diff --git a/internal/vaultik/snapshot.go b/internal/vaultik/snapshot.go
index 4d953dd..04f9bf8 100644
--- a/internal/vaultik/snapshot.go
+++ b/internal/vaultik/snapshot.go
@@ -1003,16 +1003,16 @@ func (v *Vaultik) deleteSnapshotFromLocalDB(snapshotID string) error {
 
 	// Delete related records first to avoid foreign key constraints
 	if err := v.Repositories.Snapshots.DeleteSnapshotFiles(v.ctx, snapshotID); err != nil {
-		log.Error("Failed to delete snapshot files", "snapshot_id", snapshotID, "error", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("deleting snapshot files for %s: %w", snapshotID, err)
 	}
 	if err := v.Repositories.Snapshots.DeleteSnapshotBlobs(v.ctx, snapshotID); err != nil {
-		log.Error("Failed to delete snapshot blobs", "snapshot_id", snapshotID, "error", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("deleting snapshot blobs for %s: %w", snapshotID, err)
 	}
 	if err := v.Repositories.Snapshots.DeleteSnapshotUploads(v.ctx, snapshotID); err != nil {
-		log.Error("Failed to delete snapshot uploads", "snapshot_id", snapshotID, "error", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("deleting snapshot uploads for %s: %w", snapshotID, err)
 	}
 	if err := v.Repositories.Snapshots.Delete(v.ctx, snapshotID); err != nil {
-		log.Error("Failed to delete snapshot record", "snapshot_id", snapshotID, "error", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("deleting snapshot record %s: %w", snapshotID, err)
 	}
 
 	return nil