diff --git a/frigate/__main__.py b/frigate/__main__.py
index 7106f0209..844206908 100644
--- a/frigate/__main__.py
+++ b/frigate/__main__.py
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 import faulthandler
-import sys
 import threading
 
 from flask import cli
 
-# Hotsawp the sqlite3 module for Chroma compatibility
-__import__("pysqlite3")
-sys.modules["sqlite3"] = sys.modules.pop("pysqlite3")
+from frigate.app import FrigateApp
 
 faulthandler.enable()
 
@@ -15,8 +12,6 @@ threading.current_thread().name = "frigate"
 cli.show_server_banner = lambda *x: None
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    from frigate.app import FrigateApp
-
     frigate_app = FrigateApp()
 
     frigate_app.start()
diff --git a/frigate/embeddings/__init__.py b/frigate/embeddings/__init__.py
index c2eae2241..1c237d443 100644
--- a/frigate/embeddings/__init__.py
+++ b/frigate/embeddings/__init__.py
@@ -54,10 +54,6 @@ def manage_embeddings(config: FrigateConfig) -> None:
     models = [Event]
     db.bind(models)
 
-    # Hotsawp the sqlite3 module for Chroma compatibility
-    __import__("pysqlite3")
-    sys.modules["sqlite3"] = sys.modules.pop("pysqlite3")
-
     embeddings = Embeddings()
 
     # Check if we need to re-index events
diff --git a/frigate/embeddings/embeddings.py b/frigate/embeddings/embeddings.py
index c7a688d12..58dd707bb 100644
--- a/frigate/embeddings/embeddings.py
+++ b/frigate/embeddings/embeddings.py
@@ -3,19 +3,32 @@
 import base64
 import io
 import logging
+import sys
 import time
 
 import numpy as np
-from chromadb import Collection
-from chromadb import HttpClient as ChromaClient
-from chromadb.config import Settings
 from PIL import Image
 from playhouse.shortcuts import model_to_dict
 
 from frigate.models import Event
 
-from .functions.clip import ClipEmbedding
-from .functions.minilm_l6_v2 import MiniLMEmbedding
+# Hotsawp the sqlite3 module for Chroma compatibility
+try:
+    from chromadb import Collection
+    from chromadb import HttpClient as ChromaClient
+    from chromadb.config import Settings
+
+    from .functions.clip import ClipEmbedding
+    from .functions.minilm_l6_v2 import MiniLMEmbedding
+except RuntimeError:
+    __import__("pysqlite3")
+    sys.modules["sqlite3"] = sys.modules.pop("pysqlite3")
+    from chromadb import Collection
+    from chromadb import HttpClient as ChromaClient
+    from chromadb.config import Settings
+
+    from .functions.clip import ClipEmbedding
+    from .functions.minilm_l6_v2 import MiniLMEmbedding
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/frigate/test/test_http.py b/frigate/test/test_http.py
index 2b043d6df..936dc80e5 100644
--- a/frigate/test/test_http.py
+++ b/frigate/test/test_http.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import datetime
 import json
 import logging
 import os
-import sys
 import unittest
 from unittest.mock import Mock
 
@@ -11,18 +10,13 @@ from playhouse.shortcuts import model_to_dict
 from playhouse.sqlite_ext import SqliteExtDatabase
 from playhouse.sqliteq import SqliteQueueDatabase
 
+from frigate.api.app import create_app
 from frigate.config import FrigateConfig
 from frigate.models import Event, Recordings
 from frigate.plus import PlusApi
 from frigate.stats.emitter import StatsEmitter
 from frigate.test.const import TEST_DB, TEST_DB_CLEANUPS
 
-# Have to replace pysqlite3 before importing create_app
-__import__("pysqlite3")
-sys.modules["sqlite3"] = sys.modules.pop("pysqlite3")
-
-from frigate.api.app import create_app  # noqa: E402
-
 
 class TestHttp(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):