diff --git a/e2e/src/api/specs/memory.e2e-spec.ts b/e2e/src/api/specs/memory.e2e-spec.ts
index a404da0ada..d91a570f77 100644
--- a/e2e/src/api/specs/memory.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/src/api/specs/memory.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -93,8 +93,6 @@ describe('/memories', () => {
         data: { year: 2021 },
         createdAt: expect.any(String),
         updatedAt: expect.any(String),
-        deletedAt: null,
-        seenAt: null,
         isSaved: false,
         memoryAt: expect.any(String),
         ownerId: user.userId,
diff --git a/server/src/dtos/memory.dto.ts b/server/src/dtos/memory.dto.ts
index 5d2e13a9ad..194bb8ac38 100644
--- a/server/src/dtos/memory.dto.ts
+++ b/server/src/dtos/memory.dto.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ import { ApiProperty } from '@nestjs/swagger';
 import { Type } from 'class-transformer';
 import { IsEnum, IsInt, IsObject, IsPositive, ValidateNested } from 'class-validator';
 import { AssetResponseDto, mapAsset } from 'src/dtos/asset-response.dto';
-import { MemoryEntity } from 'src/entities/memory.entity';
+import { AssetEntity } from 'src/entities/asset.entity';
 import { MemoryType } from 'src/enum';
+import { MemoryItem } from 'src/types';
 import { ValidateBoolean, ValidateDate, ValidateUUID } from 'src/validation';
 
 class MemoryBaseDto {
@@ -69,18 +70,18 @@ export class MemoryResponseDto {
   assets!: AssetResponseDto[];
 }
 
-export const mapMemory = (entity: MemoryEntity): MemoryResponseDto => {
+export const mapMemory = (entity: MemoryItem): MemoryResponseDto => {
   return {
     id: entity.id,
     createdAt: entity.createdAt,
     updatedAt: entity.updatedAt,
-    deletedAt: entity.deletedAt,
+    deletedAt: entity.deletedAt ?? undefined,
     memoryAt: entity.memoryAt,
-    seenAt: entity.seenAt,
+    seenAt: entity.seenAt ?? undefined,
     ownerId: entity.ownerId,
-    type: entity.type,
-    data: entity.data,
+    type: entity.type as MemoryType,
+    data: entity.data as unknown as MemoryData,
     isSaved: entity.isSaved,
-    assets: entity.assets.map((asset) => mapAsset(asset)),
+    assets: ('assets' in entity ? entity.assets : []).map((asset) => mapAsset(asset as AssetEntity)),
   };
 };
diff --git a/server/src/interfaces/memory.interface.ts b/server/src/interfaces/memory.interface.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 327822adc1..0000000000
--- a/server/src/interfaces/memory.interface.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-import { Insertable, Updateable } from 'kysely';
-import { Memories } from 'src/db';
-import { MemoryEntity, OnThisDayData } from 'src/entities/memory.entity';
-import { IBulkAsset } from 'src/utils/asset.util';
-
-export const IMemoryRepository = 'IMemoryRepository';
-
-export interface IMemoryRepository extends IBulkAsset {
-  search(ownerId: string): Promise<MemoryEntity[]>;
-  get(id: string): Promise<MemoryEntity | undefined>;
-  create(
-    memory: Omit<Insertable<Memories>, 'data'> & { data: OnThisDayData },
-    assetIds: Set<string>,
-  ): Promise<MemoryEntity>;
-  update(id: string, memory: Updateable<Memories>): Promise<MemoryEntity>;
-  delete(id: string): Promise<void>;
-}
diff --git a/server/src/repositories/index.ts b/server/src/repositories/index.ts
index a041cfdb0b..ffc0d953d7 100644
--- a/server/src/repositories/index.ts
+++ b/server/src/repositories/index.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import { ILoggerRepository } from 'src/interfaces/logger.interface';
 import { IMachineLearningRepository } from 'src/interfaces/machine-learning.interface';
 import { IMapRepository } from 'src/interfaces/map.interface';
 import { IMediaRepository } from 'src/interfaces/media.interface';
-import { IMemoryRepository } from 'src/interfaces/memory.interface';
 import { IMetadataRepository } from 'src/interfaces/metadata.interface';
 import { IMoveRepository } from 'src/interfaces/move.interface';
 import { INotificationRepository } from 'src/interfaces/notification.interface';
@@ -78,6 +77,7 @@ export const repositories = [
   AuditRepository,
   ApiKeyRepository,
   ConfigRepository,
+  MemoryRepository,
   ViewRepository,
 ];
 
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ export const providers = [
   { provide: IMachineLearningRepository, useClass: MachineLearningRepository },
   { provide: IMapRepository, useClass: MapRepository },
   { provide: IMediaRepository, useClass: MediaRepository },
-  { provide: IMemoryRepository, useClass: MemoryRepository },
   { provide: IMetadataRepository, useClass: MetadataRepository },
   { provide: IMoveRepository, useClass: MoveRepository },
   { provide: INotificationRepository, useClass: NotificationRepository },
diff --git a/server/src/repositories/memory.repository.ts b/server/src/repositories/memory.repository.ts
index 3a32e750b7..042738fe4c 100644
--- a/server/src/repositories/memory.repository.ts
+++ b/server/src/repositories/memory.repository.ts
@@ -4,29 +4,28 @@ import { jsonArrayFrom } from 'kysely/helpers/postgres';
 import { InjectKysely } from 'nestjs-kysely';
 import { DB, Memories } from 'src/db';
 import { Chunked, ChunkedSet, DummyValue, GenerateSql } from 'src/decorators';
-import { MemoryEntity } from 'src/entities/memory.entity';
-import { IMemoryRepository } from 'src/interfaces/memory.interface';
+import { IBulkAsset } from 'src/utils/asset.util';
 
 @Injectable()
-export class MemoryRepository implements IMemoryRepository {
+export class MemoryRepository implements IBulkAsset {
   constructor(@InjectKysely() private db: Kysely<DB>) {}
 
   @GenerateSql({ params: [DummyValue.UUID] })
-  search(ownerId: string): Promise<MemoryEntity[]> {
+  search(ownerId: string) {
     return this.db
       .selectFrom('memories')
       .selectAll()
       .where('ownerId', '=', ownerId)
       .orderBy('memoryAt', 'desc')
-      .execute() as Promise<MemoryEntity[]>;
+      .execute();
   }
 
   @GenerateSql({ params: [DummyValue.UUID] })
-  get(id: string): Promise<MemoryEntity | undefined> {
-    return this.getByIdBuilder(id).executeTakeFirst() as unknown as Promise<MemoryEntity | undefined>;
+  get(id: string) {
+    return this.getByIdBuilder(id).executeTakeFirst();
   }
 
-  async create(memory: Insertable<Memories>, assetIds: Set<string>): Promise<MemoryEntity> {
+  async create(memory: Insertable<Memories>, assetIds: Set<string>) {
     const id = await this.db.transaction().execute(async (tx) => {
       const { id } = await tx.insertInto('memories').values(memory).returning('id').executeTakeFirstOrThrow();
 
@@ -38,25 +37,25 @@ export class MemoryRepository implements IMemoryRepository {
       return id;
     });
 
-    return this.getByIdBuilder(id).executeTakeFirstOrThrow() as unknown as Promise<MemoryEntity>;
+    return this.getByIdBuilder(id).executeTakeFirstOrThrow();
   }
 
   @GenerateSql({ params: [DummyValue.UUID, { ownerId: DummyValue.UUID, isSaved: true }] })
-  async update(id: string, memory: Updateable<Memories>): Promise<MemoryEntity> {
+  async update(id: string, memory: Updateable<Memories>) {
     await this.db.updateTable('memories').set(memory).where('id', '=', id).execute();
-    return this.getByIdBuilder(id).executeTakeFirstOrThrow() as unknown as Promise<MemoryEntity>;
+    return this.getByIdBuilder(id).executeTakeFirstOrThrow();
   }
 
   @GenerateSql({ params: [DummyValue.UUID] })
-  async delete(id: string): Promise<void> {
+  async delete(id: string) {
     await this.db.deleteFrom('memories').where('id', '=', id).execute();
   }
 
   @GenerateSql({ params: [DummyValue.UUID, [DummyValue.UUID]] })
   @ChunkedSet({ paramIndex: 1 })
-  async getAssetIds(id: string, assetIds: string[]): Promise<Set<string>> {
+  async getAssetIds(id: string, assetIds: string[]) {
     if (assetIds.length === 0) {
-      return new Set();
+      return new Set<string>();
     }
 
     const results = await this.db
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ export class MemoryRepository implements IMemoryRepository {
   }
 
   @GenerateSql({ params: [DummyValue.UUID, [DummyValue.UUID]] })
-  async addAssetIds(id: string, assetIds: string[]): Promise<void> {
+  async addAssetIds(id: string, assetIds: string[]) {
     if (assetIds.length === 0) {
       return;
     }
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ export class MemoryRepository implements IMemoryRepository {
 
   @Chunked({ paramIndex: 1 })
   @GenerateSql({ params: [DummyValue.UUID, [DummyValue.UUID]] })
-  async removeAssetIds(id: string, assetIds: string[]): Promise<void> {
+  async removeAssetIds(id: string, assetIds: string[]) {
     if (assetIds.length === 0) {
       return;
     }
diff --git a/server/src/services/base.service.ts b/server/src/services/base.service.ts
index 0ab7979c14..1a20b4c97e 100644
--- a/server/src/services/base.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/base.service.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import { ILoggerRepository } from 'src/interfaces/logger.interface';
 import { IMachineLearningRepository } from 'src/interfaces/machine-learning.interface';
 import { IMapRepository } from 'src/interfaces/map.interface';
 import { IMediaRepository } from 'src/interfaces/media.interface';
-import { IMemoryRepository } from 'src/interfaces/memory.interface';
 import { IMetadataRepository } from 'src/interfaces/metadata.interface';
 import { IMoveRepository } from 'src/interfaces/move.interface';
 import { INotificationRepository } from 'src/interfaces/notification.interface';
@@ -44,6 +43,7 @@ import { ActivityRepository } from 'src/repositories/activity.repository';
 import { ApiKeyRepository } from 'src/repositories/api-key.repository';
 import { AuditRepository } from 'src/repositories/audit.repository';
 import { ConfigRepository } from 'src/repositories/config.repository';
+import { MemoryRepository } from 'src/repositories/memory.repository';
 import { ViewRepository } from 'src/repositories/view-repository';
 import { AccessRequest, checkAccess, requireAccess } from 'src/utils/access';
 import { getConfig, updateConfig } from 'src/utils/config';
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export class BaseService {
     @Inject(IMachineLearningRepository) protected machineLearningRepository: IMachineLearningRepository,
     @Inject(IMapRepository) protected mapRepository: IMapRepository,
     @Inject(IMediaRepository) protected mediaRepository: IMediaRepository,
-    @Inject(IMemoryRepository) protected memoryRepository: IMemoryRepository,
+    protected memoryRepository: MemoryRepository,
     @Inject(IMetadataRepository) protected metadataRepository: IMetadataRepository,
     @Inject(IMoveRepository) protected moveRepository: IMoveRepository,
     @Inject(INotificationRepository) protected notificationRepository: INotificationRepository,
diff --git a/server/src/services/memory.service.spec.ts b/server/src/services/memory.service.spec.ts
index 9c5336eb6e..a5fa6a9cab 100644
--- a/server/src/services/memory.service.spec.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/memory.service.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { BadRequestException } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { MemoryType } from 'src/enum';
-import { IMemoryRepository } from 'src/interfaces/memory.interface';
 import { MemoryService } from 'src/services/memory.service';
+import { IMemoryRepository } from 'src/types';
 import { authStub } from 'test/fixtures/auth.stub';
 import { memoryStub } from 'test/fixtures/memory.stub';
 import { userStub } from 'test/fixtures/user.stub';
diff --git a/server/src/services/memory.service.ts b/server/src/services/memory.service.ts
index 926571e43c..e3aa1f3574 100644
--- a/server/src/services/memory.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/memory.service.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { BadRequestException, Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { JsonObject } from 'src/db';
 import { BulkIdResponseDto, BulkIdsDto } from 'src/dtos/asset-ids.response.dto';
 import { AuthDto } from 'src/dtos/auth.dto';
 import { MemoryCreateDto, MemoryResponseDto, MemoryUpdateDto, mapMemory } from 'src/dtos/memory.dto';
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ export class MemoryService extends BaseService {
       {
         ownerId: auth.user.id,
         type: dto.type,
-        data: dto.data,
+        data: dto.data as unknown as JsonObject,
         isSaved: dto.isSaved,
         memoryAt: dto.memoryAt,
         seenAt: dto.seenAt,
diff --git a/server/src/types.ts b/server/src/types.ts
index 63bd8f8f05..42e1b8e94b 100644
--- a/server/src/types.ts
+++ b/server/src/types.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { ActivityRepository } from 'src/repositories/activity.repository';
 import { ApiKeyRepository } from 'src/repositories/api-key.repository';
 import { AuditRepository } from 'src/repositories/audit.repository';
 import { ConfigRepository } from 'src/repositories/config.repository';
+import { MemoryRepository } from 'src/repositories/memory.repository';
 import { ViewRepository } from 'src/repositories/view-repository';
 
 export type DeepPartial<T> = T extends object ? { [K in keyof T]?: DeepPartial<T[K]> } : T;
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ export type IAccessRepository = { [K in keyof AccessRepository]: RepositoryInter
 export type IApiKeyRepository = RepositoryInterface<ApiKeyRepository>;
 export type IAuditRepository = RepositoryInterface<AuditRepository>;
 export type IConfigRepository = RepositoryInterface<ConfigRepository>;
+export type IMemoryRepository = RepositoryInterface<MemoryRepository>;
 export type IViewRepository = RepositoryInterface<ViewRepository>;
 
 export type ActivityItem =
@@ -33,3 +35,7 @@ export type ApiKeyItem =
   | Awaited<ReturnType<IApiKeyRepository['create']>>
   | NonNullable<Awaited<ReturnType<IApiKeyRepository['getById']>>>
   | Awaited<ReturnType<IApiKeyRepository['getByUserId']>>[0];
+
+export type MemoryItem =
+  | Awaited<ReturnType<IMemoryRepository['create']>>
+  | Awaited<ReturnType<IMemoryRepository['search']>>[0];
diff --git a/server/test/fixtures/memory.stub.ts b/server/test/fixtures/memory.stub.ts
index 50872d8ac1..5b3d5635c4 100644
--- a/server/test/fixtures/memory.stub.ts
+++ b/server/test/fixtures/memory.stub.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-import { MemoryEntity } from 'src/entities/memory.entity';
 import { MemoryType } from 'src/enum';
 import { assetStub } from 'test/fixtures/asset.stub';
 import { userStub } from 'test/fixtures/user.stub';
 
 export const memoryStub = {
-  empty: <MemoryEntity>{
+  empty: {
     id: 'memoryEmpty',
     createdAt: new Date(),
     updatedAt: new Date(),
@@ -15,8 +14,10 @@ export const memoryStub = {
     data: { year: 2024 },
     isSaved: false,
     assets: [],
-  },
-  memory1: <MemoryEntity>{
+    deletedAt: null,
+    seenAt: null,
+  } as unknown as any,
+  memory1: {
     id: 'memory1',
     createdAt: new Date(),
     updatedAt: new Date(),
@@ -27,5 +28,7 @@ export const memoryStub = {
     data: { year: 2024 },
     isSaved: false,
     assets: [assetStub.image1],
-  },
+    deletedAt: null,
+    seenAt: null,
+  } as unknown as any,
 };
diff --git a/server/test/repositories/memory.repository.mock.ts b/server/test/repositories/memory.repository.mock.ts
index fc3c968767..c818c29195 100644
--- a/server/test/repositories/memory.repository.mock.ts
+++ b/server/test/repositories/memory.repository.mock.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { IMemoryRepository } from 'src/interfaces/memory.interface';
+import { IMemoryRepository } from 'src/types';
 import { Mocked, vitest } from 'vitest';
 
 export const newMemoryRepositoryMock = (): Mocked<IMemoryRepository> => {
diff --git a/server/test/utils.ts b/server/test/utils.ts
index a5537dcc2d..01fb1f7465 100644
--- a/server/test/utils.ts
+++ b/server/test/utils.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { AccessRepository } from 'src/repositories/access.repository';
 import { ActivityRepository } from 'src/repositories/activity.repository';
 import { ApiKeyRepository } from 'src/repositories/api-key.repository';
 import { AuditRepository } from 'src/repositories/audit.repository';
+import { MemoryRepository } from 'src/repositories/memory.repository';
 import { ViewRepository } from 'src/repositories/view-repository';
 import { BaseService } from 'src/services/base.service';
 import {
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ import {
   IActivityRepository,
   IApiKeyRepository,
   IAuditRepository,
+  IMemoryRepository,
   IViewRepository,
 } from 'src/types';
 import { newAccessRepositoryMock } from 'test/repositories/access.repository.mock';
@@ -132,7 +134,7 @@ export const newTestService = <T extends BaseService>(
     machineLearningMock,
     mapMock,
     mediaMock,
-    memoryMock,
+    memoryMock as IMemoryRepository as MemoryRepository,
     metadataMock,
     moveMock,
     notificationMock,