diff --git a/frigate/app.py b/frigate/app.py
index b9c279d42..146db30d5 100644
--- a/frigate/app.py
+++ b/frigate/app.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ from frigate.const import (
 )
 from frigate.object_detection import ObjectDetectProcess
 from frigate.events.cleanup import EventCleanup
+from frigate.events.external import ExternalEventProcessor
 from frigate.events.maintainer import EventProcessor
 from frigate.http import create_app
 from frigate.log import log_process, root_configurer
@@ -205,6 +206,9 @@ class FrigateApp:
             self.config, self.camera_metrics, self.detectors, self.processes
         )
 
+    def init_external_event_processor(self) -> None:
+        self.event_processor = ExternalEventProcessor(self.config, self.event_queue)
+
     def init_web_server(self) -> None:
         self.flask_app = create_app(
             self.config,
@@ -213,6 +217,7 @@ class FrigateApp:
             self.detected_frames_processor,
             self.storage_maintainer,
             self.onvif_controller,
+            self.event_processor,
             self.plus_api,
         )
 
@@ -437,6 +442,7 @@ class FrigateApp:
         self.start_camera_capture_processes()
         self.start_storage_maintainer()
         self.init_stats()
+        self.init_external_event_processor()
         self.init_web_server()
         self.start_timeline_processor()
         self.start_event_processor()
diff --git a/frigate/http.py b/frigate/http.py
index a7755ee54..ff67feb64 100644
--- a/frigate/http.py
+++ b/frigate/http.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ from playhouse.shortcuts import model_to_dict
 from frigate.config import FrigateConfig
 from frigate.const import CLIPS_DIR, MAX_SEGMENT_DURATION, RECORD_DIR
 from frigate.models import Event, Recordings, Timeline
-from frigate.events_manual import create_manual_event, finish_manual_event
+from frigate.events.external import ExternalEventProcessor
 from frigate.object_processing import TrackedObject
 from frigate.plus import PlusApi
 from frigate.ptz import OnvifController
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ def create_app(
     detected_frames_processor,
     storage_maintainer: StorageMaintainer,
     onvif: OnvifController,
+    external_processor: ExternalEventProcessor,
     plus_api: PlusApi,
 ):
     app = Flask(__name__)