diff --git a/packages/backend/server/src/modules/storage/providers/r2.ts b/packages/backend/server/src/modules/storage/providers/r2.ts
index 791e152002..9d9f832bec 100644
--- a/packages/backend/server/src/modules/storage/providers/r2.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/server/src/modules/storage/providers/r2.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { Logger } from '@nestjs/common';
+
 import { R2StorageConfig } from '../../../config/storage';
 import { S3StorageProvider } from './s3';
 
@@ -12,5 +14,6 @@ export class R2StorageProvider extends S3StorageProvider {
       },
       bucket
     );
+    this.logger = new Logger(`${R2StorageProvider.name}:${bucket}`);
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/backend/server/src/modules/storage/providers/s3.ts b/packages/backend/server/src/modules/storage/providers/s3.ts
index 30c1f9ca8e..f1f811998d 100644
--- a/packages/backend/server/src/modules/storage/providers/s3.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/server/src/modules/storage/providers/s3.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   DeleteObjectCommand,
   GetObjectCommand,
   ListObjectsV2Command,
+  NoSuchKey,
   PutObjectCommand,
   S3Client,
 } from '@aws-sdk/client-s3';
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ import {
 import { autoMetadata, toBuffer } from './utils';
 
 export class S3StorageProvider implements StorageProvider {
-  private readonly logger: Logger;
+  protected logger: Logger;
   protected client: S3Client;
 
   readonly type = 's3';
@@ -96,9 +97,15 @@ export class S3StorageProvider implements StorageProvider {
         },
       };
     } catch (e) {
-      throw new Error(`Failed to read object \`${key}\``, {
-        cause: e,
-      });
+      // 404
+      if (e instanceof NoSuchKey) {
+        this.logger.verbose(`Object \`${key}\` not found`);
+        return {};
+      } else {
+        throw new Error(`Failed to read object \`${key}\``, {
+          cause: e,
+        });
+      }
     }
   }