diff --git a/src/components/Dashboard/context/ApiServerContext.jsx b/src/components/Dashboard/context/ApiServerContext.jsx
index 453c900c..80a3c615 100644
--- a/src/components/Dashboard/context/ApiServerContext.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Dashboard/context/ApiServerContext.jsx
@@ -45,6 +45,26 @@ const normalizeUserSettingsCategory = (category) =>
     ? category
     : {}
 
+const normalizeAxiosBlobError = async (error) => {
+  const blob = error?.response?.data
+  if (!(blob instanceof Blob)) {
+    return error
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const text = await blob.text()
+    try {
+      error.response.data = JSON.parse(text)
+    } catch {
+      error.response.data = { error: text || 'Unknown error' }
+    }
+  } catch {
+    error.response.data = { error: 'Unknown error' }
+  }
+
+  return error
+}
+
 const normalizeUserSettings = (settings = {}) => ({
   viewMode: normalizeUserSettingsCategory(settings?.viewMode),
   filterSidebarVisibility: normalizeUserSettingsCategory(
@@ -1717,7 +1737,7 @@ const ApiServerProvider = ({ children }) => {
         {
           params: { size },
           headers: {
-            Accept: 'image/jpeg',
+            Accept: 'image/jpeg, application/json',
             Authorization: `Bearer ${token}`
           },
           responseType: 'blob'
@@ -1728,12 +1748,13 @@ const ApiServerProvider = ({ children }) => {
       })
       return window.URL.createObjectURL(blob)
     } catch (err) {
-      if (err.response.status === 404 && show404Error == false) {
+      if (err.response?.status === 404 && show404Error == false) {
         return null
       }
       console.error(err)
+      await normalizeAxiosBlobError(err)
       showError(err, () => {
-        fetchFileThumbnail(file, size)
+        fetchFileThumbnail(file, size, show404Error)
       })
     }
   }