diff --git a/db/migrations/0220__migrate_images_to_attachments.js b/db/migrations/0220__migrate_images_to_attachments.js
index 512cb3c2f..1815a5d46 100644
--- a/db/migrations/0220__migrate_images_to_attachments.js
+++ b/db/migrations/0220__migrate_images_to_attachments.js
@@ -3,8 +3,12 @@ module.exports = () => {
     const becca = require("../../src/becca/becca");
     const cls = require("../../src/services/cls");
     const log = require("../../src/services/log");
+    const sql = require("../../src/services/sql");
 
     cls.init(() => {
+        // emergency disabling of image compression since it appears to make problems in migration to 0.61
+        sql.execute(`UPDATE options SET value = 'false' WHERE name = 'compressImages'`);
+
         beccaLoader.load();
 
         for (const note of Object.values(becca.notes)) {
diff --git a/db/migrations/0227__disable_image_compression.sql b/db/migrations/0227__disable_image_compression.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5350deff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrations/0227__disable_image_compression.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+-- emergency disabling of image compression since it appears to make problems in migration to 0.61
+UPDATE options SET value = 'false' WHERE name = 'compressImages';
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 748a53693..e7d7796a2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "trilium",
   "productName": "Trilium Notes",
   "description": "Trilium Notes",
-  "version": "0.61.11",
+  "version": "0.61.13",
   "license": "AGPL-3.0-only",
   "main": "electron.js",
   "bin": {
diff --git a/src/public/app/services/server.js b/src/public/app/services/server.js
index 48dece334..b8a1d29fb 100644
--- a/src/public/app/services/server.js
+++ b/src/public/app/services/server.js
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ if (utils.isElectron()) {
                 await reportError(arg.method, arg.url, arg.statusCode, arg.body);
             }
 
-            idToRequestMap[arg.requestId].reject();
+            idToRequestMap[arg.requestId].reject(new Error(`Server responded with ${arg.statusCode}`));
         }
 
         delete idToRequestMap[arg.requestId];
diff --git a/src/services/app_info.js b/src/services/app_info.js
index 98bc9d59b..7f5a7818a 100644
--- a/src/services/app_info.js
+++ b/src/services/app_info.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const build = require('./build');
 const packageJson = require('../../package');
 const {TRILIUM_DATA_DIR} = require('./data_dir');
 
-const APP_DB_VERSION = 226;
+const APP_DB_VERSION = 227;
 const SYNC_VERSION = 31;
 const CLIPPER_PROTOCOL_VERSION = "1.0";
 
diff --git a/src/services/build.js b/src/services/build.js
index 0b00c7049..bf62de945 100644
--- a/src/services/build.js
+++ b/src/services/build.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-module.exports = { buildDate:"2023-11-03T11:46:53+01:00", buildRevision: "01093d05d7ca1ede0c9af3fe2f5b04969ade816d" };
+module.exports = { buildDate:"2023-11-06T00:21:41+01:00", buildRevision: "531e9d4aff47b7e8332420645546d25ab28acf85" };
diff --git a/src/services/image.js b/src/services/image.js
index de71493f3..111a77771 100644
--- a/src/services/image.js
+++ b/src/services/image.js
@@ -148,8 +148,16 @@ function saveImageToAttachment(noteId, uploadBuffer, originalName, shrinkImageSw
         title: fileName
     });
 
-    const noteService = require("../services/notes");
-    noteService.asyncPostProcessContent(note, note.getContent()); // to mark an unused attachment for deletion
+    // TODO: this is a quick-fix solution of a recursive bug - this is called from asyncPostProcessContent()
+    //       find some async way to do this - perhaps some global timeout with a Set of noteIds needing one more
+    //       run of asyncPostProcessContent
+    setTimeout(() => {
+        sql.transactional(() => {
+            const note = becca.getNoteOrThrow(noteId);
+            const noteService = require("../services/notes");
+            noteService.asyncPostProcessContent(note, note.getContent()); // to mark an unused attachment for deletion
+        });
+    }, 5000);
 
     // resizing images asynchronously since JIMP does not support sync operation
     processImage(uploadBuffer, originalName, shrinkImageSwitch).then(({buffer, imageFormat}) => {
diff --git a/src/services/sync.js b/src/services/sync.js
index 031666196..ad59f77be 100644
--- a/src/services/sync.js
+++ b/src/services/sync.js
@@ -292,7 +292,9 @@ async function syncRequest(syncContext, method, requestPath, body) {
     return response;
 }
 
-function getEntityChangeRow(entityName, entityId) {
+function getEntityChangeRow(entityChange) {
+    const {entityName, entityId} = entityChange;
+
     if (entityName === 'note_reordering') {
         return sql.getMap("SELECT branchId, notePosition FROM branches WHERE parentNoteId = ? AND isDeleted = 0", [entityId]);
     }
@@ -300,13 +302,14 @@ function getEntityChangeRow(entityName, entityId) {
         const primaryKey = entityConstructor.getEntityFromEntityName(entityName).primaryKeyName;
 
         if (!primaryKey) {
-            throw new Error(`Unknown entity '${entityName}'`);
+            throw new Error(`Unknown entity for entity change ${JSON.stringify(entityChange)}`);
         }
 
         const entityRow = sql.getRow(`SELECT * FROM ${entityName} WHERE ${primaryKey} = ?`, [entityId]);
 
         if (!entityRow) {
-            throw new Error(`Entity ${entityName} '${entityId}' not found.`);
+            log.error(`Cannot find entity for entity change ${JSON.stringify(entityChange)}`);
+            return null;
         }
 
         if (entityName === 'blobs' && entityRow.content !== null) {
@@ -332,7 +335,10 @@ function getEntityChangeRecords(entityChanges) {
             continue;
         }
 
-        const entity = getEntityChangeRow(entityChange.entityName, entityChange.entityId);
+        const entity = getEntityChangeRow(entityChange);
+        if (!entity) {
+            continue;
+        }
 
         const record = { entityChange, entity };