diff --git a/frigate/events/cleanup.py b/frigate/events/cleanup.py
index 9442eabe9a..7d3e7c4561 100644
--- a/frigate/events/cleanup.py
+++ b/frigate/events/cleanup.py
@@ -229,8 +229,8 @@ def run(self) -> None:
                     Event.delete().where(Event.id << chunk).execute()
 
                     if self.config.semantic_search.enabled:
-                        self.db.delete_embeddings_description(event_ids=[chunk])
-                        self.db.delete_embeddings_thumbnail(event_ids=[chunk])
+                        self.db.delete_embeddings_description(event_ids=chunk)
+                        self.db.delete_embeddings_thumbnail(event_ids=chunk)
                         logger.debug(f"Deleted {len(events_to_delete)} embeddings")
 
         logger.info("Exiting event cleanup...")