Abstract: A camera includes a base housing an image sensor. The base is adhered to an optics holder that holds optical components of the camera. The optics holder is located in a recess of the base component and includes a horizontal flange extending outward from an upper portion of vertical perimeter walls of the optical components holder. The horizontal flange redirects adhesive horizontally during assembly (may include an active alignment process) of the camera, and the horizontal adhesive adheres the flange to an upper horizontal ledge of the base. An exposed portion of the adhesive between the horizontal flange and the upper horizontal ledge of the base may be cured via ultraviolet light to prevent shifting of the optics holder during transport of the camera to a thermal curing process. A lower portion of a vertical interior wall of the base may include another ledge that redirects adhesive during assembly.