diff --git a/src/photo/db/query.ts b/src/photo/db/query.ts
index 07e73777..64f306d0 100644
--- a/src/photo/db/query.ts
+++ b/src/photo/db/query.ts
@@ -590,20 +590,18 @@ const outdatedWhereValues = [
   MAKE_FUJIFILM,
 ];
 
-const needsAiTextWhereClauses = (
-  AI_TEXT_GENERATION_ENABLED && 
-  AI_TEXT_AUTO_GENERATED_FIELDS.length
-)
-  ? AI_TEXT_AUTO_GENERATED_FIELDS
-    .map(field => {
-      switch (field) {
-      case 'title': return `(title <> '') IS NOT TRUE`;
-      case 'caption': return `(caption <> '') IS NOT TRUE`;
-      case 'tags': return `(tags IS NULL OR array_length(tags, 1) = 0)`;
-      case 'semantic': return `(semantic_description <> '') IS NOT TRUE`;
-      }
-    })
-  : [];
+const needsAiTextWhereClauses =
+  AI_TEXT_GENERATION_ENABLED
+    ? AI_TEXT_AUTO_GENERATED_FIELDS
+      .map(field => {
+        switch (field) {
+        case 'title': return `(title <> '') IS NOT TRUE`;
+        case 'caption': return `(caption <> '') IS NOT TRUE`;
+        case 'tags': return `(tags IS NULL OR array_length(tags, 1) = 0)`;
+        case 'semantic': return `(semantic_description <> '') IS NOT TRUE`;
+        }
+      })
+    : [];
 
 const needsSyncWhereStatement =
   `WHERE ${outdatedWhereClauses.concat(needsAiTextWhereClauses).join(' OR ')}`;
diff --git a/src/photo/sync.ts b/src/photo/sync.ts
index c1a4d910..d801c0ec 100644
--- a/src/photo/sync.ts
+++ b/src/photo/sync.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import { MAKE_FUJIFILM } from '@/platforms/fujifilm';
 import { Photo, PhotoDb } from '.';
-import { AI_TEXT_AUTO_GENERATED_FIELDS } from '@/app/config';
+import {
+  AI_TEXT_AUTO_GENERATED_FIELDS,
+  AI_TEXT_GENERATION_ENABLED,
+} from '@/app/config';
 import { AiAutoGeneratedField } from './ai';
 
 export interface PhotoSyncStatus {
@@ -26,18 +29,20 @@ const getMissingAiTextFields = ({
   tags,
   semanticDescription,
 }: PhotoDb | Photo): AiAutoGeneratedField[] =>
-  AI_TEXT_AUTO_GENERATED_FIELDS.reduce((fields, field) => {
-    switch (field) {
-    case 'title':
-      return !title ? [...fields, 'title'] : fields;
-    case 'caption':
-      return !caption ? [...fields, 'caption'] : fields;
-    case 'tags':
-      return (tags ?? []).length === 0 ? [...fields, 'tags'] : fields;
-    case 'semantic':
-      return !semanticDescription ? [...fields, 'semantic'] : fields;
-    }
-  }, [] as AiAutoGeneratedField[]);
+  AI_TEXT_GENERATION_ENABLED
+    ? AI_TEXT_AUTO_GENERATED_FIELDS.reduce((fields, field) => {
+      switch (field) {
+      case 'title':
+        return !title ? [...fields, 'title'] : fields;
+      case 'caption':
+        return !caption ? [...fields, 'caption'] : fields;
+      case 'tags':
+        return (tags ?? []).length === 0 ? [...fields, 'tags'] : fields;
+      case 'semantic':
+        return !semanticDescription ? [...fields, 'semantic'] : fields;
+      }
+    }, [] as AiAutoGeneratedField[])
+    : [];
 
 export const generatePhotoSyncStatus = (photo: PhotoDb): PhotoSyncStatus => ({
   isOutdated: isPhotoOutdated(photo),