From eb83f2ac47748ceb2b91950ad5dbbebe316223ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: FL42 <46161216+fl42@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2025 14:55:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Initialize GenAI client if GenAI is enabled globally
 (#18623)

---
 frigate/genai/__init__.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/frigate/genai/__init__.py b/frigate/genai/__init__.py
index 2c0aadbd9..28ea4af6e 100644
--- a/frigate/genai/__init__.py
+++ b/frigate/genai/__init__.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def get_genai_client(config: FrigateConfig) -> Optional[GenAIClient]:
         c for c in config.cameras.values() if c.enabled and c.genai.enabled
     ]
 
-    if genai_cameras:
+    if genai_cameras or genai_config.enabled:
         load_providers()
         provider = PROVIDERS.get(genai_config.provider)
         if provider: