diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/faces-page/person-side-panel.svelte b/web/src/lib/components/faces-page/person-side-panel.svelte
index 6a0d467124..d9530e6114 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/components/faces-page/person-side-panel.svelte
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/faces-page/person-side-panel.svelte
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <script lang="ts">
+  import OnEvents from '$lib/components/OnEvents.svelte';
   import { timeBeforeShowLoadingSpinner } from '$lib/constants';
   import { assetViewingStore } from '$lib/stores/asset-viewing.store';
   import { photoViewerImgElement } from '$lib/stores/assets-store.svelte';
   import { boundingBoxesArray } from '$lib/stores/people.store';
-  import { websocketEvents } from '$lib/stores/websocket';
   import { getPeopleThumbnailUrl, handlePromiseError } from '$lib/utils';
   import { handleError } from '$lib/utils/handle-error';
   import { zoomImageToBase64 } from '$lib/utils/people-utils';
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@
     isShowLoadingPeople = false;
   }
 
-  const onPersonThumbnail = (personId: string) => {
-    assetFaceGenerated.push(personId);
+  const onPersonThumbnailReady = ({ id }: { id: string }) => {
+    assetFaceGenerated.push(id);
     if (
       isEqual(assetFaceGenerated, peopleToCreate) &&
       loaderLoadingDoneTimeout &&
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@
 
   onMount(() => {
     handlePromiseError(loadPeople());
-    return websocketEvents.on('on_person_thumbnail', onPersonThumbnail);
   });
 
   const isEqual = (a: string[], b: string[]): boolean => {
@@ -184,6 +183,8 @@
   };
 </script>
 
+<OnEvents {onPersonThumbnailReady} />
+
 <section
   transition:fly={{ x: 360, duration: 100, easing: linear }}
   class="absolute top-0 h-full w-90 overflow-x-hidden p-2 dark:text-immich-dark-fg bg-light"
diff --git a/web/src/lib/managers/event-manager.svelte.ts b/web/src/lib/managers/event-manager.svelte.ts
index ac50763ba1..63d05d7241 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/managers/event-manager.svelte.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/managers/event-manager.svelte.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export type Events = {
   AlbumUserDelete: [{ albumId: string; userId: string }];
 
   PersonUpdate: [PersonResponseDto];
+  PersonThumbnailReady: [{ id: string }];
 
   BackupDeleteStatus: [{ filename: string; isDeleting: boolean }];
   BackupDeleted: [{ filename: string }];
diff --git a/web/src/lib/stores/websocket.ts b/web/src/lib/stores/websocket.ts
index 2b7d5ec80c..5e197fbb3f 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/stores/websocket.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/stores/websocket.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ websocket
   .on('on_new_release', (event) => eventManager.emit('ReleaseEvent', event))
   .on('on_session_delete', () => authManager.logout())
   .on('on_user_delete', (id) => eventManager.emit('UserAdminDeleted', { id }))
+  .on('on_person_thumbnail', (id) => eventManager.emit('PersonThumbnailReady', { id }))
   .on('on_notification', () => notificationManager.refresh())
   .on('connect_error', (e) => console.log('Websocket Connect Error', e));
 
diff --git a/web/src/routes/(user)/explore/+page.svelte b/web/src/routes/(user)/explore/+page.svelte
index 580d84e888..513d211a56 100644
--- a/web/src/routes/(user)/explore/+page.svelte
+++ b/web/src/routes/(user)/explore/+page.svelte
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 <script lang="ts">
   import ImageThumbnail from '$lib/components/assets/thumbnail/image-thumbnail.svelte';
   import UserPageLayout from '$lib/components/layouts/user-page-layout.svelte';
+  import OnEvents from '$lib/components/OnEvents.svelte';
   import EmptyPlaceholder from '$lib/components/shared-components/empty-placeholder.svelte';
   import SingleGridRow from '$lib/components/shared-components/single-grid-row.svelte';
   import { Route } from '$lib/route';
-  import { websocketEvents } from '$lib/stores/websocket';
   import { getAssetThumbnailUrl, getPeopleThumbnailUrl } from '$lib/utils';
   import { AssetMediaSize, type SearchExploreResponseDto } from '@immich/sdk';
   import { Icon } from '@immich/ui';
   import { mdiHeart } from '@mdi/js';
-  import { onMount } from 'svelte';
   import { t } from 'svelte-i18n';
   import type { PageData } from './$types';
 
@@ -29,17 +28,17 @@
 
   let hasPeople = $derived(data.response.total > 0);
 
-  onMount(() => {
-    return websocketEvents.on('on_person_thumbnail', (personId: string) => {
-      people.map((person) => {
-        if (person.id === personId) {
-          person.updatedAt = Date.now().toString();
-        }
-      });
-    });
-  });
+  const onPersonThumbnailReady = ({ id }: { id: string }) => {
+    for (const person of people) {
+      if (person.id === id) {
+        person.updatedAt = new Date().toISOString();
+      }
+    }
+  };
 </script>
 
+<OnEvents {onPersonThumbnailReady} />
+
 <UserPageLayout title={data.meta.title}>
   {#if hasPeople}
     <div class="mb-6 mt-2">