diff --git a/server/src/repositories/media.repository.ts b/server/src/repositories/media.repository.ts
index 04ee0345f..d63dbde0c 100644
--- a/server/src/repositories/media.repository.ts
+++ b/server/src/repositories/media.repository.ts
@@ -483,7 +483,9 @@ export class MediaRepository {
   }
 
   private parseEnum<E extends Record<string, number | string>>(enumObj: E, value?: string) {
-    return value ? ((enumObj[pascalCase(value)] as Extract<E[keyof E], number> | undefined) ?? null) : null;
+    return value && typeof value === 'string'
+      ? ((enumObj[pascalCase(value)] as Extract<E[keyof E], number> | undefined) ?? null)
+      : null;
   }
 
   /** Parse a rational like "60000/1001" or "1/600" into `{ num, den }`. */