diff --git a/server/src/infra/repositories/smart-info.repository.ts b/server/src/infra/repositories/smart-info.repository.ts
index 600c780ea4..58d7e4c1e1 100644
--- a/server/src/infra/repositories/smart-info.repository.ts
+++ b/server/src/infra/repositories/smart-info.repository.ts
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export class SmartInfoRepository implements ISmartInfoRepository {
         .select('1 + (faces.embedding <=> :embedding)', 'distance')
         .innerJoin('faces.asset', 'asset')
         .where('asset.ownerId = :ownerId')
-        .orderBy(`faces.embedding <=> :embedding`)
+        .orderBy('1 + (faces.embedding <=> :embedding)')
         .setParameters({ ownerId, embedding: asVector(embedding) })
         .limit(numResults);
 
diff --git a/server/src/infra/sql/smart.info.repository.sql b/server/src/infra/sql/smart.info.repository.sql
index a3931441f3..50cbfa71fc 100644
--- a/server/src/infra/sql/smart.info.repository.sql
+++ b/server/src/infra/sql/smart.info.repository.sql
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ WITH
     WHERE
       "asset"."ownerId" = $2
     ORDER BY
-      "faces"."embedding" <= > $3 ASC
+      1 + ("faces"."embedding" <= > $3) ASC
     LIMIT
       100
   )