diff --git a/frigate/api/defs/regenerate_query_parameters.py b/frigate/api/defs/regenerate_query_parameters.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a8326cda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frigate/api/defs/regenerate_query_parameters.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from typing import Optional
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+
+
+class RegenerateQueryParameters(BaseModel):
+    source: Optional[str] = "thumbnails"
diff --git a/frigate/api/event.py b/frigate/api/event.py
index 4e45b10de..3c861f901 100644
--- a/frigate/api/event.py
+++ b/frigate/api/event.py
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ from frigate.api.defs.events_query_parameters import (
     EventsSearchQueryParams,
     EventsSummaryQueryParams,
 )
+from frigate.api.defs.regenerate_query_parameters import (
+    RegenerateQueryParameters,
+)
 from frigate.api.defs.tags import Tags
 from frigate.const import (
     CLIPS_DIR,
@@ -996,7 +999,9 @@ def set_description(
 
 
 @router.put("/events/{event_id}/description/regenerate")
-def regenerate_description(request: Request, event_id: str):
+def regenerate_description(
+    request: Request, event_id: str, params: RegenerateQueryParameters = Depends()
+):
     try:
         event: Event = Event.get(Event.id == event_id)
     except DoesNotExist:
@@ -1009,7 +1014,7 @@ def regenerate_description(request: Request, event_id: str):
         request.app.frigate_config.semantic_search.enabled
         and request.app.frigate_config.genai.enabled
     ):
-        request.app.event_metadata_updater.publish(event.id)
+        request.app.event_metadata_updater.publish((event.id, params.source))
 
         return JSONResponse(
             content=(
@@ -1017,7 +1022,8 @@ def regenerate_description(request: Request, event_id: str):
                     "success": True,
                     "message": "Event "
                     + event_id
-                    + " description regeneration has been requested.",
+                    + " description regeneration has been requested using "
+                    + params.source,
                 }
             ),
             status_code=200,
diff --git a/frigate/comms/event_metadata_updater.py b/frigate/comms/event_metadata_updater.py
index d435b149e..aeede6d8e 100644
--- a/frigate/comms/event_metadata_updater.py
+++ b/frigate/comms/event_metadata_updater.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import logging
 from enum import Enum
 from typing import Optional
 
+from frigate.events.types import RegenerateDescriptionEnum
+
 from .zmq_proxy import Publisher, Subscriber
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -23,6 +25,9 @@ class EventMetadataPublisher(Publisher):
         topic = topic.value
         super().__init__(topic)
 
+    def publish(self, payload: tuple[str, RegenerateDescriptionEnum]) -> None:
+        super().publish(payload)
+
 
 class EventMetadataSubscriber(Subscriber):
     """Simplifies receiving event metadata."""
@@ -35,10 +40,12 @@ class EventMetadataSubscriber(Subscriber):
 
     def check_for_update(
         self, timeout: float = None
-    ) -> Optional[tuple[EventMetadataTypeEnum, any]]:
+    ) -> Optional[tuple[EventMetadataTypeEnum, str, RegenerateDescriptionEnum]]:
         return super().check_for_update(timeout)
 
     def _return_object(self, topic: str, payload: any) -> any:
         if payload is None:
-            return (None, None)
-        return (EventMetadataTypeEnum[topic[len(self.topic_base) :]], payload)
+            return (None, None, None)
+        topic = EventMetadataTypeEnum[topic[len(self.topic_base) :]]
+        event_id, source = payload
+        return (topic, event_id, RegenerateDescriptionEnum(source))
diff --git a/frigate/embeddings/maintainer.py b/frigate/embeddings/maintainer.py
index 31f5bbd27..c6add4eb3 100644
--- a/frigate/embeddings/maintainer.py
+++ b/frigate/embeddings/maintainer.py
@@ -172,13 +172,15 @@ class EmbeddingMaintainer(threading.Thread):
 
     def _process_event_metadata(self):
         # Check for regenerate description requests
-        (topic, event_id) = self.event_metadata_subscriber.check_for_update(timeout=1)
+        (topic, event_id, source) = self.event_metadata_subscriber.check_for_update(
+            timeout=1
+        )
 
         if topic is None:
             return
 
         if event_id:
-            self.handle_regenerate_description(event_id)
+            self.handle_regenerate_description(event_id, source)
 
     def _create_thumbnail(self, yuv_frame, box, height=500) -> Optional[bytes]:
         """Return jpg thumbnail of a region of the frame."""
@@ -241,7 +243,7 @@ class EmbeddingMaintainer(threading.Thread):
             description,
         )
 
-    def handle_regenerate_description(self, event_id: str) -> None:
+    def handle_regenerate_description(self, event_id: str, source: str) -> None:
         try:
             event: Event = Event.get(Event.id == event_id)
         except DoesNotExist:
@@ -256,4 +258,23 @@ class EmbeddingMaintainer(threading.Thread):
         metadata = get_metadata(event)
         thumbnail = base64.b64decode(event.thumbnail)
 
-        self._embed_description(event, [thumbnail], metadata)
+        logger.debug(f"Using ${source} regeneration for ${event}")
+
+        if event.has_snapshot and source == "snapshot":
+            with open(
+                os.path.join(CLIPS_DIR, f"{event.camera}-{event.id}.jpg"),
+                "rb",
+            ) as image_file:
+                snapshot_image = image_file.read()
+
+        embed_image = (
+            [snapshot_image]
+            if event.has_snapshot and source == "snapshot"
+            else (
+                [thumbnail for data in self.tracked_events[event_id]]
+                if len(self.tracked_events.get(event_id, [])) > 0
+                else [thumbnail]
+            )
+        )
+
+        self._embed_description(event, embed_image, metadata)
diff --git a/frigate/events/types.py b/frigate/events/types.py
index 1750b3e7b..1461c1f28 100644
--- a/frigate/events/types.py
+++ b/frigate/events/types.py
@@ -12,3 +12,8 @@ class EventStateEnum(str, Enum):
     start = "start"
     update = "update"
     end = "end"
+
+
+class RegenerateDescriptionEnum(str, Enum):
+    thumbnails = "thumbnails"
+    snapshot = "snapshot"