diff --git a/manager/ytsync.go b/manager/ytsync.go
index f6dbdfe..766092e 100644
--- a/manager/ytsync.go
+++ b/manager/ytsync.go
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ func (s *Sync) updateRemoteDB(claims []jsonrpc.Claim, ownClaims []jsonrpc.Claim)
 	}
 
 	for vID, sv := range s.syncedVideos {
-		if sv.Transferred {
+		if sv.Transferred || sv.IsLbryFirst {
 			_, ok := allClaimsInfo[vID]
 			if !ok && sv.Published {
 				searchResponse, err := s.daemon.ClaimSearch(nil, &sv.ClaimID, nil, nil, 1, 20)
@@ -668,7 +668,11 @@ func (s *Sync) updateRemoteDB(claims []jsonrpc.Claim, ownClaims []jsonrpc.Claim)
 					log.Debugf("%s: was transferred but appears abandoned! we should ignore this - claimID: %s", vID, sv.ClaimID)
 					continue //TODO: we should flag these on the db
 				} else {
-					log.Debugf("%s: was transferred and was then edited! we should ignore this - claimID: %s", vID, sv.ClaimID)
+					if sv.IsLbryFirst {
+						log.Debugf("%s: was published using lbry-first so we don't want to do anything here! - claimID: %s", vID, sv.ClaimID)
+					} else {
+						log.Debugf("%s: was transferred and was then edited! we should ignore this - claimID: %s", vID, sv.ClaimID)
+					}
 					//return count, fixed, 0, errors.Err("%s: isn't our control but is on the database and on the blockchain. wtf is up? ClaimID: %s", vID, sv.ClaimID)
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/sdk/api.go b/sdk/api.go
index e51640c..903229b 100644
--- a/sdk/api.go
+++ b/sdk/api.go
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ type SyncedVideo struct {
 	Size            int64  `json:"size"`
 	MetadataVersion int8   `json:"metadata_version"`
 	Transferred     bool   `json:"transferred"`
+	IsLbryFirst     bool   `json:"is_lbry_first"`
 }
 
 func sanitizeFailureReason(s *string) {