diff --git a/server/controllers/api/remote/videos.js b/server/controllers/api/remote/videos.js
index b9494f602..c45a86dbb 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/remote/videos.js
+++ b/server/controllers/api/remote/videos.js
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ function updateRemoteVideo (videoAttributesToUpdate, fromPod, finalCallback) {
   waterfall([
 
     function startTransaction (callback) {
-      db.sequelize.transaction().asCallback(function (err, t) {
+      db.sequelize.transaction({ isolationLevel: 'SERIALIZABLE' }).asCallback(function (err, t) {
         return callback(err, t)
       })
     },
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/videos.js b/server/controllers/api/videos.js
index df068f961..55d671f5b 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/videos.js
+++ b/server/controllers/api/videos.js
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ function updateVideo (req, res, finalCallback) {
   waterfall([
 
     function startTransaction (callback) {
-      db.sequelize.transaction().asCallback(function (err, t) {
+      db.sequelize.transaction({ isolationLevel: 'SERIALIZABLE' }).asCallback(function (err, t) {
         return callback(err, t)
       })
     },
diff --git a/server/models/request.js b/server/models/request.js
index e048c288b..cd52ea767 100644
--- a/server/models/request.js
+++ b/server/models/request.js
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ function makeRequests () {
       })
     })
 
-    logger.info('Making requests to friends.', { requests: requestsToMakeGrouped })
+    logger.info('Making requests to friends.')
 
     const goodPods = []
     const badPods = []