diff --git a/backend/src/emails/sendEmailTranslated.ts b/backend/src/emails/sendEmailTranslated.ts
index 4c1351b47..26c9e99d7 100644
--- a/backend/src/emails/sendEmailTranslated.ts
+++ b/backend/src/emails/sendEmailTranslated.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export const sendEmailTranslated = async (params: {
     //     wait: false,
     //   },
     // },
-    // i18n,
+    // i18n, // seems not to be needed
   })
 
   email
diff --git a/backend/src/server/createServer.ts b/backend/src/server/createServer.ts
index a69613f65..96c744e2c 100644
--- a/backend/src/server/createServer.ts
+++ b/backend/src/server/createServer.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ const createServer = async (
     defaultLocale: 'en',
     retryInDefaultLocale: false,
     directory: path.join(__dirname, '..', 'locales'),
-    autoReload: true,
+    // autoReload: true, // if this is activated the seeding hangs at the very end
     updateFiles: false,
     objectNotation: true,
     // logDebugFn: logger.debug,