diff --git a/frigate/embeddings/maintainer.py b/frigate/embeddings/maintainer.py
index c6add4eb3..338c5a423 100644
--- a/frigate/embeddings/maintainer.py
+++ b/frigate/embeddings/maintainer.py
@@ -266,6 +266,21 @@ class EmbeddingMaintainer(threading.Thread):
                 "rb",
             ) as image_file:
                 snapshot_image = image_file.read()
+                img = cv2.imdecode(
+                    np.frombuffer(snapshot_image, dtype=np.int8), cv2.IMREAD_COLOR
+                )
+
+                # crop snapshot based on region before sending off to genai
+                height, width = img.shape[:2]
+                x1_rel, y1_rel, width_rel, height_rel = event.data["region"]
+
+                x1, y1 = int(x1_rel * width), int(y1_rel * height)
+                cropped_image = img[
+                    y1 : y1 + int(height_rel * height), x1 : x1 + int(width_rel * width)
+                ]
+
+                _, buffer = cv2.imencode(".jpg", cropped_image)
+                snapshot_image = buffer.tobytes()
 
         embed_image = (
             [snapshot_image]