diff --git a/src/controllers/deprecated/media.ts b/src/controllers/deprecated/media.ts
index 998f1fe1..83725f63 100644
--- a/src/controllers/deprecated/media.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/deprecated/media.ts
@@ -173,18 +173,17 @@ export const getVideo = async(ctx): Promise<MediaMetadataInterface> => {
 
   const existingFailedResult = await FailedLookups.findOne({ $or: failedQuery }, null, { lean: true }).exec();
   if (existingFailedResult) {
-    // we have an existing failure record, so increment it, and throw not found error
-    await FailedLookups.updateOne({ _id: existingFailedResult._id }, { $inc: { count: 1 } }).exec();
     throw new MediaNotFoundError();
   }
 
-  // the database does not have a record of this file, so begin search for metadata on external apis.
+  // the database does not have a record of this file, so begin search for metadata on TMDB.
 
   const failedLookupQuery = { episode, imdbID, season, title, year };
 
   if (!title && !imdbIdToSearch) {
-    // The APIs below require either a title or IMDb ID, so return if we don't have one
-    await FailedLookups.updateOne(failedLookupQuery, { $inc: { count: 1 } }, { upsert: true, setDefaultsOnInsert: true }).exec();
+    // TMDB requires either a title or IMDb ID, so return if we don't have one
+    const reason = 'getVideo (deprecated) failed because there is no title or imdbId';
+    await FailedLookups.updateOne(failedLookupQuery, { $inc: { count: 1 }, reason }, { upsert: true, setDefaultsOnInsert: true }).exec();
     throw new MediaNotFoundError();
   }
 
@@ -214,7 +213,8 @@ export const getVideo = async(ctx): Promise<MediaMetadataInterface> => {
   // End TMDB lookups
 
   if (!tmdbData || _.isEmpty(tmdbData)) {
-    await FailedLookups.updateOne(failedLookupQuery, { $inc: { count: 1 } }, { upsert: true, setDefaultsOnInsert: true }).exec();
+    const reason = `getVideo (deprecated) failed because no data was found on TMDB for ${failedLookupQuery}`;
+    await FailedLookups.updateOne(failedLookupQuery, { $inc: { count: 1 }, reason }, { upsert: true, setDefaultsOnInsert: true }).exec();
     throw new MediaNotFoundError();
   }
 
@@ -235,8 +235,9 @@ export const getVideo = async(ctx): Promise<MediaMetadataInterface> => {
     leanMeta = await deprecatedExternalAPIHelper.addPosterFromImages(leanMeta);
     return ctx.body = leanMeta;
   } catch (e) {
-    console.error(e,tmdbData);
-    await FailedLookups.updateOne(failedLookupQuery, { $inc: { count: 1 } }, { upsert: true, setDefaultsOnInsert: true }).exec();
+    console.error(e, tmdbData);
+    const reason = `getVideo (deprecated) failed because an error occurred: ${e}`;
+    await FailedLookups.updateOne(failedLookupQuery, { $inc: { count: 1 }, reason }, { upsert: true, setDefaultsOnInsert: true }).exec();
     throw new MediaNotFoundError();
   }
 };
diff --git a/src/models/FailedLookups.ts b/src/models/FailedLookups.ts
index 53302017..0ededde4 100644
--- a/src/models/FailedLookups.ts
+++ b/src/models/FailedLookups.ts
@@ -36,10 +36,7 @@ const FailedLookupsSchema = new Schema({
   year: { type: String },
   failedValidation: { type: Boolean, default: false },
   type: { type: String },
-  reason: {
-    select: false,
-    type: String,
-  },
+  reason: { type: String },
   createdAt: {
     default: Date.now,
     expires: THIRTY_DAYS_IN_SECONDS,
diff --git a/test/e2e/media-video-movie.spec.ts b/test/e2e/media-video-movie.spec.ts
index 9d3e63ea..7821a017 100644
--- a/test/e2e/media-video-movie.spec.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/media-video-movie.spec.ts
@@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ describe('get by all', () => {
       expect(error.message).toEqual('Request failed with status code 404');
       expect(await FailedLookupsModel.countDocuments()).toEqual(1);
 
+      const failedResult = await FailedLookupsModel.findOne();
+      expect(failedResult.reason).toEqual('getVideoV2 got no tmdb data for areallylongtitlethatsurelywontmatchanymoviename, undefined, undefined, null, NaN, null')
+
       try {
         await axios.get(`${appUrl}/api/media/video/v2?title=areallylongtitlethatsurelywontmatchanymoviename`);
       } catch (e) {
diff --git a/test/e2e/media-video-tv-episode.spec.ts b/test/e2e/media-video-tv-episode.spec.ts
index a820b7b0..e5342f0b 100644
--- a/test/e2e/media-video-tv-episode.spec.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/media-video-tv-episode.spec.ts
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ describe('get by all', () => {
       expect(error.message).toEqual('Request failed with status code 404');
       expect(await FailedLookupsModel.countDocuments()).toEqual(1);
 
+      const failedResult = await FailedLookupsModel.findOne();
+      expect(failedResult.reason).toEqual('getVideoV2 got no tmdb data for Lost, undefined, undefined, null, 999, 999')
+
       try {
         await axios.get(`${appUrl}/api/media/video/v2?title=${EPISODE_LOST.seriesTitle}&season=999&episode=999`);
       } catch (e) {