diff --git a/mealie/db/db_base.py b/mealie/db/db_base.py
index a89f642f2..b2c239ef8 100644
--- a/mealie/db/db_base.py
+++ b/mealie/db/db_base.py
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 from typing import List
 
+from mealie.core.root_logger import get_logger
 from mealie.db.models.model_base import SqlAlchemyBase
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 from sqlalchemy import func
 from sqlalchemy.orm import load_only
 from sqlalchemy.orm.session import Session
 
+logger = get_logger()
+
 
 class BaseDocument:
     def __init__(self) -> None:
@@ -145,11 +148,9 @@ class BaseDocument:
 
     def delete(self, session: Session, primary_key_value) -> dict:
         result = session.query(self.sql_model).filter_by(**{self.primary_key: primary_key_value}).one()
+        results_as_model = self.schema.from_orm(result)
 
         session.delete(result)
         session.commit()
 
-        try:
-            return self.schema.from_orm(result)
-        except Exception:
-            pass
+        return results_as_model