diff --git a/api/src/controllers/profiles/history.ts b/api/src/controllers/profiles/history.ts
index ec605ea1..660922c1 100644
--- a/api/src/controllers/profiles/history.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/profiles/history.ts
@@ -167,8 +167,14 @@ export const historyH = new Elysia({ tags: ["profiles"] })
 		async ({ body, jwt: { sub }, error }) => {
 			const profilePk = await getOrCreateProfile(sub);
 
-			const vals = values(
+			const hist = values(
 				body.map((x) => ({ ...x, entryUseId: isUuid(x.entry) })),
+				{
+					percent: "integer",
+					time: "integer",
+					playedDate: "timestamptz",
+					videoId: "uuid",
+				},
 			).as("hist");
 			const valEqEntries = sql`
 				case
@@ -185,13 +191,13 @@ export const historyH = new Elysia({ tags: ["profiles"] })
 							profilePk: sql`${profilePk}`,
 							entryPk: entries.pk,
 							videoPk: videos.pk,
-							percent: sql`hist.percent::integer`,
-							time: sql`hist.time::integer`,
-							playedDate: sql`hist.playedDate::timestamptz`,
+							percent: sql`hist.percent`,
+							time: sql`hist.time`,
+							playedDate: sql`hist.playedDate`,
 						})
-						.from(vals)
+						.from(hist)
 						.innerJoin(entries, valEqEntries)
-						.leftJoin(videos, eq(videos.id, sql`hist.videoId::uuid`)),
+						.leftJoin(videos, eq(videos.id, sql`hist.videoId`)),
 				)
 				.returning({ pk: history.pk });
 
@@ -249,7 +255,7 @@ export const historyH = new Elysia({ tags: ["profiles"] })
 							status: sql`
 								case
 									when
-										hist.percent::integer >= 95
+										hist.percent >= 95
 										and ${nextEntryQ.pk} is null
 									then 'completed'::watchlist_status
 									else 'watching'::watchlist_status
@@ -257,30 +263,30 @@ export const historyH = new Elysia({ tags: ["profiles"] })
 							`,
 							seenCount: sql`
 								case
-									when ${entries.kind} = 'movie' then hist.percent::integer
-									when hist.percent::integer >= 95 then 1
+									when ${entries.kind} = 'movie' then hist.percent
+									when hist.percent >= 95 then 1
 									else 0
 								end
 							`,
 							nextEntry: sql`
 								case
-									when hist.percent::integer >= 95 then ${nextEntryQ.pk}
+									when hist.percent >= 95 then ${nextEntryQ.pk}
 									else ${entries.pk}
 								end
 							`,
 							score: sql`null`,
-							startedAt: sql`hist.playedDate::timestamptz`,
-							lastPlayedAt: sql`hist.playedDate::timestamptz`,
+							startedAt: sql`hist.playedDate`,
+							lastPlayedAt: sql`hist.playedDate`,
 							completedAt: sql`
 								case
-									when ${nextEntryQ.pk} is null then hist.playedDate::timestamptz
+									when ${nextEntryQ.pk} is null then hist.playedDate
 									else null
 								end
 							`,
 							// see https://github.com/drizzle-team/drizzle-orm/issues/3608
 							updatedAt: sql`now()`,
 						})
-						.from(vals)
+						.from(hist)
 						.leftJoin(entries, valEqEntries)
 						.leftJoinLateral(nextEntryQ, sql`true`),
 				)
diff --git a/api/src/controllers/seed/insert/entries.ts b/api/src/controllers/seed/insert/entries.ts
index 10ce07fa..ee62d4a8 100644
--- a/api/src/controllers/seed/insert/entries.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/seed/insert/entries.ts
@@ -167,15 +167,21 @@ export const insertEntries = async (
 			.select(
 				db
 					.select({
-						entryPk: sql<number>`vids.entryPk::integer`.as("entry"),
+						entryPk: sql<number>`vids.entryPk`.as("entry"),
 						videoPk: videos.pk,
 						slug: computeVideoSlug(
-							sql`vids.entrySlug::text`,
-							sql`vids.needRendering::boolean`,
+							sql`vids.entrySlug`,
+							sql`vids.needRendering`,
 						),
 					})
-					.from(values(vids).as("vids"))
-					.innerJoin(videos, eq(videos.id, sql`vids.videoId::uuid`)),
+					.from(
+						values(vids, {
+							entryPk: "integer",
+							needRendering: "boolean",
+							videoId: "uuid",
+						}).as("vids"),
+					)
+					.innerJoin(videos, eq(videos.id, sql`vids.videoId`)),
 			)
 			.onConflictDoNothing()
 			.returning({
diff --git a/api/src/controllers/videos.ts b/api/src/controllers/videos.ts
index 3a8406d7..ded21415 100644
--- a/api/src/controllers/videos.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/videos.ts
@@ -230,14 +230,20 @@ export const videosH = new Elysia({ prefix: "/videos", tags: ["videos"] })
 				.select(
 					db
 						.select({
-							entry: entries.pk,
-							video: sql`j.video`,
+							entryPk: entriesQ.pk,
+							videoPk: sql`j.video`,
 							slug: computeVideoSlug(
 								entriesQ.showSlug,
-								sql`j.needRendering::boolean || exists(${hasRenderingQ})`,
+								sql`j.needRendering || exists(${hasRenderingQ})`,
 							),
 						})
-						.from(values(vidEntries).as("j"))
+						.from(
+							values(vidEntries, {
+								video: "integer",
+								needRendering: "boolean",
+								entry: "jsonb",
+							}).as("j"),
+						)
 						.innerJoin(
 							entriesQ,
 							or(
diff --git a/api/src/db/utils.ts b/api/src/db/utils.ts
index 71950631..30bc0b83 100644
--- a/api/src/db/utils.ts
+++ b/api/src/db/utils.ts
@@ -74,15 +74,22 @@ export function sqlarr(array: unknown[]) {
 }
 
 // See https://github.com/drizzle-team/drizzle-orm/issues/4044
-// TODO: type values (everything is a `text` for now)
-export function values(items: Record<string, unknown>[]) {
-	if (items[0] === undefined) throw new Error("Invalid values, expecting at least one items")
-	const [firstProp, ...props] = Object.keys(items[0]);
+export function values<K extends string>(
+	items: Record<K, unknown>[],
+	typeInfo: Partial<Record<K, string>> = {},
+) {
+	if (items[0] === undefined)
+		throw new Error("Invalid values, expecting at least one items");
+	const [firstProp, ...props] = Object.keys(items[0]) as K[];
 	const values = items
-		.map((x) => {
+		.map((x, i) => {
 			let ret = sql`(${x[firstProp]}`;
+			if (i === 0 && typeInfo[firstProp])
+				ret = sql`${ret}::${sql.raw(typeInfo[firstProp])}`;
 			for (const val of props) {
 				ret = sql`${ret}, ${x[val]}`;
+				if (i === 0 && typeInfo[val])
+					ret = sql`${ret}::${sql.raw(typeInfo[val])}`;
 			}
 			return sql`${ret})`;
 		})