diff --git a/backend/apps/web/routers/utils.py b/backend/apps/web/routers/utils.py
index 953f5ce5..12805873 100644
--- a/backend/apps/web/routers/utils.py
+++ b/backend/apps/web/routers/utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from fastapi import APIRouter, UploadFile, File, Response
 from fastapi import Depends, HTTPException, status
+from peewee import SqliteDatabase
 from starlette.responses import StreamingResponse, FileResponse
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@ from pydantic import BaseModel
 from fpdf import FPDF
 import markdown
 
-
+from apps.web.internal.db import DB
 from utils.utils import get_admin_user
 from utils.misc import calculate_sha256, get_gravatar_url
 
@@ -96,8 +97,13 @@ async def download_db(user=Depends(get_admin_user)):
             status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
             detail=ERROR_MESSAGES.ACCESS_PROHIBITED,
         )
+    if not isinstance(DB, SqliteDatabase):
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
+            detail=ERROR_MESSAGES.DB_NOT_SQLITE,
+        )
     return FileResponse(
-        f"{DATA_DIR}/webui.db",
+        DB.database,
         media_type="application/octet-stream",
         filename="webui.db",
     )
diff --git a/backend/constants.py b/backend/constants.py
index 310c1331..a2694575 100644
--- a/backend/constants.py
+++ b/backend/constants.py
@@ -69,3 +69,5 @@ class ERROR_MESSAGES(str, Enum):
     CREATE_API_KEY_ERROR = "Oops! Something went wrong while creating your API key. Please try again later. If the issue persists, contact support for assistance."
 
     EMPTY_CONTENT = "The content provided is empty. Please ensure that there is text or data present before proceeding."
+
+    DB_NOT_SQLITE = "This feature is only available when running with SQLite databases."
diff --git a/src/lib/apis/utils/index.ts b/src/lib/apis/utils/index.ts
index ef6b0d25..3f28d944 100644
--- a/src/lib/apis/utils/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/apis/utils/index.ts
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ export const downloadDatabase = async (token: string) => {
 			Authorization: `Bearer ${token}`
 		}
 	})
-		.then((response) => {
+		.then(async (response) => {
 			if (!response.ok) {
-				throw new Error('Network response was not ok');
+				throw await response.json();
 			}
 			return response.blob();
 		})
@@ -100,7 +100,11 @@ export const downloadDatabase = async (token: string) => {
 		})
 		.catch((err) => {
 			console.log(err);
-			error = err;
+			error = err.detail;
 			return null;
 		});
+
+	if (error) {
+		throw error;
+	}
 };
diff --git a/src/lib/components/admin/Settings/Database.svelte b/src/lib/components/admin/Settings/Database.svelte
index 06a0d595..951282cb 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/admin/Settings/Database.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/admin/Settings/Database.svelte
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 	import { downloadDatabase } from '$lib/apis/utils';
 	import { onMount, getContext } from 'svelte';
 	import { config } from '$lib/stores';
+	import { toast } from 'svelte-sonner';
 
 	const i18n = getContext('i18n');
 
@@ -32,7 +33,9 @@
 						on:click={() => {
 							// exportAllUserChats();
 
-							downloadDatabase(localStorage.token);
+							downloadDatabase(localStorage.token).catch((error) => {
+								toast.error(error);
+							});
 						}}
 					>
 						<div class=" self-center mr-3">