diff --git a/server/src/queries/person.repository.sql b/server/src/queries/person.repository.sql
index ad94fb774e..c77d9835fa 100644
--- a/server/src/queries/person.repository.sql
+++ b/server/src/queries/person.repository.sql
@@ -222,6 +222,21 @@ where
   "person"."ownerId" = $3
   and "asset_faces"."deletedAt" is null
 
+-- PersonRepository.refreshFaces
+with
+  "added_embeddings" as (
+    insert into
+      "face_search" ("faceId", "embedding")
+    values
+      ($1, $2)
+  )
+select
+from
+  (
+    select
+      1
+  ) as "dummy"
+
 -- PersonRepository.getFacesByIds
 select
   "asset_faces".*,
diff --git a/server/src/repositories/database.repository.ts b/server/src/repositories/database.repository.ts
index 8a2b105ac6..afb5241e96 100644
--- a/server/src/repositories/database.repository.ts
+++ b/server/src/repositories/database.repository.ts
@@ -115,10 +115,10 @@ export class DatabaseRepository {
   async createExtension(extension: DatabaseExtension): Promise<void> {
     await sql`CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS ${sql.raw(extension)} CASCADE`.execute(this.db);
     if (extension === DatabaseExtension.VECTORCHORD) {
-      const db = await this.getDatabaseName();
-      await sql`ALTER DATABASE ${sql.table(db)} SET vchordrq.prewarm_dim = '512,640,768,1024,1152,1536'`.execute(this.db);
+      const dbName = sql.table(await this.getDatabaseName());
+      await sql`ALTER DATABASE ${dbName} SET vchordrq.prewarm_dim = '512,640,768,1024,1152,1536'`.execute(this.db);
       await sql`SET vchordrq.prewarm_dim = '512,640,768,1024,1152,1536'`.execute(this.db);
-      await sql`ALTER DATABASE ${sql.table(db)} SET vchordrq.probes = 1`.execute(this.db);
+      await sql`ALTER DATABASE ${dbName} SET vchordrq.probes = 1`.execute(this.db);
       await sql`SET vchordrq.probes = 1`.execute(this.db);
     }
   }
diff --git a/server/src/repositories/person.repository.ts b/server/src/repositories/person.repository.ts
index 9433254135..789c47ccaf 100644
--- a/server/src/repositories/person.repository.ts
+++ b/server/src/repositories/person.repository.ts
@@ -400,6 +400,7 @@ export class PersonRepository {
     return results.map(({ id }) => id);
   }
 
+  @GenerateSql({ params: [[], [], [{ faceId: DummyValue.UUID, embedding: DummyValue.VECTOR }]] })
   async refreshFaces(
     facesToAdd: (Insertable<AssetFaces> & { assetId: string })[],
     faceIdsToRemove: string[],