diff --git a/src/app/mod.rs b/src/app/mod.rs
index ec46205c..53cddd70 100644
--- a/src/app/mod.rs
+++ b/src/app/mod.rs
@@ -875,10 +875,10 @@ impl App {
             return Ok(());
         }
         payout.cancel_payout(profile.id);
+        self.payouts.update(&mut tx, payout).await?;
         self.ledger
-            .payout_cancelled(tx, LedgerTransactionId::new(), payout.id)
+            .payout_cancelled(tx, LedgerTransactionId::new(), id)
             .await?;
-        self.payouts.update(payout).await?;
         Ok(())
     }
 
diff --git a/src/payout/repo.rs b/src/payout/repo.rs
index 6b910750..eb17d2dc 100644
--- a/src/payout/repo.rs
+++ b/src/payout/repo.rs
@@ -322,19 +322,20 @@ impl Payouts {
         Ok(Payout::try_from(entity_events)?)
     }
 
-    pub async fn update(&self, payout: Payout) -> Result<(), PayoutError> {
+    pub async fn update(
+        &self,
+        tx: &mut Transaction<'_, Postgres>,
+        payout: Payout,
+    ) -> Result<(), PayoutError> {
         if !payout.events.is_dirty() {
             return Ok(());
         }
-
-        let mut tx = self.pool.begin().await?;
         EntityEvents::<PayoutEvent>::persist(
             "bria_payout_events",
-            &mut tx,
+            tx,
             payout.events.new_serialized_events(payout.id),
         )
         .await?;
-        tx.commit().await?;
         Ok(())
     }
 }