diff --git a/web/src/lib/managers/timeline-manager/internal/search-support.svelte.ts b/web/src/lib/managers/timeline-manager/internal/search-support.svelte.ts
index f86e2c1501..50fbf0faab 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/managers/timeline-manager/internal/search-support.svelte.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/managers/timeline-manager/internal/search-support.svelte.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export async function getAssetWithOffset(
 
 export function findMonthGroupForAsset(timelineManager: TimelineManager, id: string) {
   for (const month of timelineManager.months) {
-    const asset = month.findAssetById({ id });
+    const asset = month.findAssetById(id);
     if (asset) {
       return { monthGroup: month, asset };
     }
diff --git a/web/src/lib/managers/timeline-manager/month-group.svelte.ts b/web/src/lib/managers/timeline-manager/month-group.svelte.ts
index f18a1e6413..f67dbc5b0d 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/managers/timeline-manager/month-group.svelte.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/managers/timeline-manager/month-group.svelte.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { get } from 'svelte/store';
 import { DayGroup } from './day-group.svelte';
 import { GroupInsertionCache } from './group-insertion-cache.svelte';
 import type { TimelineManager } from './timeline-manager.svelte';
-import type { AssetDescriptor, AssetOperation, Direction, MoveAsset, TimelineAsset } from './types';
+import type { AssetOperation, Direction, MoveAsset, TimelineAsset } from './types';
 import { ViewerAsset } from './viewer-asset.svelte';
 
 export class MonthGroup {
@@ -342,8 +342,12 @@ export class MonthGroup {
     }
   }
 
-  findAssetById(assetDescriptor: AssetDescriptor) {
-    return this.assetsIterator().find((asset) => asset.id === assetDescriptor.id);
+  findAssetById(id: string) {
+    for (const asset of this.assetsIterator()) {
+      if (asset.id === id) {
+        return asset;
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   findClosest(target: TimelinePlainDateTime) {
diff --git a/web/src/lib/managers/timeline-manager/timeline-manager.svelte.ts b/web/src/lib/managers/timeline-manager/timeline-manager.svelte.ts
index 8aacd0a90a..5785224230 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/managers/timeline-manager/timeline-manager.svelte.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/managers/timeline-manager/timeline-manager.svelte.ts
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ export class TimelineManager {
       return;
     }
     monthGroup = await this.#loadMonthGroupAtTime(asset.localDateTime, { cancelable: false });
-    if (monthGroup?.findAssetById({ id })) {
+    if (monthGroup?.findAssetById(id)) {
       return monthGroup;
     }
   }