diff --git a/frigate/app.py b/frigate/app.py
index 6b0e49949..2da6d6258 100644
--- a/frigate/app.py
+++ b/frigate/app.py
@@ -596,9 +596,9 @@ class FrigateApp:
         self.check_db_data_migrations()
         self.init_inter_process_communicator()
         self.init_dispatcher()
+        self.start_detectors()
         self.init_embeddings_manager()
         self.init_embeddings_client()
-        self.start_detectors()
         self.start_video_output_processor()
         self.start_ptz_autotracker()
         self.init_historical_regions()