diff --git a/controller/websocket.js b/controller/websocket.js
index b79a85f..7464c3c 100644
--- a/controller/websocket.js
+++ b/controller/websocket.js
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ exports.playlist = async (ws, req) => {
 
     async function startDownloading() {
         const playlist = await metadata.getPlaylistVideos(playlistId)
-        for (video of playlist.relatedStreams) {
+        for (video of playlist.relatedStreams.slice(0, 5)) {
             if (ws.readyState !== ws.OPEN) {
                 return logger.info({ message: `Stopped downloading ${playlistId}, websocket is closed` })
             }
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ exports.channel = async (ws, req) => {
     async function startDownloading() {
         const videos = await metadata.getChannelVideos(channelId)
 
-        for (video of videos) {
+        for (video of videos.slice(0, 5)) {
             if (ws.readyState !== ws.OPEN) {
                 return logger.info({ message: `Stopped downloading ${channelId}, websocket is closed` })
             }
diff --git a/utils/metadata.js b/utils/metadata.js
index a8ba2fb..9d6ab97 100644
--- a/utils/metadata.js
+++ b/utils/metadata.js
@@ -122,10 +122,7 @@ async function getPlaylistVideos(id) {
             'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; PreserveTube/0.0; +https://preservetube.com)'
         }
     })).json()
-    return {
-        ...json,
-        relatedStreams: json.relatedStreams.slice(0, 5)
-    }
+    return json
 }
 
 async function getVideoDownload(url, quality) {