diff --git a/frigate/api/app.py b/frigate/api/app.py
index 889bbea74..3110ef019 100644
--- a/frigate/api/app.py
+++ b/frigate/api/app.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from frigate.api.media import MediaBp
 from frigate.api.notification import NotificationBp
 from frigate.api.preview import PreviewBp
 from frigate.api.review import ReviewBp
+from frigate.comms.event_metadata_updater import EventMetadataPublisher
 from frigate.config import FrigateConfig
 from frigate.const import CONFIG_DIR
 from frigate.embeddings import EmbeddingsContext
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ def create_app(
     external_processor: ExternalEventProcessor,
     plus_api: PlusApi,
     stats_emitter: StatsEmitter,
+    event_metadata_updater: EventMetadataPublisher,
 ):
     app = Flask(__name__)
 
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ def create_app(
     app.plus_api = plus_api
     app.camera_error_image = None
     app.stats_emitter = stats_emitter
+    app.event_metadata_updater = event_metadata_updater
     app.jwt_token = get_jwt_secret() if frigate_config.auth.enabled else None
     # update the request_address with the x-forwarded-for header from nginx
     app.wsgi_app = ProxyFix(app.wsgi_app, x_for=1)
diff --git a/frigate/api/event.py b/frigate/api/event.py
index 182916efa..19318c725 100644
--- a/frigate/api/event.py
+++ b/frigate/api/event.py
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ def set_description(id):
 
 @EventBp.route("/events/<id>/description/regenerate", methods=["PUT"])
 def regenerate_description(id):
-    event_metadata_updater = EventMetadataPublisher(
+    current_app.event_metadata_updater = EventMetadataPublisher(
         EventMetadataTypeEnum.regenerate_description
     )
 
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ def regenerate_description(id):
     #     and current_app.frigate_config.genai.enabled
     # ):
     logger.info(id)
-    event_metadata_updater.publish(id)
+    current_app.event_metadata_updater.publish(id)
 
     return make_response(
         jsonify(
diff --git a/frigate/app.py b/frigate/app.py
index f6479d9ad..bd37c63ff 100644
--- a/frigate/app.py
+++ b/frigate/app.py
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ from frigate.api.app import create_app
 from frigate.api.auth import hash_password
 from frigate.comms.config_updater import ConfigPublisher
 from frigate.comms.dispatcher import Communicator, Dispatcher
+from frigate.comms.event_metadata_updater import (
+    EventMetadataPublisher,
+    EventMetadataTypeEnum,
+)
 from frigate.comms.inter_process import InterProcessCommunicator
 from frigate.comms.mqtt import MqttClient
 from frigate.comms.webpush import WebPushClient
@@ -372,6 +376,7 @@ class FrigateApp:
     def init_inter_process_communicator(self) -> None:
         self.inter_process_communicator = InterProcessCommunicator()
         self.inter_config_updater = ConfigPublisher()
+        self.event_metadata_updater = EventMetadataPublisher(EventMetadataTypeEnum.all)
         self.inter_zmq_proxy = ZmqProxy()
 
     def init_web_server(self) -> None:
@@ -385,6 +390,7 @@ class FrigateApp:
             self.external_event_processor,
             self.plus_api,
             self.stats_emitter,
+            self.event_metadata_updater,
         )
 
     def init_onvif(self) -> None:
@@ -828,6 +834,7 @@ class FrigateApp:
         # Stop Communicators
         self.inter_process_communicator.stop()
         self.inter_config_updater.stop()
+        self.event_metadata_updater.stop()
         self.inter_zmq_proxy.stop()
 
         while len(self.detection_shms) > 0:
diff --git a/frigate/comms/event_metadata_updater.py b/frigate/comms/event_metadata_updater.py
index 84f50168c..a24aa58c5 100644
--- a/frigate/comms/event_metadata_updater.py
+++ b/frigate/comms/event_metadata_updater.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class EventMetadataTypeEnum(str, Enum):
+    all = ""
     regenerate_description = "regenerate_description"