diff --git a/server/src/interfaces/view.interface.ts b/server/src/interfaces/view.interface.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f819160002041..0000000000000
--- a/server/src/interfaces/view.interface.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-import { AssetEntity } from 'src/entities/asset.entity';
-
-export const IViewRepository = 'IViewRepository';
-
-export interface IViewRepository {
-  getAssetsByOriginalPath(userId: string, partialPath: string): Promise<AssetEntity[]>;
-  getUniqueOriginalPaths(userId: string): Promise<string[]>;
-}
diff --git a/server/src/repositories/index.ts b/server/src/repositories/index.ts
index 68c79fbe98e9d..a041cfdb0b0b7 100644
--- a/server/src/repositories/index.ts
+++ b/server/src/repositories/index.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import { ITelemetryRepository } from 'src/interfaces/telemetry.interface';
 import { ITrashRepository } from 'src/interfaces/trash.interface';
 import { IUserRepository } from 'src/interfaces/user.interface';
 import { IVersionHistoryRepository } from 'src/interfaces/version-history.interface';
-import { IViewRepository } from 'src/interfaces/view.interface';
 import { AccessRepository } from 'src/repositories/access.repository';
 import { ActivityRepository } from 'src/repositories/activity.repository';
 import { AlbumUserRepository } from 'src/repositories/album-user.repository';
@@ -79,6 +78,7 @@ export const repositories = [
   AuditRepository,
   ApiKeyRepository,
   ConfigRepository,
+  ViewRepository,
 ];
 
 export const providers = [
@@ -115,5 +115,4 @@ export const providers = [
   { provide: ITrashRepository, useClass: TrashRepository },
   { provide: IUserRepository, useClass: UserRepository },
   { provide: IVersionHistoryRepository, useClass: VersionHistoryRepository },
-  { provide: IViewRepository, useClass: ViewRepository },
 ];
diff --git a/server/src/repositories/view-repository.ts b/server/src/repositories/view-repository.ts
index 13a042a174bf9..f24b1bac6e4d0 100644
--- a/server/src/repositories/view-repository.ts
+++ b/server/src/repositories/view-repository.ts
@@ -2,15 +2,14 @@ import { Kysely } from 'kysely';
 import { InjectKysely } from 'nestjs-kysely';
 import { DB } from 'src/db';
 import { DummyValue, GenerateSql } from 'src/decorators';
-import { AssetEntity, withExif } from 'src/entities/asset.entity';
-import { IViewRepository } from 'src/interfaces/view.interface';
+import { withExif } from 'src/entities/asset.entity';
 import { asUuid } from 'src/utils/database';
 
-export class ViewRepository implements IViewRepository {
+export class ViewRepository {
   constructor(@InjectKysely() private db: Kysely<DB>) {}
 
   @GenerateSql({ params: [DummyValue.UUID] })
-  async getUniqueOriginalPaths(userId: string): Promise<string[]> {
+  async getUniqueOriginalPaths(userId: string) {
     const results = await this.db
       .selectFrom('assets')
       .select((eb) => eb.fn<string>('substring', ['assets.originalPath', eb.val('^(.*/)[^/]*$')]).as('directoryPath'))
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ export class ViewRepository implements IViewRepository {
   }
 
   @GenerateSql({ params: [DummyValue.UUID, DummyValue.STRING] })
-  async getAssetsByOriginalPath(userId: string, partialPath: string): Promise<AssetEntity[]> {
+  async getAssetsByOriginalPath(userId: string, partialPath: string) {
     const normalizedPath = partialPath.replaceAll(/^\/|\/$/g, '');
 
     return this.db
@@ -42,6 +41,6 @@ export class ViewRepository implements IViewRepository {
         (eb) => eb.fn('regexp_replace', ['assets.originalPath', eb.val('.*/(.+)'), eb.val(String.raw`\1`)]),
         'asc',
       )
-      .execute() as any as Promise<AssetEntity[]>;
+      .execute();
   }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/services/base.service.ts b/server/src/services/base.service.ts
index 054cc2acfad60..0ab7979c147bc 100644
--- a/server/src/services/base.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/base.service.ts
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ import { ITelemetryRepository } from 'src/interfaces/telemetry.interface';
 import { ITrashRepository } from 'src/interfaces/trash.interface';
 import { IUserRepository } from 'src/interfaces/user.interface';
 import { IVersionHistoryRepository } from 'src/interfaces/version-history.interface';
-import { IViewRepository } from 'src/interfaces/view.interface';
 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 { ConfigRepository } from 'src/repositories/config.repository';
+import { ViewRepository } from 'src/repositories/view-repository';
 import { AccessRequest, checkAccess, requireAccess } from 'src/utils/access';
 import { getConfig, updateConfig } from 'src/utils/config';
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export class BaseService {
     @Inject(ITrashRepository) protected trashRepository: ITrashRepository,
     @Inject(IUserRepository) protected userRepository: IUserRepository,
     @Inject(IVersionHistoryRepository) protected versionRepository: IVersionHistoryRepository,
-    @Inject(IViewRepository) protected viewRepository: IViewRepository,
+    protected viewRepository: ViewRepository,
   ) {
     this.logger.setContext(this.constructor.name);
     this.storageCore = StorageCore.create(
diff --git a/server/src/services/view.service.spec.ts b/server/src/services/view.service.spec.ts
index e9373ce66fb7f..e033ec0dc8f01 100644
--- a/server/src/services/view.service.spec.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/view.service.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { mapAsset } from 'src/dtos/asset-response.dto';
-import { IViewRepository } from 'src/interfaces/view.interface';
 import { ViewService } from 'src/services/view.service';
+import { IViewRepository } from 'src/types';
 import { assetStub } from 'test/fixtures/asset.stub';
 import { authStub } from 'test/fixtures/auth.stub';
 import { newTestService } from 'test/utils';
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ describe(ViewService.name, () => {
 
       const mockAssetReponseDto = mockAssets.map((a) => mapAsset(a, { auth: authStub.admin }));
 
-      viewMock.getAssetsByOriginalPath.mockResolvedValue(mockAssets);
+      viewMock.getAssetsByOriginalPath.mockResolvedValue(mockAssets as any);
 
       const result = await sut.getAssetsByOriginalPath(authStub.admin, path);
       expect(result).toEqual(mockAssetReponseDto);
diff --git a/server/src/services/view.service.ts b/server/src/services/view.service.ts
index cb805368705df..f1ef40a810213 100644
--- a/server/src/services/view.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/view.service.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { AssetResponseDto, mapAsset } from 'src/dtos/asset-response.dto';
 import { AuthDto } from 'src/dtos/auth.dto';
+import { AssetEntity } from 'src/entities/asset.entity';
 import { BaseService } from 'src/services/base.service';
 
 export class ViewService extends BaseService {
@@ -9,6 +10,6 @@ export class ViewService extends BaseService {
 
   async getAssetsByOriginalPath(auth: AuthDto, path: string): Promise<AssetResponseDto[]> {
     const assets = await this.viewRepository.getAssetsByOriginalPath(auth.user.id, path);
-    return assets.map((asset) => mapAsset(asset, { auth }));
+    return assets.map((asset) => mapAsset(asset as unknown as AssetEntity, { auth }));
   }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/types.ts b/server/src/types.ts
index f6c1ae46ddc1e..55e19c8aee846 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 { ViewRepository } from 'src/repositories/view-repository';
 
 export type AuthApiKey = {
   id: string;
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ 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 IViewRepository = RepositoryInterface<ViewRepository>;
 
 export type ActivityItem =
   | Awaited<ReturnType<IActivityRepository['create']>>
diff --git a/server/test/repositories/view.repository.mock.ts b/server/test/repositories/view.repository.mock.ts
index a002362ae78f9..bb58fda8a3d6f 100644
--- a/server/test/repositories/view.repository.mock.ts
+++ b/server/test/repositories/view.repository.mock.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { IViewRepository } from 'src/interfaces/view.interface';
+import { IViewRepository } from 'src/types';
 import { Mocked, vitest } from 'vitest';
 
 export const newViewRepositoryMock = (): Mocked<IViewRepository> => {
diff --git a/server/test/utils.ts b/server/test/utils.ts
index 363f2fcda7611..a5537dcc2d09f 100644
--- a/server/test/utils.ts
+++ b/server/test/utils.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,15 @@ 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 { ViewRepository } from 'src/repositories/view-repository';
 import { BaseService } from 'src/services/base.service';
-import { IAccessRepository, IActivityRepository, IApiKeyRepository, IAuditRepository } from 'src/types';
+import {
+  IAccessRepository,
+  IActivityRepository,
+  IApiKeyRepository,
+  IAuditRepository,
+  IViewRepository,
+} from 'src/types';
 import { newAccessRepositoryMock } from 'test/repositories/access.repository.mock';
 import { newActivityRepositoryMock } from 'test/repositories/activity.repository.mock';
 import { newAlbumUserRepositoryMock } from 'test/repositories/album-user.repository.mock';
@@ -145,7 +152,7 @@ export const newTestService = <T extends BaseService>(
     trashMock,
     userMock,
     versionHistoryMock,
-    viewMock,
+    viewMock as IViewRepository as ViewRepository,
   );
 
   return {