diff --git a/integrationtests/basic_example/test_basic.py b/integrationtests/basic_example/test_basic.py
index 8a633689e8803791a48a0f2df7c267071e7e67bd..b33974d9c2c5600bf2a91cbf14d7c8799ffc2644 100755
--- a/integrationtests/basic_example/test_basic.py
+++ b/integrationtests/basic_example/test_basic.py
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ def test_file_insertion_dry(clear_database, usemodel, ident):
 
 def test_file_insertion(clear_database, usemodel, ident, crawler_extended):
     ins, ups = crawler_extended[0].synchronize(
-        crawled_data=deepcopy(crawler_extended[1]), commit_changes=True)
+        crawled_data=crawler_extended[1], commit_changes=True)
     file_list_ins = [r for r in ins if r.role == "File"]
     assert len(file_list_ins) == 11
 
diff --git a/src/caoscrawler/crawl.py b/src/caoscrawler/crawl.py
index 39f4d83391bc04ae4a422dece0452c6ddec64e94..bacc5356b7b14f43d44db25c461c717fa9c39bc9 100644
--- a/src/caoscrawler/crawl.py
+++ b/src/caoscrawler/crawl.py
@@ -869,12 +869,14 @@ class Crawler(object):
         pending_inserts = update_cache.get_inserts(self.run_id)
         if pending_inserts:
             Crawler.inform_about_pending_changes(
-                pending_inserts, self.run_id, self.crawled_directory)
+                # TODO crawled_directory is no longer available
+                pending_inserts, self.run_id, "missing crawled_directory")
 
         pending_updates = update_cache.get_updates(self.run_id)
         if pending_updates:
             Crawler.inform_about_pending_changes(
-                pending_updates, self.run_id, self.crawled_directory)
+                # TODO crawled_directory is no longer available
+                pending_updates, self.run_id, "missing crawled_directory")
 
         return (to_be_inserted, to_be_updated)