diff --git a/frigate/config/camera/objects.py b/frigate/config/camera/objects.py
index d66d910ec..7b6317dd0 100644
--- a/frigate/config/camera/objects.py
+++ b/frigate/config/camera/objects.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class GenAIObjectTriggerConfig(FrigateBaseModel):
 
 
 class GenAIObjectConfig(FrigateBaseModel):
-    enabled: bool = Field(default=True, title="Enable GenAI for camera.")
+    enabled: bool = Field(default=False, title="Enable GenAI for camera.")
     use_snapshot: bool = Field(
         default=False, title="Use snapshots for generating descriptions."
     )
diff --git a/frigate/config/config.py b/frigate/config/config.py
index 85686416e..34a233c6c 100644
--- a/frigate/config/config.py
+++ b/frigate/config/config.py
@@ -607,7 +607,9 @@ class FrigateConfig(FrigateBaseModel):
             camera_config.review.detections.enabled_in_config = (
                 camera_config.review.detections.enabled
             )
-            camera_config.objects.genai.enabled_in_config = camera_config.objects.genai.enabled
+            camera_config.objects.genai.enabled_in_config = (
+                camera_config.objects.genai.enabled
+            )
 
             # Add default filters
             object_keys = camera_config.objects.track