diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a8b0326d..c9c50fa1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -693,9 +693,9 @@ checksum = "72b3254f16251a8381aa12e40e3c4d2f0199f8c6508fbecb9d91f575e0fbb8c6"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "base64ct"
-version = "1.8.0"
+version = "1.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "55248b47b0caf0546f7988906588779981c43bb1bc9d0c44087278f80cdb44ba"
+checksum = "8c3c1a368f70d6cf7302d78f8f7093da241fb8e8807c05cc9e51a125895a6d5b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bigdecimal"
@@ -3058,6 +3058,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "objc2-foundation",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "odbc-api"
+version = "18.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bcc090834b2158b276ee4a5b09224282c20db4db40096607d7b3b94e2f7cfef6"
+dependencies = [
+ "atoi",
+ "log",
+ "odbc-sys",
+ "thiserror 2.0.17",
+ "widestring",
+ "winit",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "odbc-api"
 version = "19.1.0"
@@ -4234,6 +4248,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "awc",
  "base64 0.22.1",
+ "base64ct",
  "bigdecimal",
  "chrono",
  "clap",
@@ -4251,6 +4266,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "markdown",
  "mime_guess",
+ "odbc-api 18.0.1",
  "odbc-sys",
  "openidconnect",
  "password-hash",
@@ -4330,7 +4346,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "md-5",
  "memchr",
  "num-bigint",
- "odbc-api",
+ "odbc-api 19.1.0",
  "once_cell",
  "paste",
  "percent-encoding",
diff --git a/src/filesystem.rs b/src/filesystem.rs
index 19e544b1..d40a61a8 100644
--- a/src/filesystem.rs
+++ b/src/filesystem.rs
@@ -111,7 +111,23 @@ impl FileSystem {
             (Ok(f), _) => Ok(f),
             (Err(e), Some(db_fs)) if e.kind() == ErrorKind::NotFound => {
                 // no local file, try the database
-                db_fs.read_file(app_state, path.as_ref()).await
+                match db_fs.read_file(app_state, path.as_ref()).await {
+                    Ok(f) => Ok(f),
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        let e_str = format!("{e:#}");
+                        if e_str.contains("doesn't exist")
+                            || e_str.contains("no such table")
+                            || e_str.contains("Invalid object name")
+                        {
+                            Err(ErrorWithStatus {
+                                status: actix_web::http::StatusCode::NOT_FOUND,
+                            }
+                            .into())
+                        } else {
+                            Err(e)
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
             }
             (Err(e), None) if e.kind() == ErrorKind::NotFound => Err(ErrorWithStatus {
                 status: actix_web::http::StatusCode::NOT_FOUND,