diff --git a/frigate/embeddings/maintainer.py b/frigate/embeddings/maintainer.py
index 1bc872736..2540db4f8 100644
--- a/frigate/embeddings/maintainer.py
+++ b/frigate/embeddings/maintainer.py
@@ -325,10 +325,15 @@ class EmbeddingMaintainer(threading.Thread):
         )
 
         if event.has_snapshot and source == "snapshot":
-            with open(
-                os.path.join(CLIPS_DIR, f"{event.camera}-{event.id}.jpg"),
-                "rb",
-            ) as image_file:
+            snapshot_file = os.path.join(CLIPS_DIR, f"{event.camera}-{event.id}.jpg")
+
+            if not os.path.isfile(snapshot_file):
+                logger.error(
+                    f"Cannot regenerate description for {event.id}, snapshot file not found: {snapshot_file}"
+                )
+                return
+
+            with open(snapshot_file, "rb") as image_file:
                 snapshot_image = image_file.read()
                 img = cv2.imdecode(
                     np.frombuffer(snapshot_image, dtype=np.int8), cv2.IMREAD_COLOR
diff --git a/frigate/genai/ollama.py b/frigate/genai/ollama.py
index e61441eba..e67d532f0 100644
--- a/frigate/genai/ollama.py
+++ b/frigate/genai/ollama.py
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ class OllamaClient(GenAIClient):
 
     def _send(self, prompt: str, images: list[bytes]) -> Optional[str]:
         """Submit a request to Ollama"""
+        if self.provider is None:
+            logger.warning(
+                "Ollama provider has not been initialized, a description will not be generated. Check your Ollama configuration."
+            )
+            return None
         try:
             result = self.provider.generate(
                 self.genai_config.model,