diff --git a/frigate/app.py b/frigate/app.py
index 517e2bdaf..3faccbcc3 100644
--- a/frigate/app.py
+++ b/frigate/app.py
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ class FrigateApp:
         migrate_db.close()
 
     def init_embeddings(self) -> None:
-        self.embeddings = None
+        self.embeddings: Optional[Embeddings] = None
         try:
             self.embeddings = Embeddings(self.config)
         except ValueError:
diff --git a/frigate/embeddings/processor.py b/frigate/embeddings/processor.py
index 62bb1e1ac..996113180 100644
--- a/frigate/embeddings/processor.py
+++ b/frigate/embeddings/processor.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import queue
 import threading
 from multiprocessing import Queue
 from multiprocessing.synchronize import Event as MpEvent
+from typing import Optional
 
 import google.generativeai as genai
 import numpy as np
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ class EmbeddingProcessor(threading.Thread):
     def __init__(
         self,
         config: FrigateConfig,
-        embeddings: Embeddings,
+        embeddings: Optional[Embeddings],
         queue: Queue,
         stop_event: MpEvent,
     ) -> None:
diff --git a/frigate/events/cleanup.py b/frigate/events/cleanup.py
index 25b30690a..ae678f03d 100644
--- a/frigate/events/cleanup.py
+++ b/frigate/events/cleanup.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import threading
 from enum import Enum
 from multiprocessing.synchronize import Event as MpEvent
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Optional
 
 from frigate.config import FrigateConfig
 from frigate.const import CLIPS_DIR
@@ -23,7 +24,10 @@ class EventCleanupType(str, Enum):
 
 class EventCleanup(threading.Thread):
     def __init__(
-        self, config: FrigateConfig, embeddings: Embeddings, stop_event: MpEvent
+        self,
+        config: FrigateConfig,
+        embeddings: Optional[Embeddings],
+        stop_event: MpEvent,
     ):
         threading.Thread.__init__(self)
         self.name = "event_cleanup"
diff --git a/frigate/http.py b/frigate/http.py
index 065340ee1..d063c920b 100644
--- a/frigate/http.py
+++ b/frigate/http.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import traceback
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
 from functools import reduce
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Optional
 from urllib.parse import unquote
 
 import cv2
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ def create_app(
     onvif: OnvifController,
     external_processor: ExternalEventProcessor,
     plus_api: PlusApi,
-    embeddings: Embeddings,
+    embeddings: Optional[Embeddings],
 ):
     app = Flask(__name__)