diff --git a/frigate/events/maintainer.py b/frigate/events/maintainer.py
index 685f47979..b65ca50cb 100644
--- a/frigate/events/maintainer.py
+++ b/frigate/events/maintainer.py
@@ -106,7 +106,11 @@ class EventProcessor(threading.Thread):
 
                 self.handle_object_detection(event_type, camera, event_data)
 
-                if event_type == "end" and self.config.cameras[camera].gemini.enabled:
+                if (
+                    event_type == "end"
+                    and not event_data["false_positive"]
+                    and self.config.cameras[camera].gemini.enabled
+                ):
                     self.gemini_queue.put(
                         (
                             camera,
diff --git a/frigate/gemini.py b/frigate/gemini.py
index 4c2151a19..0097040bb 100644
--- a/frigate/gemini.py
+++ b/frigate/gemini.py
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ class GeminiProcessor(threading.Thread):
 
             camera_config = self.config.cameras[camera]
 
-            st = time.time()
             thumbnail = {
                 "mime_type": "image/jpeg",
                 "data": base64.b64decode(event_data["thumbnail"]),
@@ -55,6 +54,8 @@ class GeminiProcessor(threading.Thread):
                 event_data["label"], camera_config.gemini.prompt
             )
 
+            st = time.time()
+
             response = self.model.generate_content(
                 [thumbnail, prompt],
                 generation_config=genai.types.GenerationConfig(
@@ -63,11 +64,25 @@ class GeminiProcessor(threading.Thread):
                 ),
             )
 
-            sub_label = response.text.strip()
+            logger.info("Generated sub label API took %.4f seconds", time.time() - st)
+
+            try:
+                sub_label = response.text.split(".")[0].strip()
+            except ValueError:
+                logger.warning(
+                    "Failed to generate sub label for %s on %s",
+                    event_data["id"],
+                    camera,
+                )
+                continue
 
             try:
                 event = Event.get(Event.id == event_data["id"])
             except DoesNotExist:
+                logger.warning(
+                    "Failed to find event %s",
+                    event_data["id"],
+                )
                 continue
 
             if camera_config.gemini.override_existing or not event.sub_label: