diff --git a/mobile/lib/services/machine_learning/face_ml/face_ml_service.dart b/mobile/lib/services/machine_learning/face_ml/face_ml_service.dart
index 9f153ffa8..222fd50b8 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/services/machine_learning/face_ml/face_ml_service.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/services/machine_learning/face_ml/face_ml_service.dart
@@ -580,6 +580,9 @@ class FaceMlService {
     _isIndexingOrClusteringRunning = true;
     final clusterAllImagesTime = DateTime.now();
 
+    _logger.info('Pulling remote feedback before actually clustering');
+    await PersonService.instance.fetchRemoteClusterFeedback();
+
     try {
       // Get a sense of the total number of faces in the database
       final int totalFaces = await FaceMLDataDB.instance
diff --git a/mobile/lib/services/machine_learning/face_ml/person/person_service.dart b/mobile/lib/services/machine_learning/face_ml/person/person_service.dart
index 7517d057d..682deaff0 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/services/machine_learning/face_ml/person/person_service.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/services/machine_learning/face_ml/person/person_service.dart
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class PersonService {
   Future<void> reconcileClusters() async {
     final EnteWatch? w = kDebugMode ? EnteWatch("reconcileClusters") : null;
     w?.start();
-    await storeRemoteFeedback();
+    await fetchRemoteClusterFeedback();
     w?.log("Stored remote feedback");
     final dbPersonClusterInfo =
         await faceMLDataDB.getPersonToClusterIdToFaceIds();
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ class PersonService {
     Bus.instance.fire(PeopleChangedEvent());
   }
 
-  Future<void> storeRemoteFeedback() async {
+  Future<void> fetchRemoteClusterFeedback() async {
     await entityService.syncEntities();
     final entities = await entityService.getEntities(EntityType.person);
     entities.sort((a, b) => a.updatedAt.compareTo(b.updatedAt));
diff --git a/mobile/lib/ui/settings/debug/face_debug_section_widget.dart b/mobile/lib/ui/settings/debug/face_debug_section_widget.dart
index 376793769..844f71c01 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/ui/settings/debug/face_debug_section_widget.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/ui/settings/debug/face_debug_section_widget.dart
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ class _FaceDebugSectionWidgetState extends State<FaceDebugSectionWidget> {
           trailingIconIsMuted: true,
           onTap: () async {
             try {
-              await PersonService.instance.storeRemoteFeedback();
+              await PersonService.instance.fetchRemoteClusterFeedback();
               FaceMlService.instance.debugIndexingDisabled = false;
               await FaceMlService.instance
                   .clusterAllImages(clusterInBuckets: true);