diff --git a/server/src/app.module.ts b/server/src/app.module.ts
index 0096cc6c26761..2d6d7878dcd8a 100644
--- a/server/src/app.module.ts
+++ b/server/src/app.module.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import { IWorker } from 'src/constants';
 import { controllers } from 'src/controllers';
 import { entities } from 'src/entities';
 import { ImmichWorker } from 'src/enum';
-import { IEventRepository } from 'src/interfaces/event.interface';
 import { IJobRepository } from 'src/interfaces/job.interface';
 import { AuthGuard } from 'src/middleware/auth.guard';
 import { ErrorInterceptor } from 'src/middleware/error.interceptor';
@@ -22,9 +21,11 @@ import { GlobalExceptionFilter } from 'src/middleware/global-exception.filter';
 import { LoggingInterceptor } from 'src/middleware/logging.interceptor';
 import { providers, repositories } from 'src/repositories';
 import { ConfigRepository } from 'src/repositories/config.repository';
+import { EventRepository } from 'src/repositories/event.repository';
 import { LoggingRepository } from 'src/repositories/logging.repository';
 import { teardownTelemetry, TelemetryRepository } from 'src/repositories/telemetry.repository';
 import { services } from 'src/services';
+import { AuthService } from 'src/services/auth.service';
 import { CliService } from 'src/services/cli.service';
 import { DatabaseService } from 'src/services/database.service';
 
@@ -78,9 +79,10 @@ class BaseModule implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {
   constructor(
     @Inject(IWorker) private worker: ImmichWorker,
     logger: LoggingRepository,
-    @Inject(IEventRepository) private eventRepository: IEventRepository,
+    private eventRepository: EventRepository,
     @Inject(IJobRepository) private jobRepository: IJobRepository,
     private telemetryRepository: TelemetryRepository,
+    private authService: AuthService,
   ) {
     logger.setAppName(this.worker);
   }
@@ -93,6 +95,14 @@ class BaseModule implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {
       this.jobRepository.startWorkers();
     }
 
+    this.eventRepository.setAuthFn(async (client) =>
+      this.authService.authenticate({
+        headers: client.request.headers,
+        queryParams: {},
+        metadata: { adminRoute: false, sharedLinkRoute: false, uri: '/api/socket.io' },
+      }),
+    );
+
     this.eventRepository.setup({ services });
     await this.eventRepository.emit('app.bootstrap');
   }
diff --git a/server/src/decorators.ts b/server/src/decorators.ts
index bb037ee097a80..7aab2e248aca1 100644
--- a/server/src/decorators.ts
+++ b/server/src/decorators.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ import { ApiExtension, ApiOperation, ApiProperty, ApiTags } from '@nestjs/swagge
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import { ADDED_IN_PREFIX, DEPRECATED_IN_PREFIX, LIFECYCLE_EXTENSION } from 'src/constants';
 import { ImmichWorker, MetadataKey } from 'src/enum';
-import { EmitEvent } from 'src/interfaces/event.interface';
 import { JobName, QueueName } from 'src/interfaces/job.interface';
+import { EmitEvent } from 'src/repositories/event.repository';
 import { setUnion } from 'src/utils/set';
 
 // PostgreSQL uses a 16-bit integer to indicate the number of bound parameters. This means that the
diff --git a/server/src/enum.ts b/server/src/enum.ts
index 332ae50ee8d0e..b887fbace3bb3 100644
--- a/server/src/enum.ts
+++ b/server/src/enum.ts
@@ -391,3 +391,10 @@ export enum DatabaseExtension {
   VECTOR = 'vector',
   VECTORS = 'vectors',
 }
+
+export enum BootstrapEventPriority {
+  // Database service should be initialized before anything else, most other services need database access
+  DatabaseService = -200,
+  // Initialise config after other bootstrap services, stop other services from using config on bootstrap
+  SystemConfig = 100,
+}
diff --git a/server/src/interfaces/event.interface.ts b/server/src/interfaces/event.interface.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a9e23cca0018..0000000000000
--- a/server/src/interfaces/event.interface.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,114 +0,0 @@
-import { ClassConstructor } from 'class-transformer';
-import { SystemConfig } from 'src/config';
-import { AssetResponseDto } from 'src/dtos/asset-response.dto';
-import { ReleaseNotification, ServerVersionResponseDto } from 'src/dtos/server.dto';
-import { JobItem, QueueName } from 'src/interfaces/job.interface';
-
-export const IEventRepository = 'IEventRepository';
-
-type EventMap = {
-  // app events
-  'app.bootstrap': [];
-  'app.shutdown': [];
-
-  'config.init': [{ newConfig: SystemConfig }];
-  // config events
-  'config.update': [
-    {
-      newConfig: SystemConfig;
-      oldConfig: SystemConfig;
-    },
-  ];
-  'config.validate': [{ newConfig: SystemConfig; oldConfig: SystemConfig }];
-
-  // album events
-  'album.update': [{ id: string; recipientIds: string[] }];
-  'album.invite': [{ id: string; userId: string }];
-
-  // asset events
-  'asset.tag': [{ assetId: string }];
-  'asset.untag': [{ assetId: string }];
-  'asset.hide': [{ assetId: string; userId: string }];
-  'asset.show': [{ assetId: string; userId: string }];
-  'asset.trash': [{ assetId: string; userId: string }];
-  'asset.delete': [{ assetId: string; userId: string }];
-
-  // asset bulk events
-  'assets.trash': [{ assetIds: string[]; userId: string }];
-  'assets.delete': [{ assetIds: string[]; userId: string }];
-  'assets.restore': [{ assetIds: string[]; userId: string }];
-
-  'job.start': [QueueName, JobItem];
-
-  // session events
-  'session.delete': [{ sessionId: string }];
-
-  // stack events
-  'stack.create': [{ stackId: string; userId: string }];
-  'stack.update': [{ stackId: string; userId: string }];
-  'stack.delete': [{ stackId: string; userId: string }];
-
-  // stack bulk events
-  'stacks.delete': [{ stackIds: string[]; userId: string }];
-
-  // user events
-  'user.signup': [{ notify: boolean; id: string; tempPassword?: string }];
-
-  // websocket events
-  'websocket.connect': [{ userId: string }];
-};
-
-export const serverEvents = ['config.update'] as const;
-export type ServerEvents = (typeof serverEvents)[number];
-
-export type EmitEvent = keyof EventMap;
-export type EmitHandler<T extends EmitEvent> = (...args: ArgsOf<T>) => Promise<void> | void;
-export type ArgOf<T extends EmitEvent> = EventMap[T][0];
-export type ArgsOf<T extends EmitEvent> = EventMap[T];
-
-export interface ClientEventMap {
-  on_upload_success: [AssetResponseDto];
-  on_user_delete: [string];
-  on_asset_delete: [string];
-  on_asset_trash: [string[]];
-  on_asset_update: [AssetResponseDto];
-  on_asset_hidden: [string];
-  on_asset_restore: [string[]];
-  on_asset_stack_update: string[];
-  on_person_thumbnail: [string];
-  on_server_version: [ServerVersionResponseDto];
-  on_config_update: [];
-  on_new_release: [ReleaseNotification];
-  on_session_delete: [string];
-}
-
-export type EventItem<T extends EmitEvent> = {
-  event: T;
-  handler: EmitHandler<T>;
-  server: boolean;
-};
-
-export enum BootstrapEventPriority {
-  // Database service should be initialized before anything else, most other services need database access
-  DatabaseService = -200,
-  // Initialise config after other bootstrap services, stop other services from using config on bootstrap
-  SystemConfig = 100,
-}
-
-export interface IEventRepository {
-  setup(options: { services: ClassConstructor<unknown>[] }): void;
-  emit<T extends keyof EventMap>(event: T, ...args: ArgsOf<T>): Promise<void>;
-
-  /**
-   * Send to connected clients for a specific user
-   */
-  clientSend<E extends keyof ClientEventMap>(event: E, room: string, ...data: ClientEventMap[E]): void;
-  /**
-   * Send to all connected clients
-   */
-  clientBroadcast<E extends keyof ClientEventMap>(event: E, ...data: ClientEventMap[E]): void;
-  /**
-   * Send to all connected servers
-   */
-  serverSend<T extends ServerEvents>(event: T, ...args: ArgsOf<T>): void;
-}
diff --git a/server/src/interfaces/machine-learning.interface.ts b/server/src/interfaces/machine-learning.interface.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 934091ef8e3ff..0000000000000
--- a/server/src/interfaces/machine-learning.interface.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-export const IMachineLearningRepository = 'IMachineLearningRepository';
-
-export interface BoundingBox {
-  x1: number;
-  y1: number;
-  x2: number;
-  y2: number;
-}
-
-export enum ModelTask {
-  FACIAL_RECOGNITION = 'facial-recognition',
-  SEARCH = 'clip',
-}
-
-export enum ModelType {
-  DETECTION = 'detection',
-  PIPELINE = 'pipeline',
-  RECOGNITION = 'recognition',
-  TEXTUAL = 'textual',
-  VISUAL = 'visual',
-}
-
-export type ModelPayload = { imagePath: string } | { text: string };
-
-type ModelOptions = { modelName: string };
-
-export type FaceDetectionOptions = ModelOptions & { minScore: number };
-
-type VisualResponse = { imageHeight: number; imageWidth: number };
-export type ClipVisualRequest = { [ModelTask.SEARCH]: { [ModelType.VISUAL]: ModelOptions } };
-export type ClipVisualResponse = { [ModelTask.SEARCH]: string } & VisualResponse;
-
-export type ClipTextualRequest = { [ModelTask.SEARCH]: { [ModelType.TEXTUAL]: ModelOptions } };
-export type ClipTextualResponse = { [ModelTask.SEARCH]: string };
-
-export type FacialRecognitionRequest = {
-  [ModelTask.FACIAL_RECOGNITION]: {
-    [ModelType.DETECTION]: ModelOptions & { options: { minScore: number } };
-    [ModelType.RECOGNITION]: ModelOptions;
-  };
-};
-
-export interface Face {
-  boundingBox: BoundingBox;
-  embedding: string;
-  score: number;
-}
-
-export type FacialRecognitionResponse = { [ModelTask.FACIAL_RECOGNITION]: Face[] } & VisualResponse;
-export type DetectedFaces = { faces: Face[] } & VisualResponse;
-export type MachineLearningRequest = ClipVisualRequest | ClipTextualRequest | FacialRecognitionRequest;
-
-export interface IMachineLearningRepository {
-  encodeImage(urls: string[], imagePath: string, config: ModelOptions): Promise<string>;
-  encodeText(urls: string[], text: string, config: ModelOptions): Promise<string>;
-  detectFaces(urls: string[], imagePath: string, config: FaceDetectionOptions): Promise<DetectedFaces>;
-}
diff --git a/server/src/repositories/event.repository.ts b/server/src/repositories/event.repository.ts
index a443e0ed83d47..671b86f99c680 100644
--- a/server/src/repositories/event.repository.ts
+++ b/server/src/repositories/event.repository.ts
@@ -10,21 +10,15 @@ import {
 import { ClassConstructor } from 'class-transformer';
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import { Server, Socket } from 'socket.io';
+import { SystemConfig } from 'src/config';
 import { EventConfig } from 'src/decorators';
+import { AssetResponseDto } from 'src/dtos/asset-response.dto';
+import { AuthDto } from 'src/dtos/auth.dto';
+import { ReleaseNotification, ServerVersionResponseDto } from 'src/dtos/server.dto';
 import { ImmichWorker, MetadataKey } from 'src/enum';
-import {
-  ArgsOf,
-  ClientEventMap,
-  EmitEvent,
-  EmitHandler,
-  EventItem,
-  IEventRepository,
-  serverEvents,
-  ServerEvents,
-} from 'src/interfaces/event.interface';
+import { JobItem, QueueName } from 'src/interfaces/job.interface';
 import { ConfigRepository } from 'src/repositories/config.repository';
 import { LoggingRepository } from 'src/repositories/logging.repository';
-import { AuthService } from 'src/services/auth.service';
 import { handlePromiseError } from 'src/utils/misc';
 
 type EmitHandlers = Partial<{ [T in EmitEvent]: Array<EventItem<T>> }>;
@@ -37,14 +31,99 @@ type Item<T extends EmitEvent> = {
   label: string;
 };
 
+type EventMap = {
+  // app events
+  'app.bootstrap': [];
+  'app.shutdown': [];
+
+  'config.init': [{ newConfig: SystemConfig }];
+  // config events
+  'config.update': [
+    {
+      newConfig: SystemConfig;
+      oldConfig: SystemConfig;
+    },
+  ];
+  'config.validate': [{ newConfig: SystemConfig; oldConfig: SystemConfig }];
+
+  // album events
+  'album.update': [{ id: string; recipientIds: string[] }];
+  'album.invite': [{ id: string; userId: string }];
+
+  // asset events
+  'asset.tag': [{ assetId: string }];
+  'asset.untag': [{ assetId: string }];
+  'asset.hide': [{ assetId: string; userId: string }];
+  'asset.show': [{ assetId: string; userId: string }];
+  'asset.trash': [{ assetId: string; userId: string }];
+  'asset.delete': [{ assetId: string; userId: string }];
+
+  // asset bulk events
+  'assets.trash': [{ assetIds: string[]; userId: string }];
+  'assets.delete': [{ assetIds: string[]; userId: string }];
+  'assets.restore': [{ assetIds: string[]; userId: string }];
+
+  'job.start': [QueueName, JobItem];
+
+  // session events
+  'session.delete': [{ sessionId: string }];
+
+  // stack events
+  'stack.create': [{ stackId: string; userId: string }];
+  'stack.update': [{ stackId: string; userId: string }];
+  'stack.delete': [{ stackId: string; userId: string }];
+
+  // stack bulk events
+  'stacks.delete': [{ stackIds: string[]; userId: string }];
+
+  // user events
+  'user.signup': [{ notify: boolean; id: string; tempPassword?: string }];
+
+  // websocket events
+  'websocket.connect': [{ userId: string }];
+};
+
+export const serverEvents = ['config.update'] as const;
+export type ServerEvents = (typeof serverEvents)[number];
+
+export type EmitEvent = keyof EventMap;
+export type EmitHandler<T extends EmitEvent> = (...args: ArgsOf<T>) => Promise<void> | void;
+export type ArgOf<T extends EmitEvent> = EventMap[T][0];
+export type ArgsOf<T extends EmitEvent> = EventMap[T];
+
+export interface ClientEventMap {
+  on_upload_success: [AssetResponseDto];
+  on_user_delete: [string];
+  on_asset_delete: [string];
+  on_asset_trash: [string[]];
+  on_asset_update: [AssetResponseDto];
+  on_asset_hidden: [string];
+  on_asset_restore: [string[]];
+  on_asset_stack_update: string[];
+  on_person_thumbnail: [string];
+  on_server_version: [ServerVersionResponseDto];
+  on_config_update: [];
+  on_new_release: [ReleaseNotification];
+  on_session_delete: [string];
+}
+
+export type EventItem<T extends EmitEvent> = {
+  event: T;
+  handler: EmitHandler<T>;
+  server: boolean;
+};
+
+export type AuthFn = (client: Socket) => Promise<AuthDto>;
+
 @WebSocketGateway({
   cors: true,
   path: '/api/socket.io',
   transports: ['websocket'],
 })
 @Injectable()
-export class EventRepository implements OnGatewayConnection, OnGatewayDisconnect, OnGatewayInit, IEventRepository {
+export class EventRepository implements OnGatewayConnection, OnGatewayDisconnect, OnGatewayInit {
   private emitHandlers: EmitHandlers = {};
+  private authFn?: AuthFn;
 
   @WebSocketServer()
   private server?: Server;
@@ -122,11 +201,7 @@ export class EventRepository implements OnGatewayConnection, OnGatewayDisconnect
   async handleConnection(client: Socket) {
     try {
       this.logger.log(`Websocket Connect:    ${client.id}`);
-      const auth = await this.moduleRef.get(AuthService).authenticate({
-        headers: client.request.headers,
-        queryParams: {},
-        metadata: { adminRoute: false, sharedLinkRoute: false, uri: '/api/socket.io' },
-      });
+      const auth = await this.authenticate(client);
       await client.join(auth.user.id);
       if (auth.session) {
         await client.join(auth.session.id);
@@ -182,4 +257,16 @@ export class EventRepository implements OnGatewayConnection, OnGatewayDisconnect
     this.logger.debug(`Server event: ${event} (send)`);
     this.server?.serverSideEmit(event, ...args);
   }
+
+  setAuthFn(fn: (client: Socket) => Promise<AuthDto>) {
+    this.authFn = fn;
+  }
+
+  private async authenticate(client: Socket) {
+    if (!this.authFn) {
+      throw new Error('Auth function not set');
+    }
+
+    return this.authFn(client);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/repositories/index.ts b/server/src/repositories/index.ts
index d9ef84fc06a7d..3c96f4c89127e 100644
--- a/server/src/repositories/index.ts
+++ b/server/src/repositories/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-import { IEventRepository } from 'src/interfaces/event.interface';
 import { IJobRepository } from 'src/interfaces/job.interface';
-import { IMachineLearningRepository } from 'src/interfaces/machine-learning.interface';
 import { AccessRepository } from 'src/repositories/access.repository';
 import { ActivityRepository } from 'src/repositories/activity.repository';
 import { AlbumUserRepository } from 'src/repositories/album-user.repository';
@@ -53,8 +51,10 @@ export const repositories = [
   CronRepository,
   CryptoRepository,
   DatabaseRepository,
+  EventRepository,
   LibraryRepository,
   LoggingRepository,
+  MachineLearningRepository,
   MapRepository,
   MediaRepository,
   MemoryRepository,
@@ -80,8 +80,4 @@ export const repositories = [
   VersionHistoryRepository,
 ];
 
-export const providers = [
-  { provide: IEventRepository, useClass: EventRepository },
-  { provide: IJobRepository, useClass: JobRepository },
-  { provide: IMachineLearningRepository, useClass: MachineLearningRepository },
-];
+export const providers = [{ provide: IJobRepository, useClass: JobRepository }];
diff --git a/server/src/repositories/job.repository.ts b/server/src/repositories/job.repository.ts
index 9a5bf20df6143..d6693f67f3256 100644
--- a/server/src/repositories/job.repository.ts
+++ b/server/src/repositories/job.repository.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import { getQueueToken } from '@nestjs/bullmq';
-import { Inject, Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { ModuleRef, Reflector } from '@nestjs/core';
 import { JobsOptions, Queue, Worker } from 'bullmq';
 import { ClassConstructor } from 'class-transformer';
 import { setTimeout } from 'node:timers/promises';
 import { JobConfig } from 'src/decorators';
 import { MetadataKey } from 'src/enum';
-import { IEventRepository } from 'src/interfaces/event.interface';
 import {
   IEntityJob,
   IJobRepository,
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@ import {
   QueueStatus,
 } from 'src/interfaces/job.interface';
 import { ConfigRepository } from 'src/repositories/config.repository';
+import { EventRepository } from 'src/repositories/event.repository';
 import { LoggingRepository } from 'src/repositories/logging.repository';
 import { getKeyByValue, getMethodNames, ImmichStartupError } from 'src/utils/misc';
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export class JobRepository implements IJobRepository {
   constructor(
     private moduleRef: ModuleRef,
     private configRepository: ConfigRepository,
-    @Inject(IEventRepository) private eventRepository: IEventRepository,
+    private eventRepository: EventRepository,
     private logger: LoggingRepository,
   ) {
     this.logger.setContext(JobRepository.name);
diff --git a/server/src/repositories/machine-learning.repository.ts b/server/src/repositories/machine-learning.repository.ts
index 6266314bfd8ab..8145bf315464e 100644
--- a/server/src/repositories/machine-learning.repository.ts
+++ b/server/src/repositories/machine-learning.repository.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,60 @@
 import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import { CLIPConfig } from 'src/dtos/model-config.dto';
-import {
-  ClipTextualResponse,
-  ClipVisualResponse,
-  FaceDetectionOptions,
-  FacialRecognitionResponse,
-  IMachineLearningRepository,
-  MachineLearningRequest,
-  ModelPayload,
-  ModelTask,
-  ModelType,
-} from 'src/interfaces/machine-learning.interface';
 import { LoggingRepository } from 'src/repositories/logging.repository';
 
+export interface BoundingBox {
+  x1: number;
+  y1: number;
+  x2: number;
+  y2: number;
+}
+
+export enum ModelTask {
+  FACIAL_RECOGNITION = 'facial-recognition',
+  SEARCH = 'clip',
+}
+
+export enum ModelType {
+  DETECTION = 'detection',
+  PIPELINE = 'pipeline',
+  RECOGNITION = 'recognition',
+  TEXTUAL = 'textual',
+  VISUAL = 'visual',
+}
+
+export type ModelPayload = { imagePath: string } | { text: string };
+
+type ModelOptions = { modelName: string };
+
+export type FaceDetectionOptions = ModelOptions & { minScore: number };
+
+type VisualResponse = { imageHeight: number; imageWidth: number };
+export type ClipVisualRequest = { [ModelTask.SEARCH]: { [ModelType.VISUAL]: ModelOptions } };
+export type ClipVisualResponse = { [ModelTask.SEARCH]: string } & VisualResponse;
+
+export type ClipTextualRequest = { [ModelTask.SEARCH]: { [ModelType.TEXTUAL]: ModelOptions } };
+export type ClipTextualResponse = { [ModelTask.SEARCH]: string };
+
+export type FacialRecognitionRequest = {
+  [ModelTask.FACIAL_RECOGNITION]: {
+    [ModelType.DETECTION]: ModelOptions & { options: { minScore: number } };
+    [ModelType.RECOGNITION]: ModelOptions;
+  };
+};
+
+export interface Face {
+  boundingBox: BoundingBox;
+  embedding: string;
+  score: number;
+}
+
+export type FacialRecognitionResponse = { [ModelTask.FACIAL_RECOGNITION]: Face[] } & VisualResponse;
+export type DetectedFaces = { faces: Face[] } & VisualResponse;
+export type MachineLearningRequest = ClipVisualRequest | ClipTextualRequest | FacialRecognitionRequest;
+
 @Injectable()
-export class MachineLearningRepository implements IMachineLearningRepository {
+export class MachineLearningRepository {
   constructor(private logger: LoggingRepository) {
     this.logger.setContext(MachineLearningRepository.name);
   }
diff --git a/server/src/services/backup.service.ts b/server/src/services/backup.service.ts
index d0a8ce69b674a..dee8113792f5a 100644
--- a/server/src/services/backup.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/backup.service.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import semver from 'semver';
 import { StorageCore } from 'src/cores/storage.core';
 import { OnEvent, OnJob } from 'src/decorators';
 import { ImmichWorker, StorageFolder } from 'src/enum';
-import { ArgOf } from 'src/interfaces/event.interface';
 import { JobName, JobStatus, QueueName } from 'src/interfaces/job.interface';
 import { DatabaseLock } from 'src/repositories/database.repository';
+import { ArgOf } from 'src/repositories/event.repository';
 import { BaseService } from 'src/services/base.service';
 import { handlePromiseError } from 'src/utils/misc';
 
diff --git a/server/src/services/base.service.ts b/server/src/services/base.service.ts
index d0f00bd2ab367..259248e49b6f9 100644
--- a/server/src/services/base.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/base.service.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ import { SALT_ROUNDS } from 'src/constants';
 import { StorageCore } from 'src/cores/storage.core';
 import { Users } from 'src/db';
 import { UserEntity } from 'src/entities/user.entity';
-import { IEventRepository } from 'src/interfaces/event.interface';
 import { IJobRepository } from 'src/interfaces/job.interface';
-import { IMachineLearningRepository } from 'src/interfaces/machine-learning.interface';
 import { AccessRepository } from 'src/repositories/access.repository';
 import { ActivityRepository } from 'src/repositories/activity.repository';
 import { AlbumUserRepository } from 'src/repositories/album-user.repository';
@@ -20,8 +18,10 @@ import { ConfigRepository } from 'src/repositories/config.repository';
 import { CronRepository } from 'src/repositories/cron.repository';
 import { CryptoRepository } from 'src/repositories/crypto.repository';
 import { DatabaseRepository } from 'src/repositories/database.repository';
+import { EventRepository } from 'src/repositories/event.repository';
 import { LibraryRepository } from 'src/repositories/library.repository';
 import { LoggingRepository } from 'src/repositories/logging.repository';
+import { MachineLearningRepository } from 'src/repositories/machine-learning.repository';
 import { MapRepository } from 'src/repositories/map.repository';
 import { MediaRepository } from 'src/repositories/media.repository';
 import { MemoryRepository } from 'src/repositories/memory.repository';
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ export class BaseService {
     protected cronRepository: CronRepository,
     protected cryptoRepository: CryptoRepository,
     protected databaseRepository: DatabaseRepository,
-    @Inject(IEventRepository) protected eventRepository: IEventRepository,
+    protected eventRepository: EventRepository,
     @Inject(IJobRepository) protected jobRepository: IJobRepository,
     protected keyRepository: ApiKeyRepository,
     protected libraryRepository: LibraryRepository,
-    @Inject(IMachineLearningRepository) protected machineLearningRepository: IMachineLearningRepository,
+    protected machineLearningRepository: MachineLearningRepository,
     protected mapRepository: MapRepository,
     protected mediaRepository: MediaRepository,
     protected memoryRepository: MemoryRepository,
diff --git a/server/src/services/database.service.ts b/server/src/services/database.service.ts
index eabb0b0091c8f..249b47c99cffb 100644
--- a/server/src/services/database.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/database.service.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { Duration } from 'luxon';
 import semver from 'semver';
 import { OnEvent } from 'src/decorators';
-import { DatabaseExtension } from 'src/enum';
-import { BootstrapEventPriority } from 'src/interfaces/event.interface';
+import { BootstrapEventPriority, DatabaseExtension } from 'src/enum';
 import { DatabaseLock, EXTENSION_NAMES, VectorExtension, VectorIndex } from 'src/repositories/database.repository';
 import { BaseService } from 'src/services/base.service';
 
diff --git a/server/src/services/job.service.ts b/server/src/services/job.service.ts
index c8ac8fc6bfb46..00d9a398fdc9c 100644
--- a/server/src/services/job.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/job.service.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { OnEvent } from 'src/decorators';
 import { mapAsset } from 'src/dtos/asset-response.dto';
 import { AllJobStatusResponseDto, JobCommandDto, JobCreateDto, JobStatusDto } from 'src/dtos/job.dto';
 import { AssetType, ImmichWorker, ManualJobName } from 'src/enum';
-import { ArgOf, ArgsOf } from 'src/interfaces/event.interface';
 import {
   ConcurrentQueueName,
   JobCommand,
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   QueueCleanType,
   QueueName,
 } from 'src/interfaces/job.interface';
+import { ArgOf, ArgsOf } from 'src/repositories/event.repository';
 import { BaseService } from 'src/services/base.service';
 
 const asJobItem = (dto: JobCreateDto): JobItem => {
diff --git a/server/src/services/library.service.ts b/server/src/services/library.service.ts
index 5235b786e916d..fb748276565c6 100644
--- a/server/src/services/library.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/library.service.ts
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ import {
 import { AssetEntity } from 'src/entities/asset.entity';
 import { LibraryEntity } from 'src/entities/library.entity';
 import { AssetType, ImmichWorker } from 'src/enum';
-import { ArgOf } from 'src/interfaces/event.interface';
 import { JobName, JobOf, JOBS_LIBRARY_PAGINATION_SIZE, JobStatus, QueueName } from 'src/interfaces/job.interface';
 import { DatabaseLock } from 'src/repositories/database.repository';
+import { ArgOf } from 'src/repositories/event.repository';
 import { BaseService } from 'src/services/base.service';
 import { mimeTypes } from 'src/utils/mime-types';
 import { handlePromiseError } from 'src/utils/misc';
diff --git a/server/src/services/metadata.service.ts b/server/src/services/metadata.service.ts
index 53110a20e0160..33db5d3149450 100644
--- a/server/src/services/metadata.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/metadata.service.ts
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ import { AssetFaceEntity } from 'src/entities/asset-face.entity';
 import { AssetEntity } from 'src/entities/asset.entity';
 import { PersonEntity } from 'src/entities/person.entity';
 import { AssetType, ExifOrientation, ImmichWorker, SourceType } from 'src/enum';
-import { ArgOf } from 'src/interfaces/event.interface';
 import { JobName, JobOf, JOBS_ASSET_PAGINATION_SIZE, JobStatus, QueueName } from 'src/interfaces/job.interface';
 import { WithoutProperty } from 'src/repositories/asset.repository';
 import { DatabaseLock } from 'src/repositories/database.repository';
+import { ArgOf } from 'src/repositories/event.repository';
 import { ReverseGeocodeResult } from 'src/repositories/map.repository';
 import { ImmichTags } from 'src/repositories/metadata.repository';
 import { BaseService } from 'src/services/base.service';
diff --git a/server/src/services/notification.service.ts b/server/src/services/notification.service.ts
index 85f72443d4baa..f9a2194088651 100644
--- a/server/src/services/notification.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/notification.service.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { BadRequestException, Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { OnEvent, OnJob } from 'src/decorators';
 import { SystemConfigSmtpDto } from 'src/dtos/system-config.dto';
 import { AlbumEntity } from 'src/entities/album.entity';
-import { ArgOf } from 'src/interfaces/event.interface';
 import {
   IEntityJob,
   INotifyAlbumUpdateJob,
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   JobStatus,
   QueueName,
 } from 'src/interfaces/job.interface';
+import { ArgOf } from 'src/repositories/event.repository';
 import { EmailImageAttachment, EmailTemplate } from 'src/repositories/notification.repository';
 import { BaseService } from 'src/services/base.service';
 import { getAssetFiles } from 'src/utils/asset.util';
diff --git a/server/src/services/person.service.spec.ts b/server/src/services/person.service.spec.ts
index ec2417c793b58..8e1cff302fdc9 100644
--- a/server/src/services/person.service.spec.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/person.service.spec.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import { mapFaces, mapPerson, PersonResponseDto } from 'src/dtos/person.dto';
 import { AssetFaceEntity } from 'src/entities/asset-face.entity';
 import { CacheControl, Colorspace, ImageFormat, SourceType, SystemMetadataKey } from 'src/enum';
 import { JobName, JobStatus } from 'src/interfaces/job.interface';
-import { DetectedFaces } from 'src/interfaces/machine-learning.interface';
 import { WithoutProperty } from 'src/repositories/asset.repository';
+import { DetectedFaces } from 'src/repositories/machine-learning.repository';
 import { FaceSearchResult } from 'src/repositories/search.repository';
 import { PersonService } from 'src/services/person.service';
 import { ImmichFileResponse } from 'src/utils/file';
diff --git a/server/src/services/person.service.ts b/server/src/services/person.service.ts
index 2ae703afb3770..e9933b421cb16 100644
--- a/server/src/services/person.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/person.service.ts
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ import {
   JobStatus,
   QueueName,
 } from 'src/interfaces/job.interface';
-import { BoundingBox } from 'src/interfaces/machine-learning.interface';
 import { WithoutProperty } from 'src/repositories/asset.repository';
+import { BoundingBox } from 'src/repositories/machine-learning.repository';
 import { UpdateFacesData } from 'src/repositories/person.repository';
 import { BaseService } from 'src/services/base.service';
 import { CropOptions, ImageDimensions, InputDimensions } from 'src/types';
diff --git a/server/src/services/smart-info.service.ts b/server/src/services/smart-info.service.ts
index ebf9e1d28794b..0a03c27a55949 100644
--- a/server/src/services/smart-info.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/smart-info.service.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { SystemConfig } from 'src/config';
 import { OnEvent, OnJob } from 'src/decorators';
 import { ImmichWorker } from 'src/enum';
-import { ArgOf } from 'src/interfaces/event.interface';
 import { JOBS_ASSET_PAGINATION_SIZE, JobName, JobOf, JobStatus, QueueName } from 'src/interfaces/job.interface';
 import { WithoutProperty } from 'src/repositories/asset.repository';
 import { DatabaseLock } from 'src/repositories/database.repository';
+import { ArgOf } from 'src/repositories/event.repository';
 import { BaseService } from 'src/services/base.service';
 import { getAssetFiles } from 'src/utils/asset.util';
 import { getCLIPModelInfo, isSmartSearchEnabled } from 'src/utils/misc';
diff --git a/server/src/services/storage-template.service.ts b/server/src/services/storage-template.service.ts
index 6b0409de1de95..6fd139c10d1e4 100644
--- a/server/src/services/storage-template.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/storage-template.service.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ import { OnEvent, OnJob } from 'src/decorators';
 import { SystemConfigTemplateStorageOptionDto } from 'src/dtos/system-config.dto';
 import { AssetEntity } from 'src/entities/asset.entity';
 import { AssetPathType, AssetType, StorageFolder } from 'src/enum';
-import { ArgOf } from 'src/interfaces/event.interface';
 import { JobName, JobOf, JOBS_ASSET_PAGINATION_SIZE, JobStatus, QueueName } from 'src/interfaces/job.interface';
 import { DatabaseLock } from 'src/repositories/database.repository';
+import { ArgOf } from 'src/repositories/event.repository';
 import { BaseService } from 'src/services/base.service';
 import { getLivePhotoMotionFilename } from 'src/utils/file';
 import { usePagination } from 'src/utils/pagination';
diff --git a/server/src/services/system-config.service.ts b/server/src/services/system-config.service.ts
index b5ae42e0989d1..cc32ef0c341d6 100644
--- a/server/src/services/system-config.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/system-config.service.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ import _ from 'lodash';
 import { defaults } from 'src/config';
 import { OnEvent } from 'src/decorators';
 import { SystemConfigDto, mapConfig } from 'src/dtos/system-config.dto';
-import { ArgOf, BootstrapEventPriority } from 'src/interfaces/event.interface';
+import { BootstrapEventPriority } from 'src/enum';
+import { ArgOf } from 'src/repositories/event.repository';
 import { BaseService } from 'src/services/base.service';
 import { clearConfigCache } from 'src/utils/config';
 import { toPlainObject } from 'src/utils/object';
diff --git a/server/src/services/version.service.ts b/server/src/services/version.service.ts
index ee36d30041844..9679ac4b4b6c0 100644
--- a/server/src/services/version.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/version.service.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ import { OnEvent, OnJob } from 'src/decorators';
 import { ReleaseNotification, ServerVersionResponseDto } from 'src/dtos/server.dto';
 import { VersionCheckMetadata } from 'src/entities/system-metadata.entity';
 import { ImmichEnvironment, SystemMetadataKey } from 'src/enum';
-import { ArgOf } from 'src/interfaces/event.interface';
 import { JobName, JobStatus, QueueName } from 'src/interfaces/job.interface';
 import { DatabaseLock } from 'src/repositories/database.repository';
+import { ArgOf } from 'src/repositories/event.repository';
 import { BaseService } from 'src/services/base.service';
 
 const asNotification = ({ checkedAt, releaseVersion }: VersionCheckMetadata): ReleaseNotification => {
diff --git a/server/src/utils/asset.util.ts b/server/src/utils/asset.util.ts
index 703fe2c3d76c5..5183bb2164e50 100644
--- a/server/src/utils/asset.util.ts
+++ b/server/src/utils/asset.util.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ import { UploadFieldName } from 'src/dtos/asset-media.dto';
 import { AuthDto } from 'src/dtos/auth.dto';
 import { AssetFileEntity } from 'src/entities/asset-files.entity';
 import { AssetFileType, AssetType, Permission } from 'src/enum';
-import { IEventRepository } from 'src/interfaces/event.interface';
 import { AuthRequest } from 'src/middleware/auth.guard';
 import { ImmichFile } from 'src/middleware/file-upload.interceptor';
 import { AccessRepository } from 'src/repositories/access.repository';
 import { AssetRepository } from 'src/repositories/asset.repository';
+import { EventRepository } from 'src/repositories/event.repository';
 import { PartnerRepository } from 'src/repositories/partner.repository';
 import { UploadFile } from 'src/services/asset-media.service';
 import { checkAccess } from 'src/utils/access';
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ export const getMyPartnerIds = async ({ userId, repository, timelineEnabled }: P
   return [...partnerIds];
 };
 
-export type AssetHookRepositories = { asset: AssetRepository; event: IEventRepository };
+export type AssetHookRepositories = { asset: AssetRepository; event: EventRepository };
 
 export const onBeforeLink = async (
   { asset: assetRepository, event: eventRepository }: AssetHookRepositories,
diff --git a/server/test/repositories/event.repository.mock.ts b/server/test/repositories/event.repository.mock.ts
index a425ddef3a7bc..a253e93671d6a 100644
--- a/server/test/repositories/event.repository.mock.ts
+++ b/server/test/repositories/event.repository.mock.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
-import { IEventRepository } from 'src/interfaces/event.interface';
+import { EventRepository } from 'src/repositories/event.repository';
+import { RepositoryInterface } from 'src/types';
 import { Mocked, vitest } from 'vitest';
 
-export const newEventRepositoryMock = (): Mocked<IEventRepository> => {
+export const newEventRepositoryMock = (): Mocked<RepositoryInterface<EventRepository>> => {
   return {
     setup: vitest.fn(),
     emit: vitest.fn() as any,
     clientSend: vitest.fn() as any,
     clientBroadcast: vitest.fn() as any,
     serverSend: vitest.fn(),
+    afterInit: vitest.fn(),
+    handleConnection: vitest.fn(),
+    handleDisconnect: vitest.fn(),
+    setAuthFn: vitest.fn(),
   };
 };
diff --git a/server/test/repositories/machine-learning.repository.mock.ts b/server/test/repositories/machine-learning.repository.mock.ts
index 9dd1bdca29736..229e8f92eca19 100644
--- a/server/test/repositories/machine-learning.repository.mock.ts
+++ b/server/test/repositories/machine-learning.repository.mock.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-import { IMachineLearningRepository } from 'src/interfaces/machine-learning.interface';
+import { MachineLearningRepository } from 'src/repositories/machine-learning.repository';
+import { RepositoryInterface } from 'src/types';
 import { Mocked, vitest } from 'vitest';
 
-export const newMachineLearningRepositoryMock = (): Mocked<IMachineLearningRepository> => {
+export const newMachineLearningRepositoryMock = (): Mocked<RepositoryInterface<MachineLearningRepository>> => {
   return {
     encodeImage: vitest.fn(),
     encodeText: vitest.fn(),
diff --git a/server/test/utils.ts b/server/test/utils.ts
index 9816266a210f6..fbff7ba00ddad 100644
--- a/server/test/utils.ts
+++ b/server/test/utils.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ import { ChildProcessWithoutNullStreams } from 'node:child_process';
 import { Writable } from 'node:stream';
 import { PNG } from 'pngjs';
 import { ImmichWorker } from 'src/enum';
-import { IEventRepository } from 'src/interfaces/event.interface';
-import { IMachineLearningRepository } from 'src/interfaces/machine-learning.interface';
 import { AccessRepository } from 'src/repositories/access.repository';
 import { ActivityRepository } from 'src/repositories/activity.repository';
 import { AlbumUserRepository } from 'src/repositories/album-user.repository';
@@ -15,9 +13,11 @@ import { ConfigRepository } from 'src/repositories/config.repository';
 import { CronRepository } from 'src/repositories/cron.repository';
 import { CryptoRepository } from 'src/repositories/crypto.repository';
 import { DatabaseRepository } from 'src/repositories/database.repository';
+import { EventRepository } from 'src/repositories/event.repository';
 import { JobRepository } from 'src/repositories/job.repository';
 import { LibraryRepository } from 'src/repositories/library.repository';
 import { LoggingRepository } from 'src/repositories/logging.repository';
+import { MachineLearningRepository } from 'src/repositories/machine-learning.repository';
 import { MapRepository } from 'src/repositories/map.repository';
 import { MediaRepository } from 'src/repositories/media.repository';
 import { MemoryRepository } from 'src/repositories/memory.repository';
@@ -108,11 +108,11 @@ export type ServiceMocks = {
   cron: Mocked<RepositoryInterface<CronRepository>>;
   crypto: Mocked<RepositoryInterface<CryptoRepository>>;
   database: Mocked<RepositoryInterface<DatabaseRepository>>;
-  event: Mocked<IEventRepository>;
+  event: Mocked<RepositoryInterface<EventRepository>>;
   job: Mocked<RepositoryInterface<JobRepository>>;
   library: Mocked<RepositoryInterface<LibraryRepository>>;
   logger: Mocked<ILoggingRepository>;
-  machineLearning: Mocked<IMachineLearningRepository>;
+  machineLearning: Mocked<RepositoryInterface<MachineLearningRepository>>;
   map: Mocked<RepositoryInterface<MapRepository>>;
   media: Mocked<RepositoryInterface<MediaRepository>>;
   memory: Mocked<RepositoryInterface<MemoryRepository>>;
@@ -198,11 +198,11 @@ export const newTestService = <T extends BaseService>(
     cronMock as RepositoryInterface<CronRepository> as CronRepository,
     cryptoMock as RepositoryInterface<CryptoRepository> as CryptoRepository,
     databaseMock as RepositoryInterface<DatabaseRepository> as DatabaseRepository,
-    eventMock,
+    eventMock as RepositoryInterface<EventRepository> as EventRepository,
     jobMock,
     apiKeyMock as RepositoryInterface<ApiKeyRepository> as ApiKeyRepository,
     libraryMock as RepositoryInterface<LibraryRepository> as LibraryRepository,
-    machineLearningMock,
+    machineLearningMock as RepositoryInterface<MachineLearningRepository> as MachineLearningRepository,
     mapMock as RepositoryInterface<MapRepository> as MapRepository,
     mediaMock as RepositoryInterface<MediaRepository> as MediaRepository,
     memoryMock as RepositoryInterface<MemoryRepository> as MemoryRepository,