107 files changed, 129 insertions, 121 deletions

diff --git a/server/controllers/activitypub/client.ts b/server/controllers/activitypub/client.ts
index f47fae766..d36d10de1 100644
--- a/server/controllers/activitypub/client.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/activitypub/client.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import * as express from 'express'
 import { VideoPrivacy, VideoRateType } from '../../../shared/models/videos'
 import { activityPubCollectionPagination, activityPubContextify } from '../../helpers/activitypub'
-import { ROUTE_CACHE_LIFETIME, WEBSERVER } from '../../initializers'
+import { ROUTE_CACHE_LIFETIME, WEBSERVER } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { buildAnnounceWithVideoAudience, buildLikeActivity } from '../../lib/activitypub/send'
 import { audiencify, getAudience } from '../../lib/activitypub/audience'
 import { buildCreateActivity } from '../../lib/activitypub/send/send-create'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/config.ts b/server/controllers/api/config.ts
index cdbccaa7d..40012c03b 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/config.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/config.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { ServerConfig, UserRight } from '../../../shared'
 import { About } from '../../../shared/models/server/about.model'
 import { CustomConfig } from '../../../shared/models/server/custom-config.model'
 import { isSignupAllowed, isSignupAllowedForCurrentIP } from '../../helpers/signup'
-import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../initializers'
+import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { asyncMiddleware, authenticate, ensureUserHasRight } from '../../middlewares'
 import { customConfigUpdateValidator } from '../../middlewares/validators/config'
 import { ClientHtml } from '../../lib/client-html'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/overviews.ts b/server/controllers/api/overviews.ts
index b052acdb7..37ac152db 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/overviews.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/overviews.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { VideoModel } from '../../models/video/video'
 import { asyncMiddleware } from '../../middlewares'
 import { TagModel } from '../../models/video/tag'
 import { VideosOverview } from '../../../shared/models/overviews'
-import { MEMOIZE_TTL, OVERVIEWS, ROUTE_CACHE_LIFETIME } from '../../initializers'
+import { MEMOIZE_TTL, OVERVIEWS, ROUTE_CACHE_LIFETIME } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { cacheRoute } from '../../middlewares/cache'
 import * as memoizee from 'memoizee'
 
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/server/follows.ts b/server/controllers/api/server/follows.ts
index 207a09a4c..d38ce91de 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/server/follows.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/server/follows.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as express from 'express'
 import { UserRight } from '../../../../shared/models/users'
 import { logger } from '../../../helpers/logger'
 import { getFormattedObjects, getServerActor } from '../../../helpers/utils'
-import { sequelizeTypescript, SERVER_ACTOR_NAME } from '../../../initializers'
+import { SERVER_ACTOR_NAME } from '../../../initializers/constants'
 import { sendAccept, sendReject, sendUndoFollow } from '../../../lib/activitypub/send'
 import {
   asyncMiddleware,
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import {
 import { ActorFollowModel } from '../../../models/activitypub/actor-follow'
 import { JobQueue } from '../../../lib/job-queue'
 import { removeRedundancyOf } from '../../../lib/redundancy'
+import { sequelizeTypescript } from '../../../initializers/database'
 
 const serverFollowsRouter = express.Router()
 serverFollowsRouter.get('/following',
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/server/logs.ts b/server/controllers/api/server/logs.ts
index bbbfa1d80..03941cca7 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/server/logs.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/server/logs.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { UserRight } from '../../../../shared/models/users'
 import { asyncMiddleware, authenticate, ensureUserHasRight } from '../../../middlewares'
 import { mtimeSortFilesDesc } from '../../../../shared/utils/logs/logs'
 import { readdir, readFile } from 'fs-extra'
-import { MAX_LOGS_OUTPUT_CHARACTERS } from '../../../initializers'
+import { MAX_LOGS_OUTPUT_CHARACTERS } from '../../../initializers/constants'
 import { join } from 'path'
 import { getLogsValidator } from '../../../middlewares/validators/logs'
 import { LogLevel } from '../../../../shared/models/server/log-level.type'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/users/index.ts b/server/controllers/api/users/index.ts
index a049e23e4..28c8de303 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/users/index.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/users/index.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import * as RateLimit from 'express-rate-limit'
 import { UserCreate, UserRight, UserRole, UserUpdate } from '../../../../shared'
 import { logger } from '../../../helpers/logger'
 import { getFormattedObjects } from '../../../helpers/utils'
-import { RATES_LIMIT, sequelizeTypescript, WEBSERVER } from '../../../initializers'
+import { RATES_LIMIT, WEBSERVER } from '../../../initializers/constants'
 import { Emailer } from '../../../lib/emailer'
 import { Redis } from '../../../lib/redis'
 import { createUserAccountAndChannelAndPlaylist } from '../../../lib/user'
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import { myNotificationsRouter } from './my-notifications'
 import { Notifier } from '../../../lib/notifier'
 import { mySubscriptionsRouter } from './my-subscriptions'
 import { CONFIG } from '../../../initializers/config'
+import { sequelizeTypescript } from '../../../initializers/database'
 
 const auditLogger = auditLoggerFactory('users')
 
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/users/me.ts b/server/controllers/api/users/me.ts
index 1d1588eca..ce9e78463 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/users/me.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/users/me.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as express from 'express'
 import 'multer'
 import { UserUpdateMe, UserVideoRate as FormattedUserVideoRate } from '../../../../shared'
 import { getFormattedObjects } from '../../../helpers/utils'
-import { MIMETYPES, sequelizeTypescript } from '../../../initializers'
+import { MIMETYPES } from '../../../initializers/constants'
 import { sendUpdateActor } from '../../../lib/activitypub/send'
 import {
   asyncMiddleware,
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import { auditLoggerFactory, getAuditIdFromRes, UserAuditView } from '../../../h
 import { VideoImportModel } from '../../../models/video/video-import'
 import { AccountModel } from '../../../models/account/account'
 import { CONFIG } from '../../../initializers/config'
+import { sequelizeTypescript } from '../../../initializers/database'
 
 const auditLogger = auditLoggerFactory('users-me')
 
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/users/my-subscriptions.ts b/server/controllers/api/users/my-subscriptions.ts
index 59b906a8b..c52df3154 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/users/my-subscriptions.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/users/my-subscriptions.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as express from 'express'
 import 'multer'
 import { getFormattedObjects } from '../../../helpers/utils'
-import { sequelizeTypescript, WEBSERVER } from '../../../initializers'
+import { WEBSERVER } from '../../../initializers/constants'
 import {
   asyncMiddleware,
   asyncRetryTransactionMiddleware,
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { VideoFilter } from '../../../../shared/models/videos/video-query.type'
 import { ActorFollowModel } from '../../../models/activitypub/actor-follow'
 import { JobQueue } from '../../../lib/job-queue'
 import { logger } from '../../../helpers/logger'
+import { sequelizeTypescript } from '../../../initializers/database'
 
 const mySubscriptionsRouter = express.Router()
 
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/video-channel.ts b/server/controllers/api/video-channel.ts
index b79ce9cec..3d6dbfe70 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/video-channel.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/video-channel.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { createVideoChannel } from '../../lib/video-channel'
 import { buildNSFWFilter, createReqFiles, isUserAbleToSearchRemoteURI } from '../../helpers/express-utils'
 import { setAsyncActorKeys } from '../../lib/activitypub'
 import { AccountModel } from '../../models/account/account'
-import { MIMETYPES, sequelizeTypescript } from '../../initializers'
+import { MIMETYPES } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { logger } from '../../helpers/logger'
 import { VideoModel } from '../../models/video/video'
 import { updateAvatarValidator } from '../../middlewares/validators/avatar'
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import { JobQueue } from '../../lib/job-queue'
 import { VideoPlaylistModel } from '../../models/video/video-playlist'
 import { commonVideoPlaylistFiltersValidator } from '../../middlewares/validators/videos/video-playlists'
 import { CONFIG } from '../../initializers/config'
+import { sequelizeTypescript } from '../../initializers/database'
 
 const auditLogger = auditLoggerFactory('channels')
 const reqAvatarFile = createReqFiles([ 'avatarfile' ], MIMETYPES.IMAGE.MIMETYPE_EXT, { avatarfile: CONFIG.STORAGE.TMP_DIR })
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/video-playlist.ts b/server/controllers/api/video-playlist.ts
index 5a3d6a29d..71c244a60 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/video-playlist.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/video-playlist.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
 } from '../../middlewares'
 import { videoPlaylistsSortValidator } from '../../middlewares/validators'
 import { buildNSFWFilter, createReqFiles, isUserAbleToSearchRemoteURI } from '../../helpers/express-utils'
-import { MIMETYPES, sequelizeTypescript, THUMBNAILS_SIZE, VIDEO_PLAYLIST_PRIVACIES } from '../../initializers'
+import { MIMETYPES, THUMBNAILS_SIZE, VIDEO_PLAYLIST_PRIVACIES } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { logger } from '../../helpers/logger'
 import { resetSequelizeInstance } from '../../helpers/database-utils'
 import { VideoPlaylistModel } from '../../models/video/video-playlist'
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import { AccountModel } from '../../models/account/account'
 import { VideoPlaylistReorder } from '../../../shared/models/videos/playlist/video-playlist-reorder.model'
 import { JobQueue } from '../../lib/job-queue'
 import { CONFIG } from '../../initializers/config'
+import { sequelizeTypescript } from '../../initializers/database'
 
 const reqThumbnailFile = createReqFiles([ 'thumbnailfile' ], MIMETYPES.IMAGE.MIMETYPE_EXT, { thumbnailfile: CONFIG.STORAGE.TMP_DIR })
 
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/videos/captions.ts b/server/controllers/api/videos/captions.ts
index 7dd36e368..44c255232 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/videos/captions.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/videos/captions.ts
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@ import * as express from 'express'
 import { asyncMiddleware, asyncRetryTransactionMiddleware, authenticate } from '../../../middlewares'
 import { addVideoCaptionValidator, deleteVideoCaptionValidator, listVideoCaptionsValidator } from '../../../middlewares/validators'
 import { createReqFiles } from '../../../helpers/express-utils'
-import { MIMETYPES, sequelizeTypescript } from '../../../initializers'
+import { MIMETYPES } from '../../../initializers/constants'
 import { getFormattedObjects } from '../../../helpers/utils'
 import { VideoCaptionModel } from '../../../models/video/video-caption'
 import { logger } from '../../../helpers/logger'
 import { federateVideoIfNeeded } from '../../../lib/activitypub'
 import { moveAndProcessCaptionFile } from '../../../helpers/captions-utils'
 import { CONFIG } from '../../../initializers/config'
+import { sequelizeTypescript } from '../../../initializers/database'
 
 const reqVideoCaptionAdd = createReqFiles(
   [ 'captionfile' ],
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/videos/import.ts b/server/controllers/api/videos/import.ts
index 5a8cd703e..a72b8c72e 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/videos/import.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/videos/import.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import * as magnetUtil from 'magnet-uri'
 import 'multer'
 import { auditLoggerFactory, getAuditIdFromRes, VideoImportAuditView } from '../../../helpers/audit-logger'
 import { asyncMiddleware, asyncRetryTransactionMiddleware, authenticate, videoImportAddValidator } from '../../../middlewares'
-import { MIMETYPES, PREVIEWS_SIZE, sequelizeTypescript, THUMBNAILS_SIZE } from '../../../initializers'
+import { MIMETYPES, PREVIEWS_SIZE, THUMBNAILS_SIZE } from '../../../initializers/constants'
 import { getYoutubeDLInfo, YoutubeDLInfo } from '../../../helpers/youtube-dl'
 import { createReqFiles } from '../../../helpers/express-utils'
 import { logger } from '../../../helpers/logger'
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { getSecureTorrentName } from '../../../helpers/utils'
 import { move, readFile } from 'fs-extra'
 import { autoBlacklistVideoIfNeeded } from '../../../lib/video-blacklist'
 import { CONFIG } from '../../../initializers/config'
+import { sequelizeTypescript } from '../../../initializers/database'
 
 const auditLogger = auditLoggerFactory('video-imports')
 const videoImportsRouter = express.Router()
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/videos/index.ts b/server/controllers/api/videos/index.ts
index 9470afabf..d6f513254 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/videos/index.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/videos/index.ts
@@ -10,13 +10,12 @@ import { autoBlacklistVideoIfNeeded } from '../../../lib/video-blacklist'
 import {
   MIMETYPES,
   PREVIEWS_SIZE,
-  sequelizeTypescript,
   THUMBNAILS_SIZE,
   VIDEO_CATEGORIES,
   VIDEO_LANGUAGES,
   VIDEO_LICENCES,
   VIDEO_PRIVACIES
-} from '../../../initializers'
+} from '../../../initializers/constants'
 import {
   changeVideoChannelShare,
   federateVideoIfNeeded,
@@ -61,6 +60,7 @@ import { watchingRouter } from './watching'
 import { Notifier } from '../../../lib/notifier'
 import { sendView } from '../../../lib/activitypub/send/send-view'
 import { CONFIG } from '../../../initializers/config'
+import { sequelizeTypescript } from '../../../initializers/database'
 
 const auditLogger = auditLoggerFactory('videos')
 const videosRouter = express.Router()
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/videos/rate.ts b/server/controllers/api/videos/rate.ts
index 914c596c3..b65babedf 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/videos/rate.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/videos/rate.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import * as express from 'express'
 import { UserVideoRateUpdate } from '../../../../shared'
 import { logger } from '../../../helpers/logger'
-import { sequelizeTypescript, VIDEO_RATE_TYPES } from '../../../initializers'
+import { VIDEO_RATE_TYPES } from '../../../initializers/constants'
 import { getRateUrl, sendVideoRateChange } from '../../../lib/activitypub'
 import { asyncMiddleware, asyncRetryTransactionMiddleware, authenticate, videoUpdateRateValidator } from '../../../middlewares'
 import { AccountModel } from '../../../models/account/account'
 import { AccountVideoRateModel } from '../../../models/account/account-video-rate'
+import { sequelizeTypescript } from '../../../initializers/database'
 
 const rateVideoRouter = express.Router()
 
diff --git a/server/controllers/bots.ts b/server/controllers/bots.ts
index 58ead4799..7e8e6eff6 100644
--- a/server/controllers/bots.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/bots.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as express from 'express'
 import { asyncMiddleware } from '../middlewares'
-import { ROUTE_CACHE_LIFETIME, WEBSERVER } from '../initializers'
+import { ROUTE_CACHE_LIFETIME, WEBSERVER } from '../initializers/constants'
 import * as sitemapModule from 'sitemap'
 import { logger } from '../helpers/logger'
 import { VideoModel } from '../models/video/video'
diff --git a/server/controllers/client.ts b/server/controllers/client.ts
index ece2f460c..f51470b41 100644
--- a/server/controllers/client.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/client.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as express from 'express'
 import { join } from 'path'
 import { root } from '../helpers/core-utils'
-import { ACCEPT_HEADERS, STATIC_MAX_AGE } from '../initializers'
+import { ACCEPT_HEADERS, STATIC_MAX_AGE } from '../initializers/constants'
 import { asyncMiddleware, embedCSP } from '../middlewares'
 import { buildFileLocale, getCompleteLocale, is18nLocale, LOCALE_FILES } from '../../shared/models/i18n/i18n'
 import { ClientHtml } from '../lib/client-html'
diff --git a/server/controllers/feeds.ts b/server/controllers/feeds.ts
index 24c41d946..5064097cd 100644
--- a/server/controllers/feeds.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/feeds.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import * as express from 'express'
-import { FEEDS, ROUTE_CACHE_LIFETIME, WEBSERVER } from '../initializers/constants'
-import { THUMBNAILS_SIZE } from '../initializers'
+import { FEEDS, ROUTE_CACHE_LIFETIME, THUMBNAILS_SIZE, WEBSERVER } from '../initializers/constants'
 import {
   asyncMiddleware,
   commonVideosFiltersValidator,
diff --git a/server/controllers/services.ts b/server/controllers/services.ts
index 83b01b475..c1c53c3fc 100644
--- a/server/controllers/services.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/services.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import * as express from 'express'
-import { EMBED_SIZE, PREVIEWS_SIZE, WEBSERVER } from '../initializers'
+import { EMBED_SIZE, PREVIEWS_SIZE, WEBSERVER } from '../initializers/constants'
 import { asyncMiddleware, oembedValidator } from '../middlewares'
 import { accountNameWithHostGetValidator } from '../middlewares/validators'
-import { CONFIG } from '../initializers/config'
 
 const servicesRouter = express.Router()
 
diff --git a/server/controllers/static.ts b/server/controllers/static.ts
index be5fcc8ed..f6bb88725 100644
--- a/server/controllers/static.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/static.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
   STATIC_MAX_AGE,
   STATIC_PATHS,
   WEBSERVER
-} from '../initializers'
+} from '../initializers/constants'
 import { VideosCaptionCache, VideosPreviewCache } from '../lib/files-cache'
 import { cacheRoute } from '../middlewares/cache'
 import { asyncMiddleware, videosGetValidator } from '../middlewares'
diff --git a/server/helpers/activitypub.ts b/server/helpers/activitypub.ts
index 0c303c369..951a25669 100644
--- a/server/helpers/activitypub.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/activitypub.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as Bluebird from 'bluebird'
 import * as validator from 'validator'
 import { ResultList } from '../../shared/models'
 import { Activity } from '../../shared/models/activitypub'
-import { ACTIVITY_PUB } from '../initializers'
+import { ACTIVITY_PUB } from '../initializers/constants'
 import { ActorModel } from '../models/activitypub/actor'
 import { signJsonLDObject } from './peertube-crypto'
 import { pageToStartAndCount } from './core-utils'
diff --git a/server/helpers/core-utils.ts b/server/helpers/core-utils.ts
index 3f737c1d6..f6d90bfca 100644
--- a/server/helpers/core-utils.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/core-utils.ts
@@ -11,14 +11,13 @@ import * as pem from 'pem'
 import { URL } from 'url'
 import { truncate } from 'lodash'
 import { exec } from 'child_process'
-import { isArray } from './custom-validators/misc'
 
 const objectConverter = (oldObject: any, keyConverter: (e: string) => string, valueConverter: (e: any) => any) => {
   if (!oldObject || typeof oldObject !== 'object') {
     return valueConverter(oldObject)
   }
 
-  if (isArray(oldObject)) {
+  if (Array.isArray(oldObject)) {
     return oldObject.map(e => objectConverter(e, keyConverter, valueConverter))
   }
 
diff --git a/server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/actor.ts b/server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/actor.ts
index c05f60f14..deb331abb 100644
--- a/server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/actor.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/actor.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import * as validator from 'validator'
-import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../../initializers'
+import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../../initializers/constants'
 import { exists, isArray } from '../misc'
 import { truncate } from 'lodash'
 import { isActivityPubUrlValid, isBaseActivityValid, setValidAttributedTo } from './misc'
diff --git a/server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/misc.ts b/server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/misc.ts
index f1762d11c..f9445929b 100644
--- a/server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/misc.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/misc.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import * as validator from 'validator'
-import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../../initializers'
+import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../../initializers/constants'
 import { isTestInstance } from '../../core-utils'
 import { exists } from '../misc'
 
diff --git a/server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/video-comments.ts b/server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/video-comments.ts
index 0415db21c..26c8c4cc6 100644
--- a/server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/video-comments.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/video-comments.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as validator from 'validator'
-import { ACTIVITY_PUB, CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../../initializers'
+import { ACTIVITY_PUB } from '../../../initializers/constants'
 import { exists, isArray, isDateValid } from '../misc'
-import { isActivityPubUrlValid, isBaseActivityValid } from './misc'
+import { isActivityPubUrlValid } from './misc'
 
 function sanitizeAndCheckVideoCommentObject (comment: any) {
   if (!comment || comment.type !== 'Note') return false
diff --git a/server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/videos.ts b/server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/videos.ts
index d94333151..3ba6b0744 100644
--- a/server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/videos.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/videos.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import * as validator from 'validator'
-import { ACTIVITY_PUB, CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../../initializers'
+import { ACTIVITY_PUB, CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../../initializers/constants'
 import { peertubeTruncate } from '../../core-utils'
 import { exists, isArray, isBooleanValid, isDateValid, isUUIDValid } from '../misc'
 import {
diff --git a/server/helpers/custom-validators/servers.ts b/server/helpers/custom-validators/servers.ts
index 18c80ec8f..5c8bf0d2d 100644
--- a/server/helpers/custom-validators/servers.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/custom-validators/servers.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import 'express-validator'
 
 import { isArray, exists } from './misc'
 import { isTestInstance } from '../core-utils'
-import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../initializers'
+import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../initializers/constants'
 
 function isHostValid (host: string) {
   const isURLOptions = {
diff --git a/server/helpers/custom-validators/users.ts b/server/helpers/custom-validators/users.ts
index 80652b479..70af5f1f0 100644
--- a/server/helpers/custom-validators/users.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/custom-validators/users.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import 'express-validator'
 import * as validator from 'validator'
 import { UserRole } from '../../../shared'
-import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS, NSFW_POLICY_TYPES } from '../../initializers'
+import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS, NSFW_POLICY_TYPES } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { exists, isFileValid, isBooleanValid } from './misc'
 import { values } from 'lodash'
 
diff --git a/server/helpers/custom-validators/video-abuses.ts b/server/helpers/custom-validators/video-abuses.ts
index 71500fde5..a61dcee1c 100644
--- a/server/helpers/custom-validators/video-abuses.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/custom-validators/video-abuses.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Response } from 'express'
 import * as validator from 'validator'
-import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS, VIDEO_ABUSE_STATES } from '../../initializers'
+import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS, VIDEO_ABUSE_STATES } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { exists } from './misc'
 import { VideoAbuseModel } from '../../models/video/video-abuse'
 
diff --git a/server/helpers/custom-validators/video-blacklist.ts b/server/helpers/custom-validators/video-blacklist.ts
index 465f58a9c..3743f7023 100644
--- a/server/helpers/custom-validators/video-blacklist.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/custom-validators/video-blacklist.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Response } from 'express'
 import * as validator from 'validator'
 import { exists } from './misc'
-import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../initializers'
+import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { VideoBlacklistModel } from '../../models/video/video-blacklist'
 import { VideoBlacklistType } from '../../../shared/models/videos'
 
diff --git a/server/helpers/custom-validators/video-captions.ts b/server/helpers/custom-validators/video-captions.ts
index 8bd139003..3b6569a8a 100644
--- a/server/helpers/custom-validators/video-captions.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/custom-validators/video-captions.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS, MIMETYPES, VIDEO_LANGUAGES } from '../../initializers'
+import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS, MIMETYPES, VIDEO_LANGUAGES } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { exists, isFileValid } from './misc'
 import { Response } from 'express'
 import { VideoModel } from '../../models/video/video'
diff --git a/server/helpers/custom-validators/video-channels.ts b/server/helpers/custom-validators/video-channels.ts
index ca8d207cf..fd56b9a70 100644
--- a/server/helpers/custom-validators/video-channels.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/custom-validators/video-channels.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as express from 'express'
 import 'express-validator'
 import 'multer'
 import * as validator from 'validator'
-import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../initializers'
+import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { VideoChannelModel } from '../../models/video/video-channel'
 import { exists } from './misc'
 
diff --git a/server/helpers/custom-validators/video-comments.ts b/server/helpers/custom-validators/video-comments.ts
index 2b3f66063..0707e2af2 100644
--- a/server/helpers/custom-validators/video-comments.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/custom-validators/video-comments.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import 'express-validator'
 import 'multer'
 import * as validator from 'validator'
-import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../initializers'
+import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../initializers/constants'
 
 const VIDEO_COMMENTS_CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS = CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS.VIDEO_COMMENTS
 
diff --git a/server/helpers/custom-validators/video-imports.ts b/server/helpers/custom-validators/video-imports.ts
index 14db9b534..f4235e2fa 100644
--- a/server/helpers/custom-validators/video-imports.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/custom-validators/video-imports.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import 'express-validator'
 import 'multer'
 import * as validator from 'validator'
-import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS, MIMETYPES, VIDEO_IMPORT_STATES } from '../../initializers'
+import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS, MIMETYPES, VIDEO_IMPORT_STATES } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { exists, isFileValid } from './misc'
 import * as express from 'express'
 import { VideoImportModel } from '../../models/video/video-import'
diff --git a/server/helpers/custom-validators/video-playlists.ts b/server/helpers/custom-validators/video-playlists.ts
index c962c5532..2fe426560 100644
--- a/server/helpers/custom-validators/video-playlists.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/custom-validators/video-playlists.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { exists } from './misc'
 import * as validator from 'validator'
-import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS, VIDEO_PLAYLIST_PRIVACIES, VIDEO_PLAYLIST_TYPES } from '../../initializers'
+import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS, VIDEO_PLAYLIST_PRIVACIES, VIDEO_PLAYLIST_TYPES } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import * as express from 'express'
 import { VideoPlaylistModel } from '../../models/video/video-playlist'
 
diff --git a/server/helpers/custom-validators/videos.ts b/server/helpers/custom-validators/videos.ts
index dd9d62d24..eb08ae4ad 100644
--- a/server/helpers/custom-validators/videos.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/custom-validators/videos.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
   VIDEO_PRIVACIES,
   VIDEO_RATE_TYPES,
   VIDEO_STATES
-} from '../../initializers'
+} from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { VideoModel } from '../../models/video/video'
 import { exists, isArray, isDateValid, isFileValid } from './misc'
 import { VideoChannelModel } from '../../models/video/video-channel'
diff --git a/server/helpers/custom-validators/webfinger.ts b/server/helpers/custom-validators/webfinger.ts
index b18e43fad..dd914341e 100644
--- a/server/helpers/custom-validators/webfinger.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/custom-validators/webfinger.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { REMOTE_SCHEME, WEBSERVER } from '../../initializers'
+import { REMOTE_SCHEME, WEBSERVER } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { sanitizeHost } from '../core-utils'
 import { exists } from './misc'
 
diff --git a/server/helpers/express-utils.ts b/server/helpers/express-utils.ts
index 2b574ab8e..e0a1d56a5 100644
--- a/server/helpers/express-utils.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/express-utils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as express from 'express'
 import * as multer from 'multer'
-import { REMOTE_SCHEME } from '../initializers'
+import { REMOTE_SCHEME } from '../initializers/constants'
 import { logger } from './logger'
 import { deleteFileAsync, generateRandomString } from './utils'
 import { extname } from 'path'
diff --git a/server/helpers/peertube-crypto.ts b/server/helpers/peertube-crypto.ts
index ab9ec077e..9148df2eb 100644
--- a/server/helpers/peertube-crypto.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/peertube-crypto.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Request } from 'express'
-import { BCRYPT_SALT_SIZE, HTTP_SIGNATURE, PRIVATE_RSA_KEY_SIZE } from '../initializers'
+import { BCRYPT_SALT_SIZE, HTTP_SIGNATURE, PRIVATE_RSA_KEY_SIZE } from '../initializers/constants'
 import { ActorModel } from '../models/activitypub/actor'
 import { bcryptComparePromise, bcryptGenSaltPromise, bcryptHashPromise, createPrivateKey, getPublicKey, sha256 } from './core-utils'
 import { jsig, jsonld } from './custom-jsonld-signature'
diff --git a/server/helpers/requests.ts b/server/helpers/requests.ts
index 02854b164..60c94da81 100644
--- a/server/helpers/requests.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/requests.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as Bluebird from 'bluebird'
 import { createWriteStream, remove } from 'fs-extra'
 import * as request from 'request'
-import { ACTIVITY_PUB } from '../initializers'
+import { ACTIVITY_PUB } from '../initializers/constants'
 import { processImage } from './image-utils'
 import { join } from 'path'
 import { logger } from './logger'
diff --git a/server/helpers/youtube-dl.ts b/server/helpers/youtube-dl.ts
index c188739ff..b3079370f 100644
--- a/server/helpers/youtube-dl.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/youtube-dl.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { truncate } from 'lodash'
-import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS, VIDEO_CATEGORIES } from '../initializers'
+import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS, VIDEO_CATEGORIES } from '../initializers/constants'
 import { logger } from './logger'
 import { generateVideoImportTmpPath } from './utils'
 import { join } from 'path'
diff --git a/server/initializers/constants.ts b/server/initializers/constants.ts
index 3922d8515..a0609d7cd 100644
--- a/server/initializers/constants.ts
+++ b/server/initializers/constants.ts
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ const VIDEO_LICENCES = {
   7: 'Public Domain Dedication'
 }
 
-const VIDEO_LANGUAGES = buildLanguages()
+let VIDEO_LANGUAGES: { [id: string]: string } = {}
 
 const VIDEO_PRIVACIES = {
   [ VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC ]: 'Public',
@@ -684,6 +684,7 @@ export {
   VIDEO_VIEW_LIFETIME,
   CONTACT_FORM_LIFETIME,
   VIDEO_PLAYLIST_PRIVACIES,
+  loadLanguages,
   buildLanguages
 }
 
@@ -732,6 +733,10 @@ function buildVideosExtname () {
     : [ '.mp4', '.ogv', '.webm' ]
 }
 
+function loadLanguages () {
+  VIDEO_LANGUAGES = buildLanguages()
+}
+
 function buildLanguages () {
   const iso639 = require('iso-639-3')
 
diff --git a/server/initializers/index.ts b/server/initializers/index.ts
index fe9190a9c..0fc1a7363 100644
--- a/server/initializers/index.ts
+++ b/server/initializers/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Constants first, database in second!
-export * from './constants'
 export * from './database'
 export * from './installer'
 export * from './migrator'
diff --git a/server/initializers/migrations/0170-actor-follow-score.ts b/server/initializers/migrations/0170-actor-follow-score.ts
index 2deabaf98..a12b35da9 100644
--- a/server/initializers/migrations/0170-actor-follow-score.ts
+++ b/server/initializers/migrations/0170-actor-follow-score.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import * as Sequelize from 'sequelize'
-import { ACTOR_FOLLOW_SCORE } from '../index'
+import { ACTOR_FOLLOW_SCORE } from '../constants'
 
 async function up (utils: {
   transaction: Sequelize.Transaction,
diff --git a/server/initializers/migrations/0210-video-language.ts b/server/initializers/migrations/0210-video-language.ts
index b7ec90905..ca95c7527 100644
--- a/server/initializers/migrations/0210-video-language.ts
+++ b/server/initializers/migrations/0210-video-language.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import * as Sequelize from 'sequelize'
-import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../index'
+import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../constants'
 
 async function up (utils: {
   transaction: Sequelize.Transaction,
diff --git a/server/initializers/migrations/0215-video-support-length.ts b/server/initializers/migrations/0215-video-support-length.ts
index 994eda60d..ba395050f 100644
--- a/server/initializers/migrations/0215-video-support-length.ts
+++ b/server/initializers/migrations/0215-video-support-length.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import * as Sequelize from 'sequelize'
-import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../index'
 
 async function up (utils: {
   transaction: Sequelize.Transaction,
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/actor.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/actor.ts
index cfefc26ce..0db75906c 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/actor.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/actor.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { logger } from '../../helpers/logger'
 import { createPrivateAndPublicKeys } from '../../helpers/peertube-crypto'
 import { doRequest, downloadImage } from '../../helpers/requests'
 import { getUrlFromWebfinger } from '../../helpers/webfinger'
-import { AVATARS_SIZE, MIMETYPES, sequelizeTypescript, WEBSERVER } from '../../initializers'
+import { AVATARS_SIZE, MIMETYPES, WEBSERVER } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { AccountModel } from '../../models/account/account'
 import { ActorModel } from '../../models/activitypub/actor'
 import { AvatarModel } from '../../models/avatar/avatar'
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { JobQueue } from '../job-queue'
 import { getServerActor } from '../../helpers/utils'
 import { ActorFetchByUrlType, fetchActorByUrl } from '../../helpers/actor'
 import { CONFIG } from '../../initializers/config'
+import { sequelizeTypescript } from '../../initializers/database'
 
 // Set account keys, this could be long so process after the account creation and do not block the client
 function setAsyncActorKeys (actor: ActorModel) {
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/audience.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/audience.ts
index 10277eca7..771a01366 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/audience.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/audience.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Transaction } from 'sequelize'
 import { ActivityAudience } from '../../../shared/models/activitypub'
-import { ACTIVITY_PUB } from '../../initializers'
+import { ACTIVITY_PUB } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { ActorModel } from '../../models/activitypub/actor'
 import { VideoModel } from '../../models/video/video'
 import { VideoCommentModel } from '../../models/video/video-comment'
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/crawl.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/crawl.ts
index 9f4ca98ba..ba5b67bee 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/crawl.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/crawl.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ACTIVITY_PUB, JOB_REQUEST_TIMEOUT } from '../../initializers'
+import { ACTIVITY_PUB, JOB_REQUEST_TIMEOUT } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { doRequest } from '../../helpers/requests'
 import { logger } from '../../helpers/logger'
 import * as Bluebird from 'bluebird'
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/playlist.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/playlist.ts
index a0d0e736e..f312409bc 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/playlist.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/playlist.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { PlaylistObject } from '../../../shared/models/activitypub/objects/playlist-object'
 import { crawlCollectionPage } from './crawl'
-import { ACTIVITY_PUB, CRAWL_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY, sequelizeTypescript, THUMBNAILS_SIZE } from '../../initializers'
+import { ACTIVITY_PUB, CRAWL_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY, THUMBNAILS_SIZE } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { AccountModel } from '../../models/account/account'
 import { isArray } from '../../helpers/custom-validators/misc'
 import { getOrCreateActorAndServerAndModel } from './actor'
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { FilteredModelAttributes } from 'sequelize-typescript/lib/models/Model'
 import { VideoPlaylistPrivacy } from '../../../shared/models/videos/playlist/video-playlist-privacy.model'
 import { ActivityIconObject } from '../../../shared/models/activitypub/objects'
 import { CONFIG } from '../../initializers/config'
+import { sequelizeTypescript } from '../../initializers/database'
 
 function playlistObjectToDBAttributes (playlistObject: PlaylistObject, byAccount: AccountModel, to: string[]) {
   const privacy = to.indexOf(ACTIVITY_PUB.PUBLIC) !== -1 ? VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC : VideoPlaylistPrivacy.UNLISTED
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/share.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/share.ts
index 3bece0ff7..7f38402b6 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/share.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/share.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import * as Bluebird from 'bluebird'
 import { doRequest } from '../../helpers/requests'
 import { getOrCreateActorAndServerAndModel } from './actor'
 import { logger } from '../../helpers/logger'
-import { CRAWL_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY } from '../../initializers'
+import { CRAWL_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { checkUrlsSameHost, getAPId } from '../../helpers/activitypub'
 
 async function shareVideoByServerAndChannel (video: VideoModel, t: Transaction) {
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/url.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/url.ts
index 01950a13b..bcb7a4ee2 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/url.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/url.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { WEBSERVER } from '../../initializers'
+import { WEBSERVER } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { ActorModel } from '../../models/activitypub/actor'
 import { ActorFollowModel } from '../../models/activitypub/actor-follow'
 import { VideoModel } from '../../models/video/video'
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/video-comments.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/video-comments.ts
index 3f9d8f0fc..18f44d50e 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/video-comments.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/video-comments.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { VideoCommentObject } from '../../../shared/models/activitypub/objects/v
 import { sanitizeAndCheckVideoCommentObject } from '../../helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/video-comments'
 import { logger } from '../../helpers/logger'
 import { doRequest } from '../../helpers/requests'
-import { ACTIVITY_PUB, CRAWL_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY } from '../../initializers'
+import { ACTIVITY_PUB, CRAWL_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { ActorModel } from '../../models/activitypub/actor'
 import { VideoModel } from '../../models/video/video'
 import { VideoCommentModel } from '../../models/video/video-comment'
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/video-rates.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/video-rates.ts
index ad7d81df6..7809c58b8 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/video-rates.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/video-rates.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import * as Bluebird from 'bluebird'
 import { getOrCreateActorAndServerAndModel } from './actor'
 import { AccountVideoRateModel } from '../../models/account/account-video-rate'
 import { logger } from '../../helpers/logger'
-import { CRAWL_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY } from '../../initializers'
+import { CRAWL_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { doRequest } from '../../helpers/requests'
 import { checkUrlsSameHost, getAPId } from '../../helpers/activitypub'
 import { ActorModel } from '../../models/activitypub/actor'
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/videos.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/videos.ts
index 191f4817b..b9252e363 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/videos.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/videos.ts
@@ -17,14 +17,7 @@ import { isVideoFileInfoHashValid } from '../../helpers/custom-validators/videos
 import { resetSequelizeInstance, retryTransactionWrapper } from '../../helpers/database-utils'
 import { logger } from '../../helpers/logger'
 import { doRequest, downloadImage } from '../../helpers/requests'
-import {
-  ACTIVITY_PUB,
-  MIMETYPES,
-  P2P_MEDIA_LOADER_PEER_VERSION,
-  REMOTE_SCHEME,
-  sequelizeTypescript,
-  THUMBNAILS_SIZE
-} from '../../initializers'
+import { ACTIVITY_PUB, MIMETYPES, P2P_MEDIA_LOADER_PEER_VERSION, REMOTE_SCHEME, THUMBNAILS_SIZE } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { ActorModel } from '../../models/activitypub/actor'
 import { TagModel } from '../../models/video/tag'
 import { VideoModel } from '../../models/video/video'
@@ -51,6 +44,7 @@ import { AccountVideoRateModel } from '../../models/account/account-video-rate'
 import { VideoShareModel } from '../../models/video/video-share'
 import { VideoCommentModel } from '../../models/video/video-comment'
 import { CONFIG } from '../../initializers/config'
+import { sequelizeTypescript } from '../../initializers/database'
 
 async function federateVideoIfNeeded (video: VideoModel, isNewVideo: boolean, transaction?: sequelize.Transaction) {
   // If the video is not private and is published, we federate it
diff --git a/server/lib/avatar.ts b/server/lib/avatar.ts
index a5316df4b..dca543d0b 100644
--- a/server/lib/avatar.ts
+++ b/server/lib/avatar.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import 'multer'
 import { sendUpdateActor } from './activitypub/send'
-import { AVATARS_SIZE, sequelizeTypescript } from '../initializers'
+import { AVATARS_SIZE } from '../initializers/constants'
 import { updateActorAvatarInstance } from './activitypub'
 import { processImage } from '../helpers/image-utils'
 import { AccountModel } from '../models/account/account'
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { extname, join } from 'path'
 import { retryTransactionWrapper } from '../helpers/database-utils'
 import * as uuidv4 from 'uuid/v4'
 import { CONFIG } from '../initializers/config'
+import { sequelizeTypescript } from '../initializers/database'
 
 async function updateActorAvatarFile (avatarPhysicalFile: Express.Multer.File, accountOrChannel: AccountModel | VideoChannelModel) {
   const extension = extname(avatarPhysicalFile.filename)
diff --git a/server/lib/client-html.ts b/server/lib/client-html.ts
index f8e1e456f..516827a05 100644
--- a/server/lib/client-html.ts
+++ b/server/lib/client-html.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as express from 'express'
 import { buildFileLocale, getDefaultLocale, is18nLocale, POSSIBLE_LOCALES } from '../../shared/models/i18n/i18n'
-import { CUSTOM_HTML_TAG_COMMENTS, EMBED_SIZE, WEBSERVER } from '../initializers'
+import { CUSTOM_HTML_TAG_COMMENTS, EMBED_SIZE, WEBSERVER } from '../initializers/constants'
 import { join } from 'path'
 import { escapeHTML } from '../helpers/core-utils'
 import { VideoModel } from '../models/video/video'
diff --git a/server/lib/files-cache/actor-follow-score-cache.ts b/server/lib/files-cache/actor-follow-score-cache.ts
index d070bde09..5f8ee806f 100644
--- a/server/lib/files-cache/actor-follow-score-cache.ts
+++ b/server/lib/files-cache/actor-follow-score-cache.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ACTOR_FOLLOW_SCORE } from '../../initializers'
+import { ACTOR_FOLLOW_SCORE } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { logger } from '../../helpers/logger'
 
 // Cache follows scores, instead of writing them too often in database
diff --git a/server/lib/files-cache/videos-caption-cache.ts b/server/lib/files-cache/videos-caption-cache.ts
index f5ccfe0a2..0926f4009 100644
--- a/server/lib/files-cache/videos-caption-cache.ts
+++ b/server/lib/files-cache/videos-caption-cache.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { join } from 'path'
-import { FILES_CACHE } from '../../initializers'
+import { FILES_CACHE } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { VideoModel } from '../../models/video/video'
 import { VideoCaptionModel } from '../../models/video/video-caption'
 import { AbstractVideoStaticFileCache } from './abstract-video-static-file-cache'
diff --git a/server/lib/files-cache/videos-preview-cache.ts b/server/lib/files-cache/videos-preview-cache.ts
index 192f99aec..6575e1c83 100644
--- a/server/lib/files-cache/videos-preview-cache.ts
+++ b/server/lib/files-cache/videos-preview-cache.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { join } from 'path'
-import { FILES_CACHE, STATIC_PATHS } from '../../initializers'
+import { FILES_CACHE, STATIC_PATHS } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { VideoModel } from '../../models/video/video'
 import { AbstractVideoStaticFileCache } from './abstract-video-static-file-cache'
 import { CONFIG } from '../../initializers/config'
diff --git a/server/lib/hls.ts b/server/lib/hls.ts
index e804e7b3a..98da4dcd8 100644
--- a/server/lib/hls.ts
+++ b/server/lib/hls.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { VideoModel } from '../models/video/video'
 import { basename, dirname, join } from 'path'
-import { HLS_STREAMING_PLAYLIST_DIRECTORY, P2P_MEDIA_LOADER_PEER_VERSION, sequelizeTypescript } from '../initializers'
+import { HLS_STREAMING_PLAYLIST_DIRECTORY, P2P_MEDIA_LOADER_PEER_VERSION } from '../initializers/constants'
 import { close, ensureDir, move, open, outputJSON, pathExists, read, readFile, remove, writeFile } from 'fs-extra'
 import { getVideoFileSize } from '../helpers/ffmpeg-utils'
 import { sha256 } from '../helpers/core-utils'
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { generateRandomString } from '../helpers/utils'
 import { flatten, uniq } from 'lodash'
 import { VideoFileModel } from '../models/video/video-file'
 import { CONFIG } from '../initializers/config'
+import { sequelizeTypescript } from '../initializers/database'
 
 async function updateStreamingPlaylistsInfohashesIfNeeded () {
   const playlistsToUpdate = await VideoStreamingPlaylistModel.listByIncorrectPeerVersion()
diff --git a/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/activitypub-follow.ts b/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/activitypub-follow.ts
index 7c84aa937..b3defb617 100644
--- a/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/activitypub-follow.ts
+++ b/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/activitypub-follow.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as Bull from 'bull'
 import { logger } from '../../../helpers/logger'
-import { REMOTE_SCHEME, sequelizeTypescript, WEBSERVER } from '../../../initializers'
+import { REMOTE_SCHEME, WEBSERVER } from '../../../initializers/constants'
 import { sendFollow } from '../../activitypub/send'
 import { sanitizeHost } from '../../../helpers/core-utils'
 import { loadActorUrlOrGetFromWebfinger } from '../../../helpers/webfinger'
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { retryTransactionWrapper } from '../../../helpers/database-utils'
 import { ActorFollowModel } from '../../../models/activitypub/actor-follow'
 import { ActorModel } from '../../../models/activitypub/actor'
 import { Notifier } from '../../notifier'
+import { sequelizeTypescript } from '../../../initializers/database'
 
 export type ActivitypubFollowPayload = {
   followerActorId: number
diff --git a/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/activitypub-http-broadcast.ts b/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/activitypub-http-broadcast.ts
index 2b1e21c39..0ff7b44a0 100644
--- a/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/activitypub-http-broadcast.ts
+++ b/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/activitypub-http-broadcast.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import * as Bluebird from 'bluebird'
 import { logger } from '../../../helpers/logger'
 import { doRequest } from '../../../helpers/requests'
 import { buildGlobalHeaders, buildSignedRequestOptions, computeBody } from './utils/activitypub-http-utils'
-import { BROADCAST_CONCURRENCY, JOB_REQUEST_TIMEOUT } from '../../../initializers'
+import { BROADCAST_CONCURRENCY, JOB_REQUEST_TIMEOUT } from '../../../initializers/constants'
 import { ActorFollowScoreCache } from '../../files-cache'
 
 export type ActivitypubHttpBroadcastPayload = {
diff --git a/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/activitypub-http-unicast.ts b/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/activitypub-http-unicast.ts
index 59de7119a..c70ce3be9 100644
--- a/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/activitypub-http-unicast.ts
+++ b/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/activitypub-http-unicast.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as Bull from 'bull'
 import { logger } from '../../../helpers/logger'
 import { doRequest } from '../../../helpers/requests'
 import { buildGlobalHeaders, buildSignedRequestOptions, computeBody } from './utils/activitypub-http-utils'
-import { JOB_REQUEST_TIMEOUT } from '../../../initializers'
+import { JOB_REQUEST_TIMEOUT } from '../../../initializers/constants'
 import { ActorFollowScoreCache } from '../../files-cache'
 
 export type ActivitypubHttpUnicastPayload = {
diff --git a/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/utils/activitypub-http-utils.ts b/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/utils/activitypub-http-utils.ts
index 4961d4502..5c25625f6 100644
--- a/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/utils/activitypub-http-utils.ts
+++ b/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/utils/activitypub-http-utils.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { buildSignedActivity } from '../../../../helpers/activitypub'
 import { getServerActor } from '../../../../helpers/utils'
 import { ActorModel } from '../../../../models/activitypub/actor'
 import { sha256 } from '../../../../helpers/core-utils'
-import { HTTP_SIGNATURE } from '../../../../initializers'
+import { HTTP_SIGNATURE } from '../../../../initializers/constants'
 
 type Payload = { body: any, signatureActorId?: number }
 
diff --git a/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/video-import.ts b/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/video-import.ts
index 732773efd..8e8aa1597 100644
--- a/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/video-import.ts
+++ b/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/video-import.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { VideoImportState } from '../../../../shared/models/videos'
 import { getDurationFromVideoFile, getVideoFileFPS, getVideoFileResolution } from '../../../helpers/ffmpeg-utils'
 import { extname, join } from 'path'
 import { VideoFileModel } from '../../../models/video/video-file'
-import { PREVIEWS_SIZE, sequelizeTypescript, THUMBNAILS_SIZE, VIDEO_IMPORT_TIMEOUT } from '../../../initializers'
+import { PREVIEWS_SIZE, THUMBNAILS_SIZE, VIDEO_IMPORT_TIMEOUT } from '../../../initializers/constants'
 import { downloadImage } from '../../../helpers/requests'
 import { VideoState } from '../../../../shared'
 import { JobQueue } from '../index'
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { getSecureTorrentName } from '../../../helpers/utils'
 import { move, remove, stat } from 'fs-extra'
 import { Notifier } from '../../notifier'
 import { CONFIG } from '../../../initializers/config'
+import { sequelizeTypescript } from '../../../initializers/database'
 
 type VideoImportYoutubeDLPayload = {
   type: 'youtube-dl'
diff --git a/server/lib/job-queue/job-queue.ts b/server/lib/job-queue/job-queue.ts
index 1c2aa109d..f09eb6ff1 100644
--- a/server/lib/job-queue/job-queue.ts
+++ b/server/lib/job-queue/job-queue.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as Bull from 'bull'
 import { JobState, JobType } from '../../../shared/models'
 import { logger } from '../../helpers/logger'
 import { Redis } from '../redis'
-import { JOB_ATTEMPTS, JOB_COMPLETED_LIFETIME, JOB_CONCURRENCY, JOB_TTL, REPEAT_JOBS, WEBSERVER } from '../../initializers'
+import { JOB_ATTEMPTS, JOB_COMPLETED_LIFETIME, JOB_CONCURRENCY, JOB_TTL, REPEAT_JOBS, WEBSERVER } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { ActivitypubHttpBroadcastPayload, processActivityPubHttpBroadcast } from './handlers/activitypub-http-broadcast'
 import { ActivitypubHttpFetcherPayload, processActivityPubHttpFetcher } from './handlers/activitypub-http-fetcher'
 import { ActivitypubHttpUnicastPayload, processActivityPubHttpUnicast } from './handlers/activitypub-http-unicast'
diff --git a/server/lib/redis.ts b/server/lib/redis.ts
index a7ec8c9df..b4044bf0f 100644
--- a/server/lib/redis.ts
+++ b/server/lib/redis.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
   USER_PASSWORD_RESET_LIFETIME,
   VIDEO_VIEW_LIFETIME,
   WEBSERVER
-} from '../initializers'
+} from '../initializers/constants'
 import { CONFIG } from '../initializers/config'
 
 type CachedRoute = {
diff --git a/server/lib/schedulers/actor-follow-scheduler.ts b/server/lib/schedulers/actor-follow-scheduler.ts
index 05e6bd139..fdd3ad5fa 100644
--- a/server/lib/schedulers/actor-follow-scheduler.ts
+++ b/server/lib/schedulers/actor-follow-scheduler.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { isTestInstance } from '../../helpers/core-utils'
 import { logger } from '../../helpers/logger'
 import { ActorFollowModel } from '../../models/activitypub/actor-follow'
 import { AbstractScheduler } from './abstract-scheduler'
-import { SCHEDULER_INTERVALS_MS } from '../../initializers'
+import { SCHEDULER_INTERVALS_MS } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { ActorFollowScoreCache } from '../files-cache'
 
 export class ActorFollowScheduler extends AbstractScheduler {
diff --git a/server/lib/schedulers/remove-old-jobs-scheduler.ts b/server/lib/schedulers/remove-old-jobs-scheduler.ts
index 4a4341ba9..0179a7618 100644
--- a/server/lib/schedulers/remove-old-jobs-scheduler.ts
+++ b/server/lib/schedulers/remove-old-jobs-scheduler.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { isTestInstance } from '../../helpers/core-utils'
 import { logger } from '../../helpers/logger'
 import { JobQueue } from '../job-queue'
 import { AbstractScheduler } from './abstract-scheduler'
-import { SCHEDULER_INTERVALS_MS } from '../../initializers'
+import { SCHEDULER_INTERVALS_MS } from '../../initializers/constants'
 
 export class RemoveOldJobsScheduler extends AbstractScheduler {
 
diff --git a/server/lib/schedulers/update-videos-scheduler.ts b/server/lib/schedulers/update-videos-scheduler.ts
index 2179a2f26..80080a132 100644
--- a/server/lib/schedulers/update-videos-scheduler.ts
+++ b/server/lib/schedulers/update-videos-scheduler.ts
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ import { AbstractScheduler } from './abstract-scheduler'
 import { ScheduleVideoUpdateModel } from '../../models/video/schedule-video-update'
 import { retryTransactionWrapper } from '../../helpers/database-utils'
 import { federateVideoIfNeeded } from '../activitypub'
-import { SCHEDULER_INTERVALS_MS, sequelizeTypescript } from '../../initializers'
+import { SCHEDULER_INTERVALS_MS } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { VideoPrivacy } from '../../../shared/models/videos'
 import { Notifier } from '../notifier'
 import { VideoModel } from '../../models/video/video'
+import { sequelizeTypescript } from '../../initializers/database'
 
 export class UpdateVideosScheduler extends AbstractScheduler {
 
diff --git a/server/lib/schedulers/videos-redundancy-scheduler.ts b/server/lib/schedulers/videos-redundancy-scheduler.ts
index 4a8a1d413..01af1e9d2 100644
--- a/server/lib/schedulers/videos-redundancy-scheduler.ts
+++ b/server/lib/schedulers/videos-redundancy-scheduler.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { AbstractScheduler } from './abstract-scheduler'
-import { HLS_REDUNDANCY_DIRECTORY, REDUNDANCY, VIDEO_IMPORT_TIMEOUT, WEBSERVER } from '../../initializers'
+import { HLS_REDUNDANCY_DIRECTORY, REDUNDANCY, VIDEO_IMPORT_TIMEOUT, WEBSERVER } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { logger } from '../../helpers/logger'
 import { VideosRedundancy } from '../../../shared/models/redundancy'
 import { VideoRedundancyModel } from '../../models/redundancy/video-redundancy'
diff --git a/server/lib/schedulers/youtube-dl-update-scheduler.ts b/server/lib/schedulers/youtube-dl-update-scheduler.ts
index aa027116d..aefe6aba4 100644
--- a/server/lib/schedulers/youtube-dl-update-scheduler.ts
+++ b/server/lib/schedulers/youtube-dl-update-scheduler.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { AbstractScheduler } from './abstract-scheduler'
-import { SCHEDULER_INTERVALS_MS } from '../../initializers'
+import { SCHEDULER_INTERVALS_MS } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { updateYoutubeDLBinary } from '../../helpers/youtube-dl'
 
 export class YoutubeDlUpdateScheduler extends AbstractScheduler {
diff --git a/server/lib/user.ts b/server/lib/user.ts
index 6fbe3ed03..ce0d60518 100644
--- a/server/lib/user.ts
+++ b/server/lib/user.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as Sequelize from 'sequelize'
 import * as uuidv4 from 'uuid/v4'
 import { ActivityPubActorType } from '../../shared/models/activitypub'
-import { sequelizeTypescript, SERVER_ACTOR_NAME } from '../initializers'
+import { SERVER_ACTOR_NAME } from '../initializers/constants'
 import { AccountModel } from '../models/account/account'
 import { UserModel } from '../models/account/user'
 import { buildActorInstance, getAccountActivityPubUrl, setAsyncActorKeys } from './activitypub'
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { ActorModel } from '../models/activitypub/actor'
 import { UserNotificationSettingModel } from '../models/account/user-notification-setting'
 import { UserNotificationSetting, UserNotificationSettingValue } from '../../shared/models/users'
 import { createWatchLaterPlaylist } from './video-playlist'
+import { sequelizeTypescript } from '../initializers/database'
 
 async function createUserAccountAndChannelAndPlaylist (userToCreate: UserModel, validateUser = true) {
   const { user, account, videoChannel } = await sequelizeTypescript.transaction(async t => {
diff --git a/server/lib/video-transcoding.ts b/server/lib/video-transcoding.ts
index 11098dca3..0fe0ff12a 100644
--- a/server/lib/video-transcoding.ts
+++ b/server/lib/video-transcoding.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { HLS_STREAMING_PLAYLIST_DIRECTORY, P2P_MEDIA_LOADER_PEER_VERSION, WEBSERVER } from '../initializers'
+import { HLS_STREAMING_PLAYLIST_DIRECTORY, P2P_MEDIA_LOADER_PEER_VERSION, WEBSERVER } from '../initializers/constants'
 import { join } from 'path'
 import { getVideoFileFPS, transcode } from '../helpers/ffmpeg-utils'
 import { ensureDir, move, remove, stat } from 'fs-extra'
diff --git a/server/middlewares/activitypub.ts b/server/middlewares/activitypub.ts
index c528ee250..88cf342ee 100644
--- a/server/middlewares/activitypub.ts
+++ b/server/middlewares/activitypub.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { NextFunction, Request, Response } from 'express'
 import { ActivityPubSignature } from '../../shared'
 import { logger } from '../helpers/logger'
 import { isHTTPSignatureVerified, isJsonLDSignatureVerified, parseHTTPSignature } from '../helpers/peertube-crypto'
-import { ACCEPT_HEADERS, ACTIVITY_PUB, HTTP_SIGNATURE } from '../initializers'
+import { ACCEPT_HEADERS, ACTIVITY_PUB, HTTP_SIGNATURE } from '../initializers/constants'
 import { getOrCreateActorAndServerAndModel } from '../lib/activitypub'
 import { loadActorUrlOrGetFromWebfinger } from '../helpers/webfinger'
 
diff --git a/server/middlewares/oauth.ts b/server/middlewares/oauth.ts
index 1d193d467..de736e593 100644
--- a/server/middlewares/oauth.ts
+++ b/server/middlewares/oauth.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as express from 'express'
 import * as OAuthServer from 'express-oauth-server'
 import 'express-validator'
-import { OAUTH_LIFETIME } from '../initializers'
+import { OAUTH_LIFETIME } from '../initializers/constants'
 import { logger } from '../helpers/logger'
 import { Socket } from 'socket.io'
 import { getAccessToken } from '../lib/oauth-model'
diff --git a/server/middlewares/pagination.ts b/server/middlewares/pagination.ts
index 9b497b19e..83304940f 100644
--- a/server/middlewares/pagination.ts
+++ b/server/middlewares/pagination.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import 'express-validator'
 import * as express from 'express'
 
-import { PAGINATION } from '../initializers'
+import { PAGINATION } from '../initializers/constants'
 
 function setDefaultPagination (req: express.Request, res: express.Response, next: express.NextFunction) {
   if (!req.query.start) req.query.start = 0
diff --git a/server/middlewares/validators/avatar.ts b/server/middlewares/validators/avatar.ts
index ddc14f531..bab3ed118 100644
--- a/server/middlewares/validators/avatar.ts
+++ b/server/middlewares/validators/avatar.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as express from 'express'
 import { body } from 'express-validator/check'
 import { isAvatarFile } from '../../helpers/custom-validators/users'
 import { areValidationErrors } from './utils'
-import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../initializers'
+import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { logger } from '../../helpers/logger'
 import { cleanUpReqFiles } from '../../helpers/express-utils'
 
diff --git a/server/middlewares/validators/follows.ts b/server/middlewares/validators/follows.ts
index 5623b4ba6..2e5a02307 100644
--- a/server/middlewares/validators/follows.ts
+++ b/server/middlewares/validators/follows.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { isTestInstance } from '../../helpers/core-utils'
 import { isEachUniqueHostValid, isHostValid } from '../../helpers/custom-validators/servers'
 import { logger } from '../../helpers/logger'
 import { getServerActor } from '../../helpers/utils'
-import { SERVER_ACTOR_NAME, WEBSERVER } from '../../initializers'
+import { SERVER_ACTOR_NAME, WEBSERVER } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { ActorFollowModel } from '../../models/activitypub/actor-follow'
 import { areValidationErrors } from './utils'
 import { ActorModel } from '../../models/activitypub/actor'
diff --git a/server/middlewares/validators/sort.ts b/server/middlewares/validators/sort.ts
index 44295c325..b497798d1 100644
--- a/server/middlewares/validators/sort.ts
+++ b/server/middlewares/validators/sort.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { SORTABLE_COLUMNS } from '../../initializers'
+import { SORTABLE_COLUMNS } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { checkSort, createSortableColumns } from './utils'
 
 // Initialize constants here for better performances
diff --git a/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-captions.ts b/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-captions.ts
index b2b259aff..d857ac3ec 100644
--- a/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-captions.ts
+++ b/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-captions.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { areValidationErrors } from '../utils'
 import { checkUserCanManageVideo, doesVideoExist } from '../../../helpers/custom-validators/videos'
 import { isIdOrUUIDValid } from '../../../helpers/custom-validators/misc'
 import { body, param } from 'express-validator/check'
-import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../../initializers'
+import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../../initializers/constants'
 import { UserRight } from '../../../../shared'
 import { logger } from '../../../helpers/logger'
 import { doesVideoCaptionExist, isVideoCaptionFile, isVideoCaptionLanguageValid } from '../../../helpers/custom-validators/video-captions'
diff --git a/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-channels.ts b/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-channels.ts
index e2067c4d9..4b26f0bc4 100644
--- a/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-channels.ts
+++ b/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-channels.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import * as express from 'express'
 import { body, param } from 'express-validator/check'
 import { UserRight } from '../../../../shared'
-import { doesAccountNameWithHostExist } from '../../../helpers/custom-validators/accounts'
 import {
   doesLocalVideoChannelNameExist,
+  doesVideoChannelNameWithHostExist,
   isVideoChannelDescriptionValid,
   isVideoChannelNameValid,
-  doesVideoChannelNameWithHostExist,
   isVideoChannelSupportValid
 } from '../../../helpers/custom-validators/video-channels'
 import { logger } from '../../../helpers/logger'
diff --git a/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-imports.ts b/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-imports.ts
index fb13f3ceb..452084a7c 100644
--- a/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-imports.ts
+++ b/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-imports.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { isVideoImportTargetUrlValid, isVideoImportTorrentFile } from '../../../
 import { cleanUpReqFiles } from '../../../helpers/express-utils'
 import { doesVideoChannelOfAccountExist, isVideoMagnetUriValid, isVideoNameValid } from '../../../helpers/custom-validators/videos'
 import { CONFIG } from '../../../initializers/config'
-import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../../initializers'
+import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../../initializers/constants'
 
 const videoImportAddValidator = getCommonVideoEditAttributes().concat([
   body('channelId')
diff --git a/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-playlists.ts b/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-playlists.ts
index 6ba30fac9..2c3f7e542 100644
--- a/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-playlists.ts
+++ b/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-playlists.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { logger } from '../../../helpers/logger'
 import { UserModel } from '../../../models/account/user'
 import { areValidationErrors } from '../utils'
 import { doesVideoExist, isVideoImage } from '../../../helpers/custom-validators/videos'
-import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../../initializers'
+import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../../initializers/constants'
 import { isArrayOf, isIdOrUUIDValid, isIdValid, isUUIDValid, toIntArray, toValueOrNull } from '../../../helpers/custom-validators/misc'
 import {
   doesVideoPlaylistExist,
diff --git a/server/middlewares/validators/videos/videos.ts b/server/middlewares/validators/videos/videos.ts
index 7ce1a922f..e9b036a02 100644
--- a/server/middlewares/validators/videos/videos.ts
+++ b/server/middlewares/validators/videos/videos.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import {
 } from '../../../helpers/custom-validators/videos'
 import { getDurationFromVideoFile } from '../../../helpers/ffmpeg-utils'
 import { logger } from '../../../helpers/logger'
-import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../../initializers'
+import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../../initializers/constants'
 import { authenticatePromiseIfNeeded } from '../../oauth'
 import { areValidationErrors } from '../utils'
 import { cleanUpReqFiles } from '../../../helpers/express-utils'
diff --git a/server/models/account/account-video-rate.ts b/server/models/account/account-video-rate.ts
index f462df4b3..78a897a65 100644
--- a/server/models/account/account-video-rate.ts
+++ b/server/models/account/account-video-rate.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Transaction, Op } from 'sequelize'
 import { AllowNull, BelongsTo, Column, CreatedAt, DataType, ForeignKey, Is, Model, Table, UpdatedAt } from 'sequelize-typescript'
 import { IFindOptions } from 'sequelize-typescript/lib/interfaces/IFindOptions'
 import { VideoRateType } from '../../../shared/models/videos'
-import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS, VIDEO_RATE_TYPES } from '../../initializers'
+import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS, VIDEO_RATE_TYPES } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { VideoModel } from '../video/video'
 import { AccountModel } from './account'
 import { ActorModel } from '../activitypub/actor'
diff --git a/server/models/account/user.ts b/server/models/account/user.ts
index 8aff9f497..38585c016 100644
--- a/server/models/account/user.ts
+++ b/server/models/account/user.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import { VideoChannelModel } from '../video/video-channel'
 import { AccountModel } from './account'
 import { NSFWPolicyType } from '../../../shared/models/videos/nsfw-policy.type'
 import { values } from 'lodash'
-import { NSFW_POLICY_TYPES } from '../../initializers'
+import { NSFW_POLICY_TYPES } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { clearCacheByUserId } from '../../lib/oauth-model'
 import { UserNotificationSettingModel } from './user-notification-setting'
 import { VideoModel } from '../video/video'
diff --git a/server/models/activitypub/actor-follow.ts b/server/models/activitypub/actor-follow.ts
index e3eeb7dae..1b272e1c8 100644
--- a/server/models/activitypub/actor-follow.ts
+++ b/server/models/activitypub/actor-follow.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { FollowState } from '../../../shared/models/actors'
 import { ActorFollow } from '../../../shared/models/actors/follow.model'
 import { logger } from '../../helpers/logger'
 import { getServerActor } from '../../helpers/utils'
-import { ACTOR_FOLLOW_SCORE } from '../../initializers'
+import { ACTOR_FOLLOW_SCORE } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { FOLLOW_STATES } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { ServerModel } from '../server/server'
 import { getSort } from '../utils'
diff --git a/server/models/activitypub/actor.ts b/server/models/activitypub/actor.ts
index 5472c8b92..e8f603031 100644
--- a/server/models/activitypub/actor.ts
+++ b/server/models/activitypub/actor.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import {
   isActorPublicKeyValid
 } from '../../helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/actor'
 import { isActivityPubUrlValid } from '../../helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/misc'
-import { ACTIVITY_PUB, ACTIVITY_PUB_ACTOR_TYPES, CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS, WEBSERVER } from '../../initializers'
+import { ACTIVITY_PUB, ACTIVITY_PUB_ACTOR_TYPES, CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS, WEBSERVER } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { AccountModel } from '../account/account'
 import { AvatarModel } from '../avatar/avatar'
 import { ServerModel } from '../server/server'
diff --git a/server/models/avatar/avatar.ts b/server/models/avatar/avatar.ts
index 455835524..aaf1b8bd9 100644
--- a/server/models/avatar/avatar.ts
+++ b/server/models/avatar/avatar.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { join } from 'path'
 import { AfterDestroy, AllowNull, Column, CreatedAt, Model, Table, UpdatedAt } from 'sequelize-typescript'
 import { Avatar } from '../../../shared/models/avatars/avatar.model'
-import { STATIC_PATHS } from '../../initializers'
+import { STATIC_PATHS } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { logger } from '../../helpers/logger'
 import { remove } from 'fs-extra'
 import { CONFIG } from '../../initializers/config'
diff --git a/server/models/redundancy/video-redundancy.ts b/server/models/redundancy/video-redundancy.ts
index 39c50be5c..2b8e44223 100644
--- a/server/models/redundancy/video-redundancy.ts
+++ b/server/models/redundancy/video-redundancy.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
 import { ActorModel } from '../activitypub/actor'
 import { getVideoSort, throwIfNotValid } from '../utils'
 import { isActivityPubUrlValid, isUrlValid } from '../../helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/misc'
-import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS, MIMETYPES } from '../../initializers'
+import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS, MIMETYPES } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { VideoFileModel } from '../video/video-file'
 import { getServerActor } from '../../helpers/utils'
 import { VideoModel } from '../video/video'
diff --git a/server/models/utils.ts b/server/models/utils.ts
index f8a71b270..a478bc62b 100644
--- a/server/models/utils.ts
+++ b/server/models/utils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { Sequelize } from 'sequelize-typescript'
 import * as validator from 'validator'
-import { ACTIVITY_PUB } from '../initializers'
 
 type SortType = { sortModel: any, sortValue: string }
 
diff --git a/server/models/video/video-abuse.ts b/server/models/video/video-abuse.ts
index cc47644f2..eacd651cc 100644
--- a/server/models/video/video-abuse.ts
+++ b/server/models/video/video-abuse.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { AccountModel } from '../account/account'
 import { getSort, throwIfNotValid } from '../utils'
 import { VideoModel } from './video'
 import { VideoAbuseState } from '../../../shared'
-import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS, VIDEO_ABUSE_STATES } from '../../initializers'
+import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS, VIDEO_ABUSE_STATES } from '../../initializers/constants'
 
 @Table({
   tableName: 'videoAbuse',
diff --git a/server/models/video/video-blacklist.ts b/server/models/video/video-blacklist.ts
index 86b1f6acb..2619b4950 100644
--- a/server/models/video/video-blacklist.ts
+++ b/server/models/video/video-blacklist.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { VideoModel } from './video'
 import { VideoChannelModel, ScopeNames as VideoChannelScopeNames } from './video-channel'
 import { isVideoBlacklistReasonValid, isVideoBlacklistTypeValid } from '../../helpers/custom-validators/video-blacklist'
 import { VideoBlacklist, VideoBlacklistType } from '../../../shared/models/videos'
-import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../initializers'
+import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../initializers/constants'
 
 @Table({
   tableName: 'videoBlacklist',
diff --git a/server/models/video/video-caption.ts b/server/models/video/video-caption.ts
index c670bce71..f2dbbfde8 100644
--- a/server/models/video/video-caption.ts
+++ b/server/models/video/video-caption.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { throwIfNotValid } from '../utils'
 import { VideoModel } from './video'
 import { isVideoCaptionLanguageValid } from '../../helpers/custom-validators/video-captions'
 import { VideoCaption } from '../../../shared/models/videos/caption/video-caption.model'
-import { STATIC_PATHS, VIDEO_LANGUAGES } from '../../initializers'
+import { STATIC_PATHS, VIDEO_LANGUAGES } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { join } from 'path'
 import { logger } from '../../helpers/logger'
 import { remove } from 'fs-extra'
diff --git a/server/models/video/video-channel.ts b/server/models/video/video-channel.ts
index 1abc23eaa..5b5075344 100644
--- a/server/models/video/video-channel.ts
+++ b/server/models/video/video-channel.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import { AccountModel, ScopeNames as AccountModelScopeNames } from '../account/a
 import { ActorModel, unusedActorAttributesForAPI } from '../activitypub/actor'
 import { buildServerIdsFollowedBy, buildTrigramSearchIndex, createSimilarityAttribute, getSort, throwIfNotValid } from '../utils'
 import { VideoModel } from './video'
-import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS, WEBSERVER } from '../../initializers'
+import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS, WEBSERVER } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { ServerModel } from '../server/server'
 import { DefineIndexesOptions } from 'sequelize'
 import { AvatarModel } from '../avatar/avatar'
diff --git a/server/models/video/video-comment.ts b/server/models/video/video-comment.ts
index 47f1cbb99..cb5f1cbbe 100644
--- a/server/models/video/video-comment.ts
+++ b/server/models/video/video-comment.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { ActivityTagObject } from '../../../shared/models/activitypub/objects/co
 import { VideoCommentObject } from '../../../shared/models/activitypub/objects/video-comment-object'
 import { VideoComment } from '../../../shared/models/videos/video-comment.model'
 import { isActivityPubUrlValid } from '../../helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/misc'
-import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS, WEBSERVER } from '../../initializers'
+import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS, WEBSERVER } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { sendDeleteVideoComment } from '../../lib/activitypub/send'
 import { AccountModel } from '../account/account'
 import { ActorModel } from '../activitypub/actor'
diff --git a/server/models/video/video-format-utils.ts b/server/models/video/video-format-utils.ts
index 7915fc1f9..64771b1ff 100644
--- a/server/models/video/video-format-utils.ts
+++ b/server/models/video/video-format-utils.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
   ActivityUrlObject,
   VideoTorrentObject
 } from '../../../shared/models/activitypub/objects'
-import { MIMETYPES, THUMBNAILS_SIZE, WEBSERVER } from '../../initializers'
+import { MIMETYPES, THUMBNAILS_SIZE, WEBSERVER } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { VideoCaptionModel } from './video-caption'
 import {
   getVideoCommentsActivityPubUrl,
diff --git a/server/models/video/video-import.ts b/server/models/video/video-import.ts
index 9bc0f17f5..ec10085d6 100644
--- a/server/models/video/video-import.ts
+++ b/server/models/video/video-import.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
   Table,
   UpdatedAt
 } from 'sequelize-typescript'
-import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS, VIDEO_IMPORT_STATES } from '../../initializers'
+import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS, VIDEO_IMPORT_STATES } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { getSort, throwIfNotValid } from '../utils'
 import { ScopeNames as VideoModelScopeNames, VideoModel } from './video'
 import { isVideoImportStateValid, isVideoImportTargetUrlValid } from '../../helpers/custom-validators/video-imports'
diff --git a/server/models/video/video-playlist-element.ts b/server/models/video/video-playlist-element.ts
index a2bd225a1..3396b1136 100644
--- a/server/models/video/video-playlist-element.ts
+++ b/server/models/video/video-playlist-element.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { VideoPlaylistModel } from './video-playlist'
 import * as Sequelize from 'sequelize'
 import { getSort, throwIfNotValid } from '../utils'
 import { isActivityPubUrlValid } from '../../helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/misc'
-import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../initializers'
+import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { PlaylistElementObject } from '../../../shared/models/activitypub/objects/playlist-element-object'
 import * as validator from 'validator'
 
diff --git a/server/models/video/video-playlist.ts b/server/models/video/video-playlist.ts
index 93f36a9d0..0725b752a 100644
--- a/server/models/video/video-playlist.ts
+++ b/server/models/video/video-playlist.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import {
   VIDEO_PLAYLIST_PRIVACIES,
   VIDEO_PLAYLIST_TYPES,
   WEBSERVER
-} from '../../initializers'
+} from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { VideoPlaylist } from '../../../shared/models/videos/playlist/video-playlist.model'
 import { AccountModel, ScopeNames as AccountScopeNames } from '../account/account'
 import { ScopeNames as VideoChannelScopeNames, VideoChannelModel } from './video-channel'
diff --git a/server/models/video/video-share.ts b/server/models/video/video-share.ts
index 399081564..c83f6c5b0 100644
--- a/server/models/video/video-share.ts
+++ b/server/models/video/video-share.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as Sequelize from 'sequelize'
 import * as Bluebird from 'bluebird'
 import { AllowNull, BelongsTo, Column, CreatedAt, DataType, ForeignKey, Is, Model, Scopes, Table, UpdatedAt } from 'sequelize-typescript'
 import { isActivityPubUrlValid } from '../../helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/misc'
-import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../initializers'
+import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { AccountModel } from '../account/account'
 import { ActorModel } from '../activitypub/actor'
 import { throwIfNotValid } from '../utils'
diff --git a/server/models/video/video-streaming-playlist.ts b/server/models/video/video-streaming-playlist.ts
index 0333755c5..e50b5d106 100644
--- a/server/models/video/video-streaming-playlist.ts
+++ b/server/models/video/video-streaming-playlist.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import * as Sequelize from 'sequelize'
 import { VideoRedundancyModel } from '../redundancy/video-redundancy'
 import { VideoStreamingPlaylistType } from '../../../shared/models/videos/video-streaming-playlist.type'
 import { isActivityPubUrlValid } from '../../helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/misc'
-import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS, STATIC_PATHS, P2P_MEDIA_LOADER_PEER_VERSION } from '../../initializers'
+import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS, STATIC_PATHS, P2P_MEDIA_LOADER_PEER_VERSION } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { VideoFileModel } from './video-file'
 import { join } from 'path'
 import { sha1 } from '../../helpers/core-utils'
diff --git a/server/models/video/video.ts b/server/models/video/video.ts
index 3b30e9e28..38447797e 100644
--- a/server/models/video/video.ts
+++ b/server/models/video/video.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ import {
   VIDEO_PRIVACIES,
   VIDEO_STATES,
   WEBSERVER
-} from '../../initializers'
+} from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { sendDeleteVideo } from '../../lib/activitypub/send'
 import { AccountModel } from '../account/account'
 import { AccountVideoRateModel } from '../account/account-video-rate'
diff --git a/server/tests/api/activitypub/security.ts b/server/tests/api/activitypub/security.ts
index b78504073..a92326846 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/activitypub/security.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/activitypub/security.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
   ServerInfo,
   setActorField
 } from '../../../../shared/utils'
-import { HTTP_SIGNATURE } from '../../../initializers'
+import { HTTP_SIGNATURE } from '../../../initializers/constants'
 import { buildDigest, buildGlobalHeaders } from '../../../lib/job-queue/handlers/utils/activitypub-http-utils'
 import * as chai from 'chai'
 import { activityPubContextify, buildSignedActivity } from '../../../helpers/activitypub'
diff --git a/server/tests/cli/optimize-old-videos.ts b/server/tests/cli/optimize-old-videos.ts
index 6f6bc25a6..f84ba1ece 100644
--- a/server/tests/cli/optimize-old-videos.ts
+++ b/server/tests/cli/optimize-old-videos.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import {
 } from '../../../shared/utils'
 import { waitJobs } from '../../../shared/utils/server/jobs'
 import { getVideoFileBitrate, getVideoFileFPS, getVideoFileResolution } from '../../helpers/ffmpeg-utils'
-import { VIDEO_TRANSCODING_FPS } from '../../initializers'
+import { VIDEO_TRANSCODING_FPS } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { join } from 'path'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
diff --git a/server/tools/peertube-import-videos.ts b/server/tools/peertube-import-videos.ts
index 04e24e818..03f13b5e2 100644
--- a/server/tools/peertube-import-videos.ts
+++ b/server/tools/peertube-import-videos.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import * as program from 'commander'
 import { join } from 'path'
 import { VideoPrivacy } from '../../shared/models/videos'
 import { doRequestAndSaveToFile } from '../helpers/requests'
-import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../initializers'
+import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../initializers/constants'
 import { getClient, getVideoCategories, login, searchVideoWithSort, uploadVideo } from '../../shared/utils/index'
 import { truncate } from 'lodash'
 import * as prompt from 'prompt'