diff --git a/server/src/schema/migrations/1784836013770-MinFacePreferenceMigration.ts b/server/src/schema/migrations/1784836013770-MinFacePreferenceMigration.ts
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+import { Kysely, sql } from 'kysely';
+
+export async function up(db: Kysely<any>): Promise<void> {
+  await sql`
+    INSERT INTO "user_metadata" ("userId", "key", "value")
+    SELECT "user"."id", 'preferences', jsonb_build_object('people', jsonb_build_object('minimumFaces', "config"."minFaces"))
+    FROM "user"
+    CROSS JOIN (
+      SELECT "value"->'machineLearning'->'facialRecognition'->'minFaces' AS "minFaces"
+      FROM "system_metadata"
+      WHERE "key" = 'system-config'
+        AND "value"->'machineLearning'->'facialRecognition'->'minFaces' IS NOT NULL
+    ) AS "config"
+    ON CONFLICT ("userId", "key") DO UPDATE
+    SET "value" = "user_metadata"."value" || jsonb_build_object(
+      'people',
+      COALESCE("user_metadata"."value"->'people', '{}'::jsonb) || (EXCLUDED."value"->'people')
+    )
+    WHERE "user_metadata"."value"->'people'->'minimumFaces' IS NULL
+  `.execute(db);
+}
+
+export async function down(): Promise<void> {
+  // not supported
+}