diff --git a/api/src/db/schema/videos.ts b/api/src/db/schema/videos.ts
index 877f3c9d..a7c60d42 100644
--- a/api/src/db/schema/videos.ts
+++ b/api/src/db/schema/videos.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
 	uuid,
 	varchar,
 } from "drizzle-orm/pg-core";
+import type { Guess } from "~/models/video";
 import { entries } from "./entries";
 import { schema } from "./utils";
 
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ export const videos = schema.table(
 		rendering: text().notNull(),
 		part: integer(),
 		version: integer().notNull().default(1),
-		guess: jsonb().notNull().default({}),
+		guess: jsonb().$type<Guess>().notNull(),
 
 		createdAt: timestamp({ withTimezone: true, mode: "string" })
 			.notNull()
diff --git a/api/src/models/video.ts b/api/src/models/video.ts
index 6822cbb2..96da6f0f 100644
--- a/api/src/models/video.ts
+++ b/api/src/models/video.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,42 @@ import { type Prettify, comment } from "~/utils";
 import { bubbleVideo, registerExamples } from "./examples";
 import { DbMetadata, Resource } from "./utils";
 
+export const Guess = t.Recursive((Self) =>
+	t.Object(
+		{
+			title: t.String(),
+			year: t.Optional(t.Array(t.Integer(), { default: [] })),
+			season: t.Optional(t.Array(t.Integer(), { default: [] })),
+			episode: t.Optional(t.Array(t.Integer(), { default: [] })),
+			// TODO: maybe replace "extra" with the `extraKind` value (aka behind-the-scene, trailer, etc)
+			kind: t.Optional(t.UnionEnum(["episode", "movie", "extra"])),
+
+			from: t.String({
+				description: "Name of the tool that made the guess",
+			}),
+			history: t.Optional(
+				t.Array(t.Omit(Self, ["history"]), {
+					default: [],
+					description: comment`
+						When another tool refines the guess or a user manually edit it, the history of the guesses
+						are kept in this \`history\` value.
+					`,
+				}),
+			),
+		},
+		{
+			additionalProperties: true,
+			description: comment`
+				Metadata guessed from the filename. Kyoo can use those informations to bypass
+				the scanner/metadata fetching and just register videos to movies/entries that already
+				exists. If Kyoo can't find a matching movie/entry, this information will be sent to
+				the scanner.
+			`,
+		},
+	),
+);
+export type Guess = typeof Guess.static;
+
 export const SeedVideo = t.Object({
 	path: t.String(),
 	rendering: t.String({
@@ -29,42 +65,7 @@ export const SeedVideo = t.Object({
 			"Kyoo will prefer playing back the highest `version` number if there are multiples rendering.",
 	}),
 
-	guess: t.Optional(
-		t.Recursive((Self) =>
-			t.Object(
-				{
-					title: t.String(),
-					year: t.Optional(t.Array(t.Integer(), { default: [] })),
-					season: t.Optional(t.Array(t.Integer(), { default: [] })),
-					episode: t.Optional(t.Array(t.Integer(), { default: [] })),
-					// TODO: maybe replace "extra" with the `extraKind` value (aka behind-the-scene, trailer, etc)
-					kind: t.Optional(t.UnionEnum(["episode", "movie", "extra"])),
-
-					from: t.String({
-						description: "Name of the tool that made the guess",
-					}),
-					history: t.Optional(
-						t.Array(t.Omit(Self, ["history"]), {
-							default: [],
-							description: comment`
-								When another tool refines the guess or a user manually edit it, the history of the guesses
-								are kept in this \`history\` value.
-							`,
-						}),
-					),
-				},
-				{
-					additionalProperties: true,
-					description: comment`
-						Metadata guessed from the filename. Kyoo can use those informations to bypass
-						the scanner/metadata fetching and just register videos to movies/entries that already
-						exists. If Kyoo can't find a matching movie/entry, this information will be sent to
-						the scanner.
-					`,
-				},
-			),
-		),
-	),
+	guess: t.Optional(Guess),
 });
 export type SeedVideo = typeof SeedVideo.static;