diff --git a/frigate/embeddings/maintainer.py b/frigate/embeddings/maintainer.py
index c98cee2ce..9a6934ba8 100644
--- a/frigate/embeddings/maintainer.py
+++ b/frigate/embeddings/maintainer.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class EmbeddingMaintainer(threading.Thread):
         self.processors: list[ProcessorApi] = []
 
         if self.config.face_recognition.enabled:
-            self.processors.append(FaceProcessor(self.config.face_recognition, db))
+            self.processors.append(FaceProcessor(self.config.face_recognition, metrics))
 
         # create communication for updating event descriptions
         self.requestor = InterProcessRequestor()
diff --git a/frigate/postprocessing/face_processor.py b/frigate/postprocessing/face_processor.py
index 06760522e..7d4c6b250 100644
--- a/frigate/postprocessing/face_processor.py
+++ b/frigate/postprocessing/face_processor.py
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ from typing import Optional
 import cv2
 import numpy as np
 import requests
-from playhouse.sqliteq import SqliteQueueDatabase
 
 from frigate.config import FrigateConfig
 from frigate.const import FACE_DIR, FRIGATE_LOCALHOST, MODEL_CACHE_DIR
 from frigate.util.image import area
 
 from .processor_api import ProcessorApi
+from .types import PostProcessingMetrics
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -26,10 +26,9 @@ MIN_MATCHING_FACES = 2
 
 
 class FaceProcessor(ProcessorApi):
-    def __init__(self, config: FrigateConfig, db: SqliteQueueDatabase):
-        super().__init__(config)
+    def __init__(self, config: FrigateConfig, metrics: PostProcessingMetrics):
+        super().__init__(config, metrics)
         self.face_config = config.face_recognition
-        self.db = db
         self.face_detector: cv2.FaceDetectorYN = None
         self.landmark_detector: cv2.face.FacemarkLBF = None
         self.face_recognizer: cv2.face.LBPHFaceRecognizer = None
diff --git a/frigate/postprocessing/processor_api.py b/frigate/postprocessing/processor_api.py
index c5ca0b3ec..4d50d9b0f 100644
--- a/frigate/postprocessing/processor_api.py
+++ b/frigate/postprocessing/processor_api.py
@@ -5,13 +5,16 @@ import numpy as np
 
 from frigate.config import FrigateConfig
 
+from .types import PostProcessingMetrics
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class ProcessorApi(ABC):
     @abstractmethod
-    def __init__(self, config: FrigateConfig) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, config: FrigateConfig, metrics: PostProcessingMetrics) -> None:
         self.config = config
+        self.metrics = metrics
         pass
 
     @abstractmethod