 
@@ -195,7 +204,7 @@ export class AbstractVideosModelQueryBuilder extends AbstractVideosQueryBuilder
   }
 
   protected includeTrackers () {
-    this.joins.push(
+    this.addJoin(
       'LEFT OUTER JOIN (' +
         '"videoTracker" AS "Trackers->VideoTrackerModel" ' +
           'INNER JOIN "tracker" AS "Trackers" ON "Trackers"."id" = "Trackers->VideoTrackerModel"."trackerId"' +
@@ -211,7 +220,7 @@ export class AbstractVideosModelQueryBuilder extends AbstractVideosQueryBuilder
   }
 
   protected includeWebTorrentRedundancies () {
-    this.joins.push(
+    this.addJoin(
       'LEFT OUTER JOIN "videoRedundancy" AS "VideoFiles->RedundancyVideos" ON ' +
         '"VideoFiles"."id" = "VideoFiles->RedundancyVideos"."videoFileId"'
     )
@@ -224,7 +233,7 @@ export class AbstractVideosModelQueryBuilder extends AbstractVideosQueryBuilder
   }
 
   protected includeStreamingPlaylistRedundancies () {
-    this.joins.push(
+    this.addJoin(
       'LEFT OUTER JOIN "videoRedundancy" AS "VideoStreamingPlaylists->RedundancyVideos" ' +
         'ON "VideoStreamingPlaylists"."id" = "VideoStreamingPlaylists->RedundancyVideos"."videoStreamingPlaylistId"'
     )
@@ -269,4 +278,8 @@ export class AbstractVideosModelQueryBuilder extends AbstractVideosQueryBuilder
 
     this.replacements.videoId = id
   }
+
+  protected addJoin (join: string) {
+    this.joins += join + ' '
+  }
 }
diff --git a/server/models/video/sql/shared/video-file-query-builder.ts b/server/models/video/sql/shared/video-file-query-builder.ts
index ad47905c6..7d822f8fa 100644
--- a/server/models/video/sql/shared/video-file-query-builder.ts
+++ b/server/models/video/sql/shared/video-file-query-builder.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import { AbstractVideosModelQueryBuilder } from './abstract-videos-model-query-b
 
 export class VideoFileQueryBuilder extends AbstractVideosModelQueryBuilder {
   protected attributes: { [key: string]: string }
-  protected joins: string[] = []
 
   constructor (protected readonly sequelize: Sequelize) {
     super('get')
@@ -61,6 +60,6 @@ export class VideoFileQueryBuilder extends AbstractVideosModelQueryBuilder {
   }
 
   private buildQuery () {
-    return `${this.buildSelect()} FROM "video" ${this.joins.join(' ')} ${this.where}`
+    return `${this.buildSelect()} FROM "video" ${this.joins} ${this.where}`
   }
 }
diff --git a/server/models/video/sql/video-model-get-query-builder.ts b/server/models/video/sql/video-model-get-query-builder.ts
index 892639076..4aab9ff1d 100644
--- a/server/models/video/sql/video-model-get-query-builder.ts
+++ b/server/models/video/sql/video-model-get-query-builder.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ export class VideosModelGetQueryBuilder {
 
 export class VideosModelGetQuerySubBuilder extends AbstractVideosModelQueryBuilder {
   protected attributes: { [key: string]: string }
-  protected joins: string[] = []
 
   protected webtorrentFilesQuery: string
   protected streamingPlaylistFilesQuery: string
@@ -102,6 +101,6 @@ export class VideosModelGetQuerySubBuilder extends AbstractVideosModelQueryBuild
     const order = 'ORDER BY "Tags"."name" ASC'
     const from = `SELECT * FROM "video" ${this.where} LIMIT 1`
 
-    return `${this.buildSelect()} FROM (${from}) AS "video" ${this.joins.join(' ')} ${order}`
+    return `${this.buildSelect()} FROM (${from}) AS "video" ${this.joins} ${order}`
   }
 }
diff --git a/server/models/video/sql/videos-model-list-query-builder.ts b/server/models/video/sql/videos-model-list-query-builder.ts
index 459f542a4..d3a9a9466 100644
--- a/server/models/video/sql/videos-model-list-query-builder.ts
+++ b/server/models/video/sql/videos-model-list-query-builder.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import { BuildVideosListQueryOptions, VideosIdListQueryBuilder } from './videos-
 
 export class VideosModelListQueryBuilder extends AbstractVideosModelQueryBuilder {
   protected attributes: { [key: string]: string }
-  protected joins: string[] = []
 
   private innerQuery: string
   private innerSort: string
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ export class VideosModelListQueryBuilder extends AbstractVideosModelQueryBuilder
       '"video".*': ''
     }
 
-    this.joins = [ 'INNER JOIN "video" ON "tmp"."id" = "video"."id"' ]
+    this.addJoin('INNER JOIN "video" ON "tmp"."id" = "video"."id"')
 
     this.includeChannels()
     this.includeAccounts()
@@ -66,6 +65,6 @@ export class VideosModelListQueryBuilder extends AbstractVideosModelQueryBuilder
 
     const select = this.buildSelect()
 
-    this.query = `${select} FROM (${this.innerQuery}) AS "tmp" ${this.joins.join(' ')} ${this.innerSort}`
+    this.query = `${select} FROM (${this.innerQuery}) AS "tmp" ${this.joins} ${this.innerSort}`
   }
 }