diff --git a/server/src/interfaces/metadata.interface.ts b/server/src/interfaces/metadata.interface.ts
index daba4184e3..386f69a9e7 100644
--- a/server/src/interfaces/metadata.interface.ts
+++ b/server/src/interfaces/metadata.interface.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export interface ExifDuration {
   Scale?: number;
 }
 
-export interface ImmichTags extends Omit<Tags, 'FocalLength' | 'Duration'> {
+export interface ImmichTags extends Omit<Tags, 'FocalLength' | 'Duration' | 'Description' | 'ImageDescription'> {
   ContentIdentifier?: string;
   MotionPhoto?: number;
   MotionPhotoVersion?: number;
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ export interface ImmichTags extends Omit<Tags, 'FocalLength' | 'Duration'> {
   EmbeddedVideoType?: string;
   EmbeddedVideoFile?: BinaryField;
   MotionPhotoVideo?: BinaryField;
+
+  // Type is wrong, can also be number.
+  Description?: string | number;
+  ImageDescription?: string | number;
 }
 
 export interface IMetadataRepository {
diff --git a/server/src/services/metadata.service.spec.ts b/server/src/services/metadata.service.spec.ts
index e9d09e33aa..d1806a1f4c 100644
--- a/server/src/services/metadata.service.spec.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/metadata.service.spec.ts
@@ -753,6 +753,18 @@ describe(MetadataService.name, () => {
         }),
       );
     });
+
+    it('handles a numeric description', async () => {
+      assetMock.getByIds.mockResolvedValue([assetStub.image]);
+      metadataMock.readTags.mockResolvedValue({ Description: 1000 });
+
+      await sut.handleMetadataExtraction({ id: assetStub.image.id });
+      expect(assetMock.upsertExif).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          description: '1000',
+        }),
+      );
+    });
   });
 
   describe('handleQueueSidecar', () => {
diff --git a/server/src/services/metadata.service.ts b/server/src/services/metadata.service.ts
index aa29d47131..126a49ee6c 100644
--- a/server/src/services/metadata.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/metadata.service.ts
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ export class MetadataService implements OnEvents {
       bitsPerSample: this.getBitsPerSample(tags),
       colorspace: tags.ColorSpace ?? null,
       dateTimeOriginal: this.getDateTimeOriginal(tags) ?? asset.fileCreatedAt,
-      description: (tags.ImageDescription || tags.Description || '').trim(),
+      description: String(tags.ImageDescription || tags.Description || '').trim(),
       exifImageHeight: validate(tags.ImageHeight),
       exifImageWidth: validate(tags.ImageWidth),
       exposureTime: tags.ExposureTime ?? null,