diff --git a/server/src/interfaces/memory.interface.ts b/server/src/interfaces/memory.interface.ts
index 308943d97e..b1dbcbef85 100644
--- a/server/src/interfaces/memory.interface.ts
+++ b/server/src/interfaces/memory.interface.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-import { MemoryEntity } from 'src/entities/memory.entity';
+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';
@@ -6,7 +8,10 @@ export const IMemoryRepository = 'IMemoryRepository';
 export interface IMemoryRepository extends IBulkAsset {
   search(ownerId: string): Promise<MemoryEntity[]>;
   get(id: string): Promise<MemoryEntity | null>;
-  create(memory: Partial<MemoryEntity>): Promise<MemoryEntity>;
-  update(memory: Partial<MemoryEntity>): Promise<MemoryEntity>;
+  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/queries/memory.repository.sql b/server/src/queries/memory.repository.sql
index e3945ca028..396da3f56e 100644
--- a/server/src/queries/memory.repository.sql
+++ b/server/src/queries/memory.repository.sql
@@ -1,10 +1,79 @@
 -- NOTE: This file is auto generated by ./sql-generator
 
+-- MemoryRepository.search
+select
+  *
+from
+  "memories"
+where
+  "ownerId" = $1
+order by
+  "memoryAt" desc
+
+-- MemoryRepository.get
+select
+  "memories".*,
+  (
+    select
+      coalesce(json_agg(agg), '[]')
+    from
+      (
+        select
+          "assets".*
+        from
+          "assets"
+          inner join "memories_assets_assets" on "assets"."id" = "memories_assets_assets"."assetsId"
+        where
+          "memories_assets_assets"."memoriesId" = "memories"."id"
+          and "assets"."deletedAt" is null
+      ) as agg
+  ) as "assets"
+from
+  "memories"
+where
+  "id" = $1
+  and "deletedAt" is null
+
+-- MemoryRepository.update
+update "memories"
+set
+  "ownerId" = $1,
+  "isSaved" = $2
+where
+  "id" = $3
+select
+  "memories".*,
+  (
+    select
+      coalesce(json_agg(agg), '[]')
+    from
+      (
+        select
+          "assets".*
+        from
+          "assets"
+          inner join "memories_assets_assets" on "assets"."id" = "memories_assets_assets"."assetsId"
+        where
+          "memories_assets_assets"."memoriesId" = "memories"."id"
+          and "assets"."deletedAt" is null
+      ) as agg
+  ) as "assets"
+from
+  "memories"
+where
+  "id" = $1
+  and "deletedAt" is null
+
+-- MemoryRepository.delete
+delete from "memories"
+where
+  "id" = $1
+
 -- MemoryRepository.getAssetIds
-SELECT
-  "memories_assets"."assetsId" AS "assetId"
-FROM
-  "memories_assets_assets" "memories_assets"
-WHERE
-  "memories_assets"."memoriesId" = $1
-  AND "memories_assets"."assetsId" IN ($2)
+select
+  "assetsId"
+from
+  "memories_assets_assets"
+where
+  "memoriesId" = $1
+  and "assetsId" in ($2)
diff --git a/server/src/repositories/memory.repository.ts b/server/src/repositories/memory.repository.ts
index 47dc705093..7e59b92e68 100644
--- a/server/src/repositories/memory.repository.ts
+++ b/server/src/repositories/memory.repository.ts
@@ -1,49 +1,55 @@
 import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
-import { InjectDataSource, InjectRepository } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
+import { Insertable, Kysely, Updateable } from 'kysely';
+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 { DataSource, In, Repository } from 'typeorm';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class MemoryRepository implements IMemoryRepository {
-  constructor(
-    @InjectRepository(MemoryEntity) private repository: Repository<MemoryEntity>,
-    @InjectDataSource() private dataSource: DataSource,
-  ) {}
+  constructor(@InjectKysely() private db: Kysely<DB>) {}
 
+  @GenerateSql({ params: [DummyValue.UUID] })
   search(ownerId: string): Promise<MemoryEntity[]> {
-    return this.repository.find({
-      where: {
-        ownerId,
-      },
-      order: {
-        memoryAt: 'DESC',
-      },
-    });
+    return this.db
+      .selectFrom('memories')
+      .selectAll()
+      .where('ownerId', '=', ownerId)
+      .orderBy('memoryAt', 'desc')
+      .execute() as Promise<MemoryEntity[]>;
   }
 
+  @GenerateSql({ params: [DummyValue.UUID] })
   get(id: string): Promise<MemoryEntity | null> {
-    return this.repository.findOne({
-      where: {
-        id,
-      },
-      relations: {
-        assets: true,
-      },
+    return this.getByIdBuilder(id).executeTakeFirst() as unknown as Promise<MemoryEntity | null>;
+  }
+
+  async create(memory: Insertable<Memories>, assetIds: Set<string>): Promise<MemoryEntity> {
+    const id = await this.db.transaction().execute(async (tx) => {
+      const { id } = await tx.insertInto('memories').values(memory).returning('id').executeTakeFirstOrThrow();
+
+      if (assetIds.size > 0) {
+        const values = [...assetIds].map((assetId) => ({ memoriesId: id, assetsId: assetId }));
+        await tx.insertInto('memories_assets_assets').values(values).execute();
+      }
+
+      return id;
     });
+
+    return this.getByIdBuilder(id).executeTakeFirstOrThrow() as unknown as Promise<MemoryEntity>;
   }
 
-  create(memory: Partial<MemoryEntity>): Promise<MemoryEntity> {
-    return this.save(memory);
-  }
-
-  update(memory: Partial<MemoryEntity>): Promise<MemoryEntity> {
-    return this.save(memory);
+  @GenerateSql({ params: [DummyValue.UUID, { ownerId: DummyValue.UUID, isSaved: true }] })
+  async update(id: string, memory: Updateable<Memories>): Promise<MemoryEntity> {
+    await this.db.updateTable('memories').set(memory).where('id', '=', id).execute();
+    return this.getByIdBuilder(id).executeTakeFirstOrThrow() as unknown as Promise<MemoryEntity>;
   }
 
+  @GenerateSql({ params: [DummyValue.UUID] })
   async delete(id: string): Promise<void> {
-    await this.repository.delete({ id });
+    await this.db.deleteFrom('memories').where('id', '=', id).execute();
   }
 
   @GenerateSql({ params: [DummyValue.UUID, [DummyValue.UUID]] })
@@ -53,46 +59,49 @@ export class MemoryRepository implements IMemoryRepository {
       return new Set();
     }
 
-    const results = await this.dataSource
-      .createQueryBuilder()
-      .select('memories_assets.assetsId', 'assetId')
-      .from('memories_assets_assets', 'memories_assets')
-      .where('"memories_assets"."memoriesId" = :memoryId', { memoryId: id })
-      .andWhere('memories_assets.assetsId IN (:...assetIds)', { assetIds })
-      .getRawMany<{ assetId: string }>();
+    const results = await this.db
+      .selectFrom('memories_assets_assets')
+      .select(['assetsId'])
+      .where('memoriesId', '=', id)
+      .where('assetsId', 'in', assetIds)
+      .execute();
 
-    return new Set(results.map(({ assetId }) => assetId));
+    return new Set(results.map(({ assetsId }) => assetsId));
   }
 
+  @GenerateSql({ params: [DummyValue.UUID, [DummyValue.UUID]] })
   async addAssetIds(id: string, assetIds: string[]): Promise<void> {
-    await this.dataSource
-      .createQueryBuilder()
-      .insert()
-      .into('memories_assets_assets', ['memoriesId', 'assetsId'])
+    await this.db
+      .insertInto('memories_assets_assets')
       .values(assetIds.map((assetId) => ({ memoriesId: id, assetsId: assetId })))
       .execute();
   }
 
   @Chunked({ paramIndex: 1 })
+  @GenerateSql({ params: [DummyValue.UUID, [DummyValue.UUID]] })
   async removeAssetIds(id: string, assetIds: string[]): Promise<void> {
-    await this.dataSource
-      .createQueryBuilder()
-      .delete()
-      .from('memories_assets_assets')
-      .where({
-        memoriesId: id,
-        assetsId: In(assetIds),
-      })
+    await this.db
+      .deleteFrom('memories_assets_assets')
+      .where('memoriesId', '=', id)
+      .where('assetsId', 'in', assetIds)
       .execute();
   }
 
-  private async save(memory: Partial<MemoryEntity>): Promise<MemoryEntity> {
-    const { id } = await this.repository.save(memory);
-    return this.repository.findOneOrFail({
-      where: { id },
-      relations: {
-        assets: true,
-      },
-    });
+  private getByIdBuilder(id: string) {
+    return this.db
+      .selectFrom('memories')
+      .selectAll('memories')
+      .select((eb) =>
+        jsonArrayFrom(
+          eb
+            .selectFrom('assets')
+            .selectAll('assets')
+            .innerJoin('memories_assets_assets', 'assets.id', 'memories_assets_assets.assetsId')
+            .whereRef('memories_assets_assets.memoriesId', '=', 'memories.id')
+            .where('assets.deletedAt', 'is', null),
+        ).as('assets'),
+      )
+      .where('id', '=', id)
+      .where('deletedAt', 'is', null);
   }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/services/memory.service.spec.ts b/server/src/services/memory.service.spec.ts
index b5dd4c2553..9c5336eb6e 100644
--- a/server/src/services/memory.service.spec.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/memory.service.spec.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,17 @@ describe(MemoryService.name, () => {
           memoryAt: new Date(2024),
         }),
       ).resolves.toMatchObject({ assets: [] });
-      expect(memoryMock.create).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({ assets: [] }));
+      expect(memoryMock.create).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        {
+          ownerId: 'admin_id',
+          memoryAt: expect.any(Date),
+          type: MemoryType.ON_THIS_DAY,
+          isSaved: undefined,
+          sendAt: undefined,
+          data: { year: 2024 },
+        },
+        new Set(),
+      );
     });
 
     it('should create a memory', async () => {
@@ -80,14 +90,14 @@ describe(MemoryService.name, () => {
           type: MemoryType.ON_THIS_DAY,
           data: { year: 2024 },
           assetIds: ['asset1'],
-          memoryAt: new Date(2024),
+          memoryAt: new Date(2024, 0, 1),
         }),
       ).resolves.toBeDefined();
       expect(memoryMock.create).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         expect.objectContaining({
           ownerId: userStub.admin.id,
-          assets: [{ id: 'asset1' }],
         }),
+        new Set(['asset1']),
       );
     });
 
@@ -115,12 +125,7 @@ describe(MemoryService.name, () => {
       accessMock.memory.checkOwnerAccess.mockResolvedValue(new Set(['memory1']));
       memoryMock.update.mockResolvedValue(memoryStub.memory1);
       await expect(sut.update(authStub.admin, 'memory1', { isSaved: true })).resolves.toBeDefined();
-      expect(memoryMock.update).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-        expect.objectContaining({
-          id: 'memory1',
-          isSaved: true,
-        }),
-      );
+      expect(memoryMock.update).toHaveBeenCalledWith('memory1', expect.objectContaining({ isSaved: true }));
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/server/src/services/memory.service.ts b/server/src/services/memory.service.ts
index 816b0fddeb..926571e43c 100644
--- a/server/src/services/memory.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/memory.service.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { BadRequestException, Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
 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';
-import { AssetEntity } from 'src/entities/asset.entity';
 import { Permission } from 'src/enum';
 import { BaseService } from 'src/services/base.service';
 import { addAssets, removeAssets } from 'src/utils/asset.util';
@@ -29,15 +28,17 @@ export class MemoryService extends BaseService {
       permission: Permission.ASSET_SHARE,
       ids: assetIds,
     });
-    const memory = await this.memoryRepository.create({
-      ownerId: auth.user.id,
-      type: dto.type,
-      data: dto.data,
-      isSaved: dto.isSaved,
-      memoryAt: dto.memoryAt,
-      seenAt: dto.seenAt,
-      assets: [...allowedAssetIds].map((id) => ({ id }) as AssetEntity),
-    });
+    const memory = await this.memoryRepository.create(
+      {
+        ownerId: auth.user.id,
+        type: dto.type,
+        data: dto.data,
+        isSaved: dto.isSaved,
+        memoryAt: dto.memoryAt,
+        seenAt: dto.seenAt,
+      },
+      allowedAssetIds,
+    );
 
     return mapMemory(memory);
   }
@@ -45,8 +46,7 @@ export class MemoryService extends BaseService {
   async update(auth: AuthDto, id: string, dto: MemoryUpdateDto): Promise<MemoryResponseDto> {
     await this.requireAccess({ auth, permission: Permission.MEMORY_UPDATE, ids: [id] });
 
-    const memory = await this.memoryRepository.update({
-      id,
+    const memory = await this.memoryRepository.update(id, {
       isSaved: dto.isSaved,
       memoryAt: dto.memoryAt,
       seenAt: dto.seenAt,
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export class MemoryService extends BaseService {
 
     const hasSuccess = results.find(({ success }) => success);
     if (hasSuccess) {
-      await this.memoryRepository.update({ id, updatedAt: new Date() });
+      await this.memoryRepository.update(id, { updatedAt: new Date() });
     }
 
     return results;
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export class MemoryService extends BaseService {
 
     const hasSuccess = results.find(({ success }) => success);
     if (hasSuccess) {
-      await this.memoryRepository.update({ id, updatedAt: new Date() });
+      await this.memoryRepository.update(id, { id, updatedAt: new Date() });
     }
 
     return results;