diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/face/f-index.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/face/f-index.ts
index 335bdfaf48..a8ab040e49 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/face/f-index.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/face/f-index.ts
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ const indexFaces_ = async (
         faceEmbedding: {
             version: 1,
             client: userAgent,
+            faces: [],
         },
         mlVersion: defaultMLVersion,
         errorCount: 0,
@@ -124,8 +125,7 @@ const indexFaces_ = async (
 
     const faceDetections = await detectFaces(imageBitmap);
     const detectedFaces = faceDetections.map((detection) => ({
-        id: makeFaceID(fileID, detection, imageDimensions),
-        fileId: fileID,
+        faceID: makeFaceID(fileID, detection, imageDimensions),
         detection,
     }));
     mlFile.faceEmbedding.faces = detectedFaces;
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/face/indexer.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/face/indexer.ts
index 75212ede71..7ea723f135 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/face/indexer.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/face/indexer.ts
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ export const syncLocalFiles = async (userID: number) => {
                     fileID,
                     mlVersion: 0,
                     errorCount: 0,
+                    faceEmbedding: { faces: [] },
                 }) as MinimalPersistedFileData,
         );
         await mlIDbStorage.putAllFiles(newFiles, tx);
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/face/types-old.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/face/types-old.ts
index b40f0844ec..354519f204 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/face/types-old.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/face/types-old.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export interface MlFileData {
     faceEmbedding: {
         version: number;
         client: string;
-        faces?: Face[];
+        faces: Face[];
     };
     mlVersion: number;
     errorCount: number;
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/machineLearning/machineLearningService.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/machineLearning/machineLearningService.ts
index 654358712e..fbff8fd5a4 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/machineLearning/machineLearningService.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/machineLearning/machineLearningService.ts
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ class MachineLearningService {
             fileID,
             mlVersion: 0,
             errorCount: 0,
+            faceEmbedding: { faces: [] },
         } as MinimalPersistedFileData;
     }