diff --git a/internal/entity/photo.go b/internal/entity/photo.go
index 7dbd48264..e1500e0c8 100644
--- a/internal/entity/photo.go
+++ b/internal/entity/photo.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func SavePhoto(model Photo, form form.Photo, db *gorm.DB) error {
 
 	model.IndexKeywords(db)
 
-	return db.Save(&model).Error
+	return db.Unscoped().Save(&model).Error
 }
 
 // BeforeCreate computes a unique UUID, and set a default takenAt before indexing a new photo
diff --git a/internal/query/photo.go b/internal/query/photo.go
index ad8ae8d94..d9ecbd7b0 100644
--- a/internal/query/photo.go
+++ b/internal/query/photo.go
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ func (q *Query) Photos(f form.PhotoSearch) (results []PhotoResult, err error) {
 
 // PhotoByID returns a Photo based on the ID.
 func (q *Query) PhotoByID(photoID uint64) (photo entity.Photo, err error) {
-	if err := q.db.Where("id = ?", photoID).Preload("Links").Preload("Description").First(&photo).Error; err != nil {
+	if err := q.db.Unscoped().Where("id = ?", photoID).Preload("Links").Preload("Description").First(&photo).Error; err != nil {
 		return photo, err
 	}
 
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ func (q *Query) PhotoByID(photoID uint64) (photo entity.Photo, err error) {
 
 // PhotoByUUID returns a Photo based on the UUID.
 func (q *Query) PhotoByUUID(photoUUID string) (photo entity.Photo, err error) {
-	if err := q.db.Where("photo_uuid = ?", photoUUID).Preload("Links").Preload("Description").First(&photo).Error; err != nil {
+	if err := q.db.Unscoped().Where("photo_uuid = ?", photoUUID).Preload("Links").Preload("Description").First(&photo).Error; err != nil {
 		return photo, err
 	}
 
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ func (q *Query) PhotoByUUID(photoUUID string) (photo entity.Photo, err error) {
 
 // PreloadPhotoByUUID returns a Photo based on the UUID with all dependencies preloaded.
 func (q *Query) PreloadPhotoByUUID(photoUUID string) (photo entity.Photo, err error) {
-	if err := q.db.Where("photo_uuid = ?", photoUUID).
+	if err := q.db.Unscoped().Where("photo_uuid = ?", photoUUID).
 		Preload("Labels", func(db *gorm.DB) *gorm.DB {
 			return db.Order("photos_labels.label_uncertainty ASC, photos_labels.label_id DESC")
 		}).