diff --git a/server/src/entities/face-search.entity.ts b/server/src/entities/face-search.entity.ts
index e353260fe0..2887453862 100644
--- a/server/src/entities/face-search.entity.ts
+++ b/server/src/entities/face-search.entity.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export class FaceSearchEntity {
   @Column({
     type: 'float4',
     array: true,
-    transformer: { from: (v) => JSON.parse(v), to: (v) => `[${v}]` },
+    transformer: { from: JSON.parse, to: (v) => `[${v}]` },
   })
   embedding!: number[];
 }
diff --git a/server/src/entities/smart-search.entity.ts b/server/src/entities/smart-search.entity.ts
index da1e0e52f1..66017152ea 100644
--- a/server/src/entities/smart-search.entity.ts
+++ b/server/src/entities/smart-search.entity.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ export class SmartSearchEntity {
   assetId!: string;
 
   @Index('clip_index', { synchronize: false })
-  @Column({ type: 'float4', array: true, transformer: { from: (v) => JSON.parse(v), to: (v) => v } })
+  @Column({ type: 'float4', array: true, transformer: { from: JSON.parse, to: (v) => v } })
   embedding!: number[];
 }