diff --git a/cognee/infrastructure/databases/relational/sqlalchemy/SqlAlchemyAdapter.py b/cognee/infrastructure/databases/relational/sqlalchemy/SqlAlchemyAdapter.py
index 006f2ed98..ce3a479e5 100644
--- a/cognee/infrastructure/databases/relational/sqlalchemy/SqlAlchemyAdapter.py
+++ b/cognee/infrastructure/databases/relational/sqlalchemy/SqlAlchemyAdapter.py
@@ -132,11 +132,17 @@ class SQLAlchemyAdapter():
 
             # Don't delete local file unless this is the only reference to the file in the database
             if len(raw_data_location_entities) == 1:
+
                 # delete local file only if it's created by cognee
                 from cognee.base_config import get_base_config
                 config = get_base_config()
+
                 if config.data_root_directory in raw_data_location_entities[0].raw_data_location:
-                    os.remove(raw_data_location_entities[0].raw_data_location)
+                    if os.path.exists(raw_data_location_entities[0].raw_data_location):
+                        os.remove(raw_data_location_entities[0].raw_data_location)
+                    else:
+                        # Report bug as file should exist
+                        pass
 
             await session.execute(delete(Data).where(Data.id == data_id))
             await session.commit()
diff --git a/cognee/tests/test_pgvector.py b/cognee/tests/test_pgvector.py
index 9da34c3d4..417904089 100644
--- a/cognee/tests/test_pgvector.py
+++ b/cognee/tests/test_pgvector.py
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ async def test_local_file_deletion(data_text, file_location):
         assert os.path.isfile(data.raw_data_location), f"Data location doesn't exist: {data.raw_data_location}"
         # Test deletion of data along with local files created by cognee
         await engine.delete_data_entity(data.id)
-        assert not os.path.exists(data.raw_data_location), f"Data location exists: {data.raw_data_location}"
+        assert not os.path.exists(
+            data.raw_data_location), f"Data location still exists after deletion: {data.raw_data_location}"
 
     async with engine.get_async_session() as session:
         # Get data entry from database based on file path