diff --git a/server/nest-cli.json b/server/nest-cli.json
index 1eaf1888d5..c6114abd0c 100644
--- a/server/nest-cli.json
+++ b/server/nest-cli.json
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "deleteOutDir": true,
     "webpack": false,
+    "builder": {
+      "type": "swc",
+      "options": {
+        "extensions": [".js", ".ts", ".jsx", ".tsx"]
+      }
+    },
     "plugins": [
       {
         "name": "@nestjs/swagger",
diff --git a/server/package.json b/server/package.json
index 2f66dd861c..76c90448a6 100644
--- a/server/package.json
+++ b/server/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     "migrations:run": "node ./dist/bin/migrations.js run",
     "schema:drop": "node ./dist/bin/migrations.js query 'DROP schema public cascade; CREATE schema public;'",
     "schema:reset": "npm run schema:drop && npm run migrations:run",
-    "sync:open-api": "node ./dist/bin/sync-open-api.js",
+    "sync:open-api": "nest build -b tsc && node ./dist/bin/sync-open-api.js",
     "sync:sql": "node ./dist/bin/sync-sql.js",
     "email:dev": "email dev -p 3050 --dir src/emails"
   },
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@
     "@nestjs/cli": "^11.0.2",
     "@nestjs/schematics": "^11.0.0",
     "@nestjs/testing": "^11.0.4",
-    "@swc/core": "^1.4.14",
+    "@swc/cli": "^0.7.8",
+    "@swc/core": "^1.13.0",
     "@testcontainers/postgresql": "^11.0.0",
     "@testcontainers/redis": "^11.0.0",
     "@types/archiver": "^6.0.0",
diff --git a/server/src/workers/api.ts b/server/src/workers/api.ts
index f56adf3b68..1b02e1c91e 100644
--- a/server/src/workers/api.ts
+++ b/server/src/workers/api.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { ConfigRepository } from 'src/repositories/config.repository';
 import { LoggingRepository } from 'src/repositories/logging.repository';
 import { bootstrapTelemetry } from 'src/repositories/telemetry.repository';
 import { ApiService } from 'src/services/api.service';
-import { isStartUpError, useSwagger } from 'src/utils/misc';
+import { isStartUpError } from 'src/utils/misc';
 async function bootstrap() {
   process.title = 'immich-api';
 
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ async function bootstrap() {
     app.enableCors();
   }
   app.useWebSocketAdapter(new WebSocketAdapter(app));
-  useSwagger(app, { write: configRepository.isDev() });
 
   app.setGlobalPrefix('api', { exclude: excludePaths });
   if (existsSync(resourcePaths.web.root)) {