diff --git a/frigate/comms/dispatcher.py b/frigate/comms/dispatcher.py
index 1f480fa9c..2666bfb13 100644
--- a/frigate/comms/dispatcher.py
+++ b/frigate/comms/dispatcher.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from frigate.const import (
 )
 from frigate.models import Event, Previews, Recordings, ReviewSegment
 from frigate.ptz.onvif import OnvifCommandEnum, OnvifController
-from frigate.types import ModelStatusTypesEnum
+from frigate.types import ModelStatusTypesEnum, TrackedObjectUpdateTypesEnum
 from frigate.util.object import get_camera_regions_grid
 from frigate.util.services import restart_frigate
 
@@ -136,9 +136,24 @@ class Dispatcher:
             event: Event = Event.get(Event.id == payload["id"])
             event.data["description"] = payload["description"]
             event.save()
+            print(
+                json.dumps(
+                    {
+                        "type": TrackedObjectUpdateTypesEnum.description,
+                        "id": event.id,
+                        "description": event.data["description"],
+                    }
+                )
+            )
             self.publish(
-                "event_update",
-                json.dumps({"id": event.id, "description": event.data["description"]}),
+                "tracked_object_update",
+                json.dumps(
+                    {
+                        "type": TrackedObjectUpdateTypesEnum.description,
+                        "id": event.id,
+                        "description": event.data["description"],
+                    }
+                ),
             )
 
         def handle_update_model_state():
diff --git a/frigate/embeddings/maintainer.py b/frigate/embeddings/maintainer.py
index 12c8bac72..dde8f8df4 100644
--- a/frigate/embeddings/maintainer.py
+++ b/frigate/embeddings/maintainer.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from frigate.const import CLIPS_DIR, UPDATE_EVENT_DESCRIPTION
 from frigate.events.types import EventTypeEnum
 from frigate.genai import get_genai_client
 from frigate.models import Event
+from frigate.types import TrackedObjectUpdateTypesEnum
 from frigate.util.builtin import serialize
 from frigate.util.image import SharedMemoryFrameManager, calculate_region
 
@@ -287,7 +288,11 @@ class EmbeddingMaintainer(threading.Thread):
         # fire and forget description update
         self.requestor.send_data(
             UPDATE_EVENT_DESCRIPTION,
-            {"id": event.id, "description": description},
+            {
+                "type": TrackedObjectUpdateTypesEnum.description,
+                "id": event.id,
+                "description": description,
+            },
         )
 
         # Embed the description
diff --git a/frigate/types.py b/frigate/types.py
index 3e6ad46cc..11ab31238 100644
--- a/frigate/types.py
+++ b/frigate/types.py
@@ -19,3 +19,7 @@ class ModelStatusTypesEnum(str, Enum):
     downloading = "downloading"
     downloaded = "downloaded"
     error = "error"
+
+
+class TrackedObjectUpdateTypesEnum(str, Enum):
+    description = "description"