diff --git a/web/packages/new/photos/services/ml/cluster-new.ts b/web/packages/new/photos/services/ml/cluster-new.ts
index 93d87e3fed..a483d6f0ec 100644
--- a/web/packages/new/photos/services/ml/cluster-new.ts
+++ b/web/packages/new/photos/services/ml/cluster-new.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@ export interface Person {
      * hidden.
      */
     name: string | undefined;
+    /**
+     * An unordered set of ids of the clusters that belong to this person.
+     *
+     * For ergonomics of transportation and persistence this is an array, but it
+     * should conceptually be thought of as a set.
+     */
+    clusterIDs: string[];
     /**
      * True if this person should be hidden.
      *
@@ -75,13 +82,6 @@ export interface Person {
      * showing this cluster).
      */
     isHidden: boolean;
-    /**
-     * An unordered set of ids of the clusters that belong to this person.
-     *
-     * For ergonomics of transportation and persistence this is an array, but it
-     * should conceptually be thought of as a set.
-     */
-    clusterIDs: string[];
     /**
      * The ID of the face that should be used as the cover photo for this person
      * (if the user has set one).
diff --git a/web/packages/new/photos/services/user-entity.ts b/web/packages/new/photos/services/user-entity.ts
index f4e171559d..e469c72663 100644
--- a/web/packages/new/photos/services/user-entity.ts
+++ b/web/packages/new/photos/services/user-entity.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ import { applyPersonDiff } from "./ml/db";
 export type EntityType =
     | "person"
     /**
-     * A new version of the Person entity where the data is gzipped before
-     * encryption.
+     * The latest iteration of the Person entity format, where the data is
+     * gzipped before encryption.
      */
     | "person_v2";
 
@@ -171,7 +171,9 @@ export const syncPersons = async (entityKeyB64: string) => {
             id,
             name: rp.name,
             clusterIDs: rp.assigned.map(({ id }) => id),
-            avatarFaceID: undefined,
+            isHidden: rp.isHidden,
+            avatarFaceID: rp.avatarFaceID,
+            displayFaceID: undefined,
         };
     };
 
@@ -191,9 +193,7 @@ export const syncPersons = async (entityKeyB64: string) => {
     }
 };
 
-/**
- * Zod schema for the "person" entity (the {@link RemotePerson} type).
- */
+/** Zod schema for the {@link RemotePerson} type. */
 const RemotePerson = z.object({
     name: z.string().nullish().transform(nullToUndefined),
     assigned: z.array(
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ const RemotePerson = z.object({
 });
 
 /**
- * A "person" entity as synced via remote.
+ * A "person_v2" entity as synced via remote.
  */
 type RemotePerson = z.infer<typeof RemotePerson>;