diff --git a/api/src/controllers/seed/images.ts b/api/src/controllers/seed/images.ts
index bbb595f8..12f0d016 100644
--- a/api/src/controllers/seed/images.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/seed/images.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import type { Image } from "~/models/utils";
 
-export const processImage = async (url: string): Promise<Image> => {
+// this will only push a task to the image downloader service and not download it instantly.
+// this is both done to prevent to many requests to be sent at once and to make sure POST
+// requests are not blocked by image downloading or blurhash calculation
+export const processImage = (url: string): Image => {
 	const hasher = new Bun.CryptoHasher("sha256");
 	hasher.update(url);
 
@@ -13,7 +16,7 @@ export const processImage = async (url: string): Promise<Image> => {
 	};
 };
 
-export const processOptImage = (url: string | null): Promise<Image | null> => {
-	if (!url) return Promise.resolve(null);
+export const processOptImage = (url: string | null): Image | null => {
+	if (!url) return null;
 	return processImage(url);
 };
diff --git a/api/src/controllers/seed/insert/shows.ts b/api/src/controllers/seed/insert/shows.ts
index eb895d7e..8986e33e 100644
--- a/api/src/controllers/seed/insert/shows.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/seed/insert/shows.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { db } from "~/db";
 import { showTranslations, shows } from "~/db/schema";
 import { conflictUpdateAllExcept } from "~/db/utils";
 import type { SeedMovie } from "~/models/movie";
+import type { SeedSerie } from "~/models/serie";
 import { getYear } from "~/utils";
 import { processOptImage } from "../images";
 
@@ -11,22 +12,22 @@ type ShowTrans = typeof showTranslations.$inferInsert;
 
 export const insertShow = async (
 	show: Show,
-	translations: SeedMovie["translations"],
+	translations: SeedMovie["translations"] | SeedSerie["translations"],
 ) => {
 	return await db.transaction(async (tx) => {
 		const ret = await insertBaseShow(tx, show);
 		if ("status" in ret) return ret;
 
-		const trans: ShowTrans[] = await Promise.all(
-			Object.entries(translations).map(async ([lang, tr]) => ({
+		const trans: ShowTrans[] = Object.entries(translations).map(
+			([lang, tr]) => ({
 				pk: ret.pk,
 				language: lang,
 				...tr,
-				poster: await processOptImage(tr.poster),
-				thumbnail: await processOptImage(tr.thumbnail),
-				logo: await processOptImage(tr.logo),
-				banner: await processOptImage(tr.banner),
-			})),
+				poster: processOptImage(tr.poster),
+				thumbnail: processOptImage(tr.thumbnail),
+				logo: processOptImage(tr.logo),
+				banner: processOptImage(tr.banner),
+			}),
 		);
 		await tx
 			.insert(showTranslations)
diff --git a/api/src/controllers/seed/movies.ts b/api/src/controllers/seed/movies.ts
index 14ef30e2..32e7f700 100644
--- a/api/src/controllers/seed/movies.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/seed/movies.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export const seedMovie = async (
 	const { translations, videos: vids, ...bMovie } = seed;
 	const nextRefresh = guessNextRefresh(bMovie.airDate ?? new Date());
 
-	const ret = await insertShow(
+	const show = await insertShow(
 		{
 			kind: "movie",
 			startAir: bMovie.airDate,
@@ -52,12 +52,13 @@ export const seedMovie = async (
 		},
 		translations,
 	);
-	if ("status" in ret) return ret;
+	if ("status" in show) return show;
 
 	// even if never shown to the user, a movie still has an entry.
-	const [entry] = await insertEntries(ret.pk, [
+	const [entry] = await insertEntries(show, [
 		{
 			kind: "movie",
+			order: 1,
 			nextRefresh,
 			...bMovie,
 		},
@@ -70,12 +71,12 @@ export const seedMovie = async (
 			.select(
 				db
 					.select({
-						entry: sql<number>`${ret.entry}`.as("entry"),
+						entry: sql<number>`${show.entry}`.as("entry"),
 						video: videos.pk,
 						// TODO: do not add rendering if all videos of the entry have the same rendering
 						slug: sql<string>`
 								concat(
-									${ret.slug}::text,
+									${show.slug}::text,
 									case when ${videos.part} <> null then concat('-p', ${videos.part}) else '' end,
 									case when ${videos.version} <> 1 then concat('-v', ${videos.version}) else '' end
 								)
@@ -90,9 +91,9 @@ export const seedMovie = async (
 	}
 
 	return {
-		updated: ret.updated,
-		id: ret.id,
-		slug: ret.slug,
+		updated: show.updated,
+		id: show.id,
+		slug: show.slug,
 		videos: retVideos,
 	};
 };
diff --git a/api/src/controllers/seed/series.ts b/api/src/controllers/seed/series.ts
index 948889e6..bd421493 100644
--- a/api/src/controllers/seed/series.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/seed/series.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
 import { t } from "elysia";
 import type { SeedSerie } from "~/models/serie";
 import { getYear } from "~/utils";
+import { insertEntries } from "./insert/entries";
 import { insertShow } from "./insert/shows";
 import { guessNextRefresh } from "./refresh";
-import { insertEntries } from "./insert/entries";
 
 export const SeedSerieResponse = t.Object({
 	id: t.String({ format: "uuid" }),
-	slug: t.String({ format: "slug", examples: ["bubble"] }),
+	slug: t.String({ format: "slug", examples: ["made-in-abyss"] }),
+	entries: t.Array(
+		t.Object({
+			id: t.String({ format: "uuid" }),
+			slug: t.String({ format: "slug", examples: ["made-in-abyss-s1e1"] }),
+		}),
+	),
 });
 export type SeedSerieResponse = typeof SeedSerieResponse.static;
 
@@ -31,7 +37,7 @@ export const seedSerie = async (
 	const { translations, seasons, entries, ...serie } = seed;
 	const nextRefresh = guessNextRefresh(serie.startAir ?? new Date());
 
-	const ret = await insertShow(
+	const show = await insertShow(
 		{
 			kind: "serie",
 			nextRefresh,
@@ -39,13 +45,14 @@ export const seedSerie = async (
 		},
 		translations,
 	);
-	if ("status" in ret) return ret;
+	if ("status" in show) return show;
 
-	const retEntries = await insertEntries(ret.pk, entries);
+	const retEntries = await insertEntries(show, entries);
 
 	return {
-		updated: ret.updated,
-		id: ret.id,
-		slug: ret.slug,
+		updated: show.updated,
+		id: show.id,
+		slug: show.slug,
+		entries: retEntries,
 	};
 };
diff --git a/biome.json b/biome.json
index d8b12b95..84dde2d8 100644
--- a/biome.json
+++ b/biome.json
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 	"$schema": "https://biomejs.dev/schemas/1.8.1/schema.json",
 	"formatter": {
 		"enabled": true,
-		"formatWithErrors": false,
 		"indentStyle": "tab",
 		"indentWidth": 2,
 		"lineEnding": "lf",