diff --git a/src/media.js b/src/media.js
index 91dde530..98dc4cc3 100755
--- a/src/media.js
+++ b/src/media.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const logger = require('./logger')(__filename);
 const argv = require('./argv');
 const knex = require('./knex');
 const http = require('./utils/http');
-const bulkInsert = require('./utils/bulk-insert');
+const batchInsert = require('./utils/batch-insert');
 const chunk = require('./utils/chunk');
 const { get } = require('./utils/qu');
 const { fetchEntityReleaseIds } = require('./entity-releases');
@@ -924,7 +924,8 @@ async function storeMedias(baseMedias, options) {
 	const newMediaEntries = newMediaWithEntries.filter((media) => media.newEntry).map((media) => media.entry);
 
 	try {
-		await bulkInsert('media', newMediaEntries, false);
+		console.log('NEW MEDIA ENTRIES', newMediaEntries);
+		await batchInsert('media', newMediaEntries, { confict: false });
 
 		return [...newMediaWithEntries, ...existingHashMedias];
 	} catch (error) {
@@ -993,11 +994,11 @@ async function associateReleaseMedia(releases, type = 'release') {
 				.filter(Boolean);
 
 			if (associations.length > 0) {
-				await bulkInsert(`${type}s_${role}`, associations, false);
+				await batchInsert(`${type}s_${role}`, associations, { conflict: false });
 			}
 		} catch (error) {
 			if (error.entries) {
-				logger.error(util.inspect(error.entries, null, null, { color: true }));
+				logger.error(util.inspect(error.entries.slice(0, 2), null, null, { color: true }), `${Math.min(error.entries.length, 2)} of ${error.length}`);
 			}
 
 			logger.error(`Failed to store ${type} ${role}: ${error.message} (${error.detail || 'no detail'})`);
diff --git a/src/utils/batch-insert.js b/src/utils/batch-insert.js
index ff5e975c..2b8dddf0 100755
--- a/src/utils/batch-insert.js
+++ b/src/utils/batch-insert.js
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ const knex = require('../knex');
 const chunk = require('./chunk');
 const logger = require('../logger')(__filename);
 
+const chunkTarget = 50_000; // PostgreSQL allows 65,535 binding parameters, allow for a bit of margin
+
 // improved version of bulkInsert
 async function batchInsert(table, items, {
 	conflict = true,
 	update = false,
-	chunkSize = 1000,
 	concurrent = false,
 	transaction,
 	commit = false,
@@ -17,6 +18,10 @@ async function batchInsert(table, items, {
 		throw new Error('No table specified for batch insert');
 	}
 
+	if (conflict && update) {
+		throw new Error('Batch insert conflict must specify columns, or update must be disabled');
+	}
+
 	if (!Array.isArray(items)) {
 		throw new Error('Batch insert items are not an array');
 	}
@@ -25,8 +30,20 @@ async function batchInsert(table, items, {
 		return [];
 	}
 
-	const chunks = chunk(items, chunkSize);
+	// PostgreSQL's bindings limit applies to individual values, so item size needs to be taken into account
+	const itemSize = items.reduce((acc, item) => Math.max(acc, Object.keys(item).length), 0);
+
+	if (itemSize === 0) {
+		throw new Error('Batch insert items are empty');
+	}
+
+	const chunks = chunk(items, Math.floor(chunkTarget / itemSize));
 	const conflicts = [].concat(conflict).filter((column) => typeof column === 'string'); // conflict might be 'true'
+
+	if (conflicts.length > 0 && !update) {
+		throw new Error('Batch insert conflict columns must be specified together with update');
+	}
+
 	const trx = transaction || await knex.transaction();
 
 	try {
@@ -49,12 +66,6 @@ async function batchInsert(table, items, {
 						.onConflict(conflicts)
 						.merge();
 				}
-
-				throw new Error('Batch insert conflict columns must be specified together with update');
-			}
-
-			if (conflict && update) {
-				throw new Error('Batch insert conflict must specify columns, or update must be disabled');
 			}
 
 			// error on any conflict