diff --git a/web/packages/new/photos/services/collections.ts b/web/packages/new/photos/services/collections.ts
index cb0b70c078..95a5aec896 100644
--- a/web/packages/new/photos/services/collections.ts
+++ b/web/packages/new/photos/services/collections.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 import { type Collection } from "ente-media/collection";
-import localForage from "ente-shared/storage/localForage";
 import { getCollections } from "./collection";
-import { removeCollectionIDLastSyncTime, savedCollections } from "./photos-fdb";
-
-const COLLECTION_TABLE = "collections";
-const COLLECTION_UPDATION_TIME = "collection-updation-time";
-
-export const getCollectionUpdationTime = async (): Promise<number> =>
-    (await localForage.getItem<number>(COLLECTION_UPDATION_TIME)) ?? 0;
+import {
+    removeCollectionIDLastSyncTime,
+    saveCollections,
+    saveCollectionsUpdationTime,
+    savedCollections,
+    savedCollectionsUpdationTime,
+} from "./photos-fdb";
 
 /**
  * Pull the latest collections from remote.
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ export const getCollectionUpdationTime = async (): Promise<number> =>
  */
 export const pullCollections = async (): Promise<Collection[]> => {
     const collections = await savedCollections();
-    let sinceTime = await getCollectionUpdationTime();
+    let sinceTime = (await savedCollectionsUpdationTime()) ?? 0;
 
     const changes = await getCollections(sinceTime);
 
@@ -40,8 +39,8 @@ export const pullCollections = async (): Promise<Collection[]> => {
 
     const updatedCollections = [...collectionsByID.values()];
 
-    await localForage.setItem(COLLECTION_TABLE, updatedCollections);
-    await localForage.setItem(COLLECTION_UPDATION_TIME, sinceTime);
+    await saveCollections(updatedCollections);
+    await saveCollectionsUpdationTime(sinceTime);
 
     return updatedCollections;
 };
diff --git a/web/packages/new/photos/services/photos-fdb.ts b/web/packages/new/photos/services/photos-fdb.ts
index d3f8ec112a..836ca4159b 100644
--- a/web/packages/new/photos/services/photos-fdb.ts
+++ b/web/packages/new/photos/services/photos-fdb.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,23 @@ export const saveCollections = async (collections: Collection[]) => {
     await localForage.setItem("collections", collections);
 };
 
+/**
+ * Return the locally persisted {@link updationTime} of the latest collection we
+ * have pulled from remote.
+ *
+ * Use {@link saveCollectionsUpdationTime} to update the saved value.
+ */
+export const savedCollectionsUpdationTime = async () =>
+    LocalTimestamp.parse(await localForage.getItem("collection-updation-time"));
+
+/**
+ * Update the locally persisted timestamp that will be returned by subsequent
+ * calls to {@link savedCollectionsUpdationTime}.
+ */
+export const saveCollectionsUpdationTime = async (time: number) => {
+    await localForage.setItem("collection-updation-time", time);
+};
+
 const TrashItemCollectionKey = z.object({
     /**
      * Collection ID.