diff --git a/apps/photos/src/services/embeddingService.ts b/apps/photos/src/services/embeddingService.ts
index a69f95ffa..dc06a26f4 100644
--- a/apps/photos/src/services/embeddingService.ts
+++ b/apps/photos/src/services/embeddingService.ts
@@ -28,12 +28,13 @@ const EMBEDDINGS_TABLE = 'embeddings_v2';
 const EMBEDDING_SYNC_TIME_TABLE = 'embedding_sync_time';
 
 export const getAllLocalEmbeddings = async () => {
-    const embeddings: Array<Embedding> =
-        (await localForage.getItem<Embedding[]>(EMBEDDINGS_TABLE)) ?? [];
+    const embeddings: Array<Embedding> = await localForage.getItem<Embedding[]>(
+        EMBEDDINGS_TABLE
+    );
     if (!embeddings) {
         await localForage.removeItem(EMBEDDINGS_TABLE_V1);
+        await localForage.removeItem(EMBEDDING_SYNC_TIME_TABLE);
         await localForage.setItem(EMBEDDINGS_TABLE, []);
-        await localForage.setItem(EMBEDDING_SYNC_TIME_TABLE, 0);
         return [];
     }
     return embeddings;