diff --git a/app/controllers/Relation.scala b/app/controllers/Relation.scala
index a94cde195a..b221a4f4e6 100644
--- a/app/controllers/Relation.scala
+++ b/app/controllers/Relation.scala
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ object Relation extends LilaController {
   )
 
   private def followship(userIds: Seq[String])(implicit ctx: Context): Fu[List[Related]] =
-    UserRepo byOrderedIds userIds.map(UserModel.normalize) flatMap { users =>
+    UserRepo usersFromSecondary userIds.map(UserModel.normalize) flatMap { users =>
       (ctx.isAuth ?? { Env.pref.api.followableIds(users map (_.id)) }) flatMap { followables =>
         users.map { u =>
           ctx.userId ?? { env.api.fetchRelation(_, u.id) } map { rel =>
diff --git a/modules/mod/src/main/UserSearch.scala b/modules/mod/src/main/UserSearch.scala
index 584c398ae3..017f9e06f1 100644
--- a/modules/mod/src/main/UserSearch.scala
+++ b/modules/mod/src/main/UserSearch.scala
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ final class UserSearch(
     else searchUsername(query)
 
   private def searchIp(ip: String) =
-    securityApi recentUserIdsByIp ip map (_.reverse) flatMap UserRepo.byOrderedIds
+    securityApi recentUserIdsByIp ip map (_.reverse) flatMap UserRepo.usersFromSecondary
 
   private def searchUsername(username: String) = UserRepo named username map (_.toList)
 
diff --git a/modules/team/src/main/PaginatorBuilder.scala b/modules/team/src/main/PaginatorBuilder.scala
index 77d7f87c45..d03c61dcce 100644
--- a/modules/team/src/main/PaginatorBuilder.scala
+++ b/modules/team/src/main/PaginatorBuilder.scala
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ private[team] final class PaginatorBuilder(
     def slice(offset: Int, length: Int): Fu[Seq[MemberWithUser]] = for {
       members ← coll.member.find(selector)
         .sort(sorting).skip(offset).cursor[Member]().gather[List](length)
-      users ← UserRepo byOrderedIds members.map(_.user)
+      users ← UserRepo usersFromSecondary members.map(_.user)
     } yield members zip users map {
       case (member, user) => MemberWithUser(member, user)
     }
diff --git a/modules/team/src/main/TeamApi.scala b/modules/team/src/main/TeamApi.scala
index deb8c6c8f7..721faacf7e 100644
--- a/modules/team/src/main/TeamApi.scala
+++ b/modules/team/src/main/TeamApi.scala
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ final class TeamApi(
 
   def requestsWithUsers(team: Team): Fu[List[RequestWithUser]] = for {
     requests ← RequestRepo findByTeam team.id
-    users ← UserRepo byOrderedIds requests.map(_.user)
+    users ← UserRepo usersFromSecondary requests.map(_.user)
   } yield requests zip users map {
     case (request, user) => RequestWithUser(request, user)
   }
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ final class TeamApi(
   def requestsWithUsers(user: User): Fu[List[RequestWithUser]] = for {
     teamIds ← TeamRepo teamIdsByCreator user.id
     requests ← RequestRepo findByTeams teamIds
-    users ← UserRepo byOrderedIds requests.map(_.user)
+    users ← UserRepo usersFromSecondary requests.map(_.user)
   } yield requests zip users map {
     case (request, user) => RequestWithUser(request, user)
   }
diff --git a/modules/user/src/main/UserRepo.scala b/modules/user/src/main/UserRepo.scala
index 0da263cc84..839824915b 100644
--- a/modules/user/src/main/UserRepo.scala
+++ b/modules/user/src/main/UserRepo.scala
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ object UserRepo {
         y.??(yy => users.find(_.id == yy))
     }
 
-  def byOrderedIds(ids: Seq[ID]): Fu[List[User]] =
-    coll.byOrderedIds[User, User.ID](ids)(_.id)
+  def byOrderedIds(ids: Seq[ID], readPreference: ReadPreference): Fu[List[User]] =
+    coll.byOrderedIds[User, User.ID](ids, readPreference)(_.id)
 
   def enabledByIds(ids: Iterable[ID]): Fu[List[User]] =
     coll.list[User](enabledSelect ++ $inIds(ids), ReadPreference.secondaryPreferred)
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ object UserRepo {
       }
 
   def usersFromSecondary(userIds: Seq[ID]): Fu[List[User]] =
-    coll.byOrderedIds[User, User.ID](userIds, readPreference = ReadPreference.secondaryPreferred)(_.id)
+    byOrderedIds(userIds, ReadPreference.secondaryPreferred)
 
   private[user] def allSortToints(nb: Int) =
     coll.find($empty).sort($sort desc F.toints).cursor[User]().gather[List](nb)