diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 84d6d2c11..9530fa9de 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ dj.FreeTable(dj.conn(), "common_session.session_group").drop()
 ### Infrastructure
 
 - Disable populate transaction protection for long-populating tables #1066,
-    #1108
+    #1108, #1172
 - Add docstrings to all public methods #1076
 - Update DataJoint to 0.14.2 #1081
 - Allow restriction based on parent keys in `Merge.fetch_nwb()` #1086, #1126
diff --git a/src/spyglass/common/common_ephys.py b/src/spyglass/common/common_ephys.py
index 2e56d47fa..c25fa09ef 100644
--- a/src/spyglass/common/common_ephys.py
+++ b/src/spyglass/common/common_ephys.py
@@ -460,6 +460,8 @@ class LFP(SpyglassMixin, dj.Imported):
     lfp_sampling_rate: float    # the sampling rate, in HZ
     """
 
+    _use_transaction, _allow_insert = False, True
+
     def make(self, key):
         """Populate the LFP table with data from the NWB file.