diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 039e0f8f5e..6d8f19c80e 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
 
 ### :bug: Bugs fixed
 
+- Fix `get-profile` masking transient DB errors as anonymous user [Github #9253](https://github.com/penpot/penpot/issues/9253)
 - Fix `Ctrl+'` "Show guides" shortcut on non-US keyboard layouts by matching the physical key location so it no longer collides with the snap-guides shortcut (by @RenzoMXD) [Github #8423](https://github.com/penpot/penpot/issues/8423)
 - Fix lost-update race on `team.features` during concurrent file creation: two simultaneous create-file requests on the same team could both read the same features snapshot, compute different unions, and have the second `UPDATE` silently overwrite the first; the write is now preceded by a `SELECT … FOR UPDATE` inside the same transaction so every update sees the latest committed state [Github #9197](https://github.com/penpot/penpot/issues/9197)
 - Fix Alt/Option to draw shapes from center point (by @offreal) [Github #8361](https://github.com/penpot/penpot/pull/8361)
diff --git a/backend/src/app/rpc/commands/profile.clj b/backend/src/app/rpc/commands/profile.clj
index ed09d90586..2fe4ec68f9 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/rpc/commands/profile.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/rpc/commands/profile.clj
@@ -110,8 +110,10 @@
         (nitrate/add-nitrate-licence-to-profile cfg profile)
         profile))
 
-    (catch Throwable _
-      {:id uuid/zero :fullname "Anonymous User"})))
+    (catch Throwable cause
+      (if (= :not-found (-> cause ex-data :type))
+        {:id uuid/zero :fullname "Anonymous User"}
+        (throw cause)))))
 
 (defn get-profile
   "Get profile by id. Throws not-found exception if no profile found."