diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/DatabaseCleaner.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/DatabaseCleaner.java
index 04123daa..b3b2811e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/DatabaseCleaner.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/DatabaseCleaner.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public class DatabaseCleaner {
 		int deleted = -1;
 		do {
 			List<FeedEntry> entries = feedEntryDAO.findByInserted(
-					cal.getTime(), 1000);
+					cal.getTime(), 100);
 			deleted = entries.size();
 
 			for (FeedEntry entry : entries) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/dao/FeedEntryDAO.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/dao/FeedEntryDAO.java
index b9cc0f21..239029cf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/dao/FeedEntryDAO.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/dao/FeedEntryDAO.java
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ public class FeedEntryDAO extends GenericDAO<FeedEntry> {
 	public List<FeedEntry> findByInserted(Date olderThan, int max) {
 		CriteriaQuery<FeedEntry> query = builder.createQuery(getType());
 		Root<FeedEntry> root = query.from(getType());
-		root.fetch(FeedEntry_.statuses, JoinType.LEFT);
 
 		query.where(builder.lessThan(root.get(FeedEntry_.inserted), olderThan));
 		TypedQuery<FeedEntry> q = em.createQuery(query);