diff --git a/server/utils/queries/libraryFilters.js b/server/utils/queries/libraryFilters.js
index fd261e050..501f92dc0 100644
--- a/server/utils/queries/libraryFilters.js
+++ b/server/utils/queries/libraryFilters.js
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ async function withShelfFallback(scope, fallbackValue, action) {
   try {
     return await action()
   } catch (error) {
+    // Only postgres shelves fall back to empty results - on sqlite keep upstream behavior of surfacing the error
+    if (!Database.isPostgresDialect()) throw error
     Logger.error(`[LibraryFilters] Failed to load ${scope}`, error)
     return fallbackValue
   }
diff --git a/test/server/utils/queries/libraryFilters.test.js b/test/server/utils/queries/libraryFilters.test.js
index 1c9a2836f..f956997ce 100644
--- a/test/server/utils/queries/libraryFilters.test.js
+++ b/test/server/utils/queries/libraryFilters.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const { expect } = require('chai')
 const sinon = require('sinon')
 
+const Database = require('../../../../server/Database')
 const Logger = require('../../../../server/Logger')
 const libraryFilters = require('../../../../server/utils/queries/libraryFilters')
 const libraryItemsBookFilters = require('../../../../server/utils/queries/libraryItemsBookFilters')
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ describe('libraryFilters shelf resilience', () => {
   })
 
   it('should return empty discover shelf when discover query fails', async () => {
+    sinon.stub(Database, 'isPostgresDialect').returns(true)
     sinon.stub(libraryItemsBookFilters, 'getDiscoverLibraryItems').rejects(new Error('discover failed'))
     const errorStub = sinon.stub(Logger, 'error')
 
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ describe('libraryFilters shelf resilience', () => {
   })
 
   it('should return empty in-progress shelf when a query fails', async () => {
+    sinon.stub(Database, 'isPostgresDialect').returns(true)
     sinon.stub(libraryItemsBookFilters, 'getFilteredLibraryItems').rejects(new Error('progress failed'))
     const errorStub = sinon.stub(Logger, 'error')
 
@@ -32,6 +35,7 @@ describe('libraryFilters shelf resilience', () => {
   })
 
   it('should return empty continue-series shelf when a query fails', async () => {
+    sinon.stub(Database, 'isPostgresDialect').returns(true)
     sinon.stub(libraryItemsBookFilters, 'getContinueSeriesLibraryItems').rejects(new Error('continue failed'))
     const errorStub = sinon.stub(Logger, 'error')
 
@@ -42,6 +46,7 @@ describe('libraryFilters shelf resilience', () => {
   })
 
   it('should return empty newest podcast episodes shelf when a query fails', async () => {
+    sinon.stub(Database, 'isPostgresDialect').returns(true)
     sinon.stub(libraryItemsPodcastFilters, 'getFilteredPodcastEpisodes').rejects(new Error('podcast failed'))
     const errorStub = sinon.stub(Logger, 'error')
 
@@ -51,6 +56,21 @@ describe('libraryFilters shelf resilience', () => {
     expect(errorStub.calledWithMatch('[LibraryFilters] Failed to load newest-podcast-episodes shelf for library "library-1"')).to.equal(true)
   })
 
+  it('should rethrow shelf query errors on sqlite to keep upstream behavior', async () => {
+    sinon.stub(Database, 'isPostgresDialect').returns(false)
+    sinon.stub(libraryItemsBookFilters, 'getDiscoverLibraryItems').rejects(new Error('discover failed'))
+
+    let error
+    try {
+      await libraryFilters.getLibraryItemsToDiscover({ mediaType: 'book', id: 'library-1' }, { id: 'user-1' }, [], 10)
+    } catch (caughtError) {
+      error = caughtError
+    }
+
+    expect(error).to.be.an('error')
+    expect(error.message).to.equal('discover failed')
+  })
+
   it('should keep discover shelf mapping behavior when query succeeds', async () => {
     const libraryItem = {
       toOldJSONMinified: () => ({ id: 'item-1' }),