diff --git a/ops/borg-ui/scripts/pre-backup-dumps.sh b/ops/borg-ui/scripts/pre-backup-dumps.sh
index 806eaa2..b8002fd 100644
--- a/ops/borg-ui/scripts/pre-backup-dumps.sh
+++ b/ops/borg-ui/scripts/pre-backup-dumps.sh
@@ -81,7 +81,11 @@ dump_sqlite_file() {
   tmp="$TMP_DIR/$(basename "$output").tmp"
   log "Dumping SQLite database '$label' from $source"
   rm -f "$tmp"
-  sqlite3 "$source" ".backup $tmp"
+  if ! sqlite3 "$source" ".backup $tmp"; then
+    warn "SQLite backup failed for $label"
+    rm -f "$tmp"
+    return 1
+  fi
   if [ "$(sqlite3 "$tmp" 'PRAGMA quick_check;')" != "ok" ]; then
     warn "SQLite quick_check failed for $label"
     rm -f "$tmp"