diff --git a/pandora/archive/tasks.py b/pandora/archive/tasks.py
index b9f379d2..a2aa3d8e 100644
--- a/pandora/archive/tasks.py
+++ b/pandora/archive/tasks.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ from glob import glob
 
 from celery.task import task
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.db import transaction
 from django.db.models import Q
 
 from item.models import Item
@@ -249,8 +248,7 @@ def move_media(data, user):
     if old_item and old_item.files.count() == 0 and i.files.count() == len(data['ids']):
         for a in old_item.annotations.all().order_by('id'):
             a.item = i
-            with transaction.atomic():
-                a.set_public_id()
+            a.set_public_id()
             Annotation.objects.filter(id=a.id).update(item=i, public_id=a.public_id)
         old_item.clips.all().update(item=i, sort=i.sort)
 
diff --git a/pandora/document/fulltext.py b/pandora/document/fulltext.py
index 1872b9ce..d58e3751 100644
--- a/pandora/document/fulltext.py
+++ b/pandora/document/fulltext.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import os
 import subprocess
 import tempfile
 
@@ -19,11 +18,10 @@ def extract_text(pdf, page=None):
             # split page from pdf and ocr
             fd, page_pdf = tempfile.mkstemp('.pdf')
             cmd = ['pdfseparate', '-f', page, '-l', page, pdf, page_pdf]
-            p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, close_fds=True)
+            p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
             stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
             text = ocr_image(page_pdf)
             os.unlink(page_pdf)
-            os.close(fd)
             return text
         else:
             return ocr_image(pdf)
diff --git a/pandora/item/models.py b/pandora/item/models.py
index e0aebbd4..6279948d 100644
--- a/pandora/item/models.py
+++ b/pandora/item/models.py
@@ -478,8 +478,7 @@ class Item(models.Model):
 
         for a in self.annotations.all().order_by('id'):
             a.item = other
-            with transaction.atomic():
-                a.set_public_id()
+            a.set_public_id()
             Annotation.objects.filter(id=a.id).update(item=other, public_id=a.public_id)
         try:
             other_sort = other.sort
@@ -523,7 +522,6 @@ class Item(models.Model):
                     cmd, stdout=open('/dev/null', 'w'), stderr=open('/dev/null', 'w'), close_fds=True)
                 p.wait()
                 os.unlink(tmp_output_txt)
-                os.close(fd)
                 return True
             else:
                 return None
@@ -1911,12 +1909,13 @@ class AnnotationSequence(models.Model):
 
     @classmethod
     def nextid(cls, item):
-        s, created = cls.objects.get_or_create(item=item)
-        if created:
-            nextid = s.value
-        else:
-            cursor = connection.cursor()
-            sql = "UPDATE %s SET value = value + 1 WHERE item_id = %s RETURNING value" % (cls._meta.db_table, item.id)
-            cursor.execute(sql)
-            nextid = cursor.fetchone()[0]
+        with transaction.atomic():
+            s, created = cls.objects.get_or_create(item=item)
+            if created:
+                nextid = s.value
+            else:
+                cursor = connection.cursor()
+                sql = "UPDATE %s SET value = value + 1 WHERE item_id = %s RETURNING value" % (cls._meta.db_table, item.id)
+                cursor.execute(sql)
+                nextid = cursor.fetchone()[0]
         return "%s/%s" % (item.public_id, ox.toAZ(nextid))