diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f4c95b5faf..7dbb1cbc57 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "objc2-foundation 0.3.0",
  "parking_lot",
  "percent-encoding",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
  "wl-clipboard-rs",
  "x11rb",
 ]
@@ -1041,7 +1041,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "117725a109d387c937a1533ce01b450cbde6b88abceea8473c4d7a85853cda3c"
 dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1862,7 +1862,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "976dd42dc7e85965fe702eb8164f21f450704bdde31faefd6471dba214cb594e"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4720,7 +4720,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "socket2",
  "tracing",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5170,7 +5170,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "errno",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys 0.4.15",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5183,7 +5183,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "errno",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys 0.11.0",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5240,7 +5240,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "security-framework 3.5.1",
  "security-framework-sys",
  "webpki-root-certs",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6135,6 +6135,27 @@ version = "0.11.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7da8b5736845d9f2fcb837ea5d9e2628564b3b043a70948a3f0b778838c5fb4f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strum"
+version = "0.28.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9628de9b8791db39ceda2b119bbe13134770b56c138ec1d3af810d045c04f9bd"
+dependencies = [
+ "strum_macros",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "strum_macros"
+version = "0.28.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ab85eea0270ee17587ed4156089e10b9e6880ee688791d45a905f5b1ca36f664"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck 0.5.0",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.100",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "subtle"
 version = "2.6.1"
@@ -6809,6 +6830,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sqlx",
+ "strum",
  "tauri",
  "tauri-plugin",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
@@ -7055,7 +7077,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.3.2",
  "once_cell",
  "rustix 1.1.3",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -8195,7 +8217,7 @@ version = "0.1.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cf221c93e13a30d793f7645a0e7762c55d169dbb0a49671918a2319d289b10bb"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/plugins/sql/Cargo.toml b/plugins/sql/Cargo.toml
index 1608412e35..b4655adac6 100644
--- a/plugins/sql/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/sql/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ time = "0.3"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["sync"] }
 indexmap = { version = "2", features = ["serde"] }
 uuid = "1"
+strum = { version = "0.28", features = ["derive"] }
 
 [features]
 sqlite = ["sqlx/sqlite", "sqlx/runtime-tokio"]
diff --git a/plugins/sql/guest-js/index.ts b/plugins/sql/guest-js/index.ts
index 11d39e70b4..abd7e0b41c 100644
--- a/plugins/sql/guest-js/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/sql/guest-js/index.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
-import { invoke } from '@tauri-apps/api/core'
+import { invoke } from '@tauri-apps/api/core';
 
 export interface QueryResult {
   /** The number of rows affected by the query. */
-  rowsAffected: number
+  rowsAffected: number;
   /**
    * The last inserted `id`.
    *
@@ -15,7 +15,12 @@ export interface QueryResult {
    * must be used, with a `RETURNING` clause
    * (`INSERT INTO todos (title) VALUES ($1) RETURNING id`).
    */
-  lastInsertId?: number
+  lastInsertId?: number;
+}
+
+export interface ErrorInfo {
+  kind: 'Sql' | 'Migration' | 'InvalidDbUrl' | 'DatabaseNotLoaded' | 'UnsupportedDatatype' | (string & {});
+  message: string;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -25,9 +30,9 @@ export interface QueryResult {
  * communicating with the rust side of the sql plugin.
  */
 export default class Database {
-  path: string
+  path: string;
   constructor(path: string) {
-    this.path = path
+    this.path = path;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -45,12 +50,19 @@ export default class Database {
    * const db = await Database.load("sqlite:test.db");
    * ```
    */
-  static async load(path: string): Promise<Database> {
-    const _path = await invoke<string>('plugin:sql|load', {
-      db: path
-    })
+  static async load(path: string, applyMigrations = true): Promise<Database | ErrorInfo> {
+    try {
+      const _path = await invoke<string>('plugin:sql|load', {
+        db: path,
+        applyMigrations: applyMigrations,
+      });
+
+      return new Database(_path);
+    }
+    catch (err) {
+      return err as ErrorInfo;
+    }
 
-    return new Database(_path)
   }
 
   /**
@@ -70,7 +82,7 @@ export default class Database {
    * ```
    */
   static get(path: string): Database {
-    return new Database(path)
+    return new Database(path);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -105,18 +117,23 @@ export default class Database {
    * );
    * ```
    */
-  async execute(query: string, bindValues?: unknown[]): Promise<QueryResult> {
-    const [rowsAffected, lastInsertId] = await invoke<[number, number]>(
-      'plugin:sql|execute',
-      {
-        db: this.path,
-        query,
-        values: bindValues ?? []
-      }
-    )
-    return {
-      lastInsertId,
-      rowsAffected
+  async execute(query: string, bindValues?: unknown[]): Promise<QueryResult | ErrorInfo> {
+    try {
+      const [rowsAffected, lastInsertId] = await invoke<[number, number]>(
+        'plugin:sql|execute',
+        {
+          db: this.path,
+          query,
+          values: bindValues ?? []
+        }
+      );
+      return {
+        lastInsertId,
+        rowsAffected
+      };
+    }
+    catch (err) {
+      return err as ErrorInfo;
     }
   }
 
@@ -138,14 +155,19 @@ export default class Database {
    * );
    * ```
    */
-  async select<T>(query: string, bindValues?: unknown[]): Promise<T> {
-    const result = await invoke<T>('plugin:sql|select', {
-      db: this.path,
-      query,
-      values: bindValues ?? []
-    })
+  async select<T>(query: string, bindValues?: unknown[]): Promise<T | ErrorInfo> {
+    try {
+      const result = await invoke<T>('plugin:sql|select', {
+        db: this.path,
+        query,
+        values: bindValues ?? []
+      });
 
-    return result
+      return result;
+    }
+    catch (err) {
+      return err as ErrorInfo;
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -159,10 +181,15 @@ export default class Database {
    * ```
    * @param db - Optionally state the name of a database if you are managing more than one. Otherwise, all database pools will be in scope.
    */
-  async close(db?: string): Promise<boolean> {
-    const success = await invoke<boolean>('plugin:sql|close', {
-      db
-    })
-    return success
+  async close(db?: string): Promise<boolean | ErrorInfo> {
+    try {
+      const success = await invoke<boolean>('plugin:sql|close', {
+        db
+      });
+      return success;
+    }
+    catch (err) {
+      return err as ErrorInfo;
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/sql/src/commands.rs b/plugins/sql/src/commands.rs
index 760d00b2d2..d26d3730c2 100644
--- a/plugins/sql/src/commands.rs
+++ b/plugins/sql/src/commands.rs
@@ -15,12 +15,15 @@ pub(crate) async fn load<R: Runtime>(
     db_instances: State<'_, DbInstances>,
     migrations: State<'_, Migrations>,
     db: String,
+    apply_migrations: bool,
 ) -> Result<String, crate::Error> {
     let pool = DbPool::connect(&db, &app).await?;
 
-    if let Some(migrations) = migrations.0.lock().await.remove(&db) {
-        let migrator = Migrator::new(migrations).await?;
-        pool.migrate(&migrator).await?;
+    if apply_migrations {
+        if let Some(migrations) = migrations.0.lock().await.remove(&db) {
+            let migrator = Migrator::new(migrations).await?;
+            pool.migrate(&migrator).await?;
+        }
     }
 
     db_instances.0.write().await.insert(db.clone(), pool);
diff --git a/plugins/sql/src/error.rs b/plugins/sql/src/error.rs
index 5ac845b8a1..21b3adaef5 100644
--- a/plugins/sql/src/error.rs
+++ b/plugins/sql/src/error.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 use serde::{Serialize, Serializer};
 
-#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
+#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error, strum::AsRefStr)]
 pub enum Error {
     #[error(transparent)]
     Sql(#[from] sqlx::Error),
@@ -18,11 +18,23 @@ pub enum Error {
     UnsupportedDatatype(String),
 }
 
+#[derive(serde::Serialize)]
+pub struct ErrorInfo {
+    kind: String,
+    message: String,
+}
+
 impl Serialize for Error {
     fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> std::result::Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
     where
         S: Serializer,
     {
-        serializer.serialize_str(self.to_string().as_ref())
+        let error_kind = self.as_ref().to_string();
+        let error_message = self.to_string();
+        let error_info = ErrorInfo {
+            kind: error_kind,
+            message: error_message,
+        };
+        error_info.serialize(serializer)
     }
 }