diff --git a/packages/backend/src/core/ReactionService.ts b/packages/backend/src/core/ReactionService.ts
index 5993c42a1f4b72d60727c794f7152c786884e936..db8fe1a838e0de0852a280555e2ce7ca184304ab 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/core/ReactionService.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/core/ReactionService.ts
@@ -197,11 +197,6 @@ export class ReactionService {
 		// Increment reactions count
 		if (meta.enableReactionsBuffering) {
 			await this.reactionsBufferingService.create(note.id, user.id, reaction, note.reactionAndUserPairCache);
-
-			// for debugging
-			if (reaction === ':angry_ai:') {
-				this.reactionsBufferingService.bake();
-			}
 		} else {
 			const sql = `jsonb_set("reactions", '{${reaction}}', (COALESCE("reactions"->>'${reaction}', '0')::int + 1)::text::jsonb)`;
 			await this.notesRepository.createQueryBuilder().update()
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/core/entities/NoteEntityService.ts b/packages/backend/src/core/entities/NoteEntityService.ts
index 7506d804c3f20764a0f3a2e1fe4aa78cd0257191..0d0b80765a34707dd367c8b62496b8e780ceb705 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/core/entities/NoteEntityService.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/core/entities/NoteEntityService.ts
@@ -324,7 +324,13 @@ export class NoteEntityService implements OnModuleInit {
 		const note = typeof src === 'object' ? src : await this.noteLoader.load(src);
 		const host = note.userHost;
 
-		const bufferdReactions = opts._hint_?.bufferdReactions != null ? (opts._hint_.bufferdReactions.get(note.id) ?? { deltas: {}, pairs: [] }) : await this.reactionsBufferingService.get(note.id);
+		const meta = await this.metaService.fetch();
+
+		const bufferdReactions = opts._hint_?.bufferdReactions != null
+			? (opts._hint_.bufferdReactions.get(note.id) ?? { deltas: {}, pairs: [] })
+			: meta.enableReactionsBuffering
+				? await this.reactionsBufferingService.get(note.id)
+				: { deltas: {}, pairs: [] };
 		const reactions = mergeReactions(note.reactions, bufferdReactions.deltas ?? {});
 		for (const [name, count] of Object.entries(reactions)) {
 			if (count <= 0) {