diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/videos/shared/creator.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/videos/shared/creator.ts
index 688bcbb53..07252fea2 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/videos/shared/creator.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/videos/shared/creator.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export class APVideoCreator extends APVideoAbstractBuilder {
     const channel = channelActor.VideoChannel
 
     const videoData = getVideoAttributesFromObject(channel, this.videoObject, this.videoObject.to)
-    const video = VideoModel.build(videoData) as MVideoThumbnail
+    const video = VideoModel.build({ ...videoData, likes: 0, dislikes: 0 }) as MVideoThumbnail
 
     const promiseThumbnail = this.tryToGenerateThumbnail(video)
 
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/videos/shared/object-to-model-attributes.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/videos/shared/object-to-model-attributes.ts
index f02b9cba6..86699c5b8 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/videos/shared/object-to-model-attributes.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/videos/shared/object-to-model-attributes.ts
@@ -210,8 +210,6 @@ function getVideoAttributesFromObject (videoChannel: MChannelId, videoObject: Vi
 
     updatedAt: new Date(videoObject.updated),
     views: videoObject.views,
-    likes: 0,
-    dislikes: 0,
     remote: true,
     privacy
   }