diff --git a/cognee/modules/retrieval/utils/brute_force_triplet_search.py b/cognee/modules/retrieval/utils/brute_force_triplet_search.py
index ef805a127..3c3603f01 100644
--- a/cognee/modules/retrieval/utils/brute_force_triplet_search.py
+++ b/cognee/modules/retrieval/utils/brute_force_triplet_search.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from typing import List, Optional, Type
 from cognee.shared.logging_utils import get_logger, ERROR
 from cognee.modules.graph.exceptions.exceptions import EntityNotFoundError
 from cognee.infrastructure.databases.graph import get_graph_engine
+from cognee.infrastructure.databases.vector.exceptions import CollectionNotFoundError
 from cognee.modules.graph.cognee_graph.CogneeGraph import CogneeGraph
 from cognee.modules.graph.cognee_graph.CogneeGraphElements import Edge
 from cognee.modules.retrieval.utils.node_edge_vector_search import NodeEdgeVectorSearch
@@ -74,7 +75,11 @@ async def _get_top_triplet_importances(
 ) -> List[Edge]:
     """Creates memory fragment (if needed), maps distances, and calculates top triplet importances."""
     if memory_fragment is None:
-        relevant_node_ids = vector_search.extract_relevant_node_ids() if wide_search_limit else None
+        if wide_search_limit is None:
+            relevant_node_ids = None
+        else:
+            relevant_node_ids = vector_search.extract_relevant_node_ids()
+
         memory_fragment = await get_memory_fragment(
             properties_to_project=properties_to_project,
             node_type=node_type,
@@ -157,6 +162,8 @@ async def brute_force_triplet_search(
             wide_search_limit,
             top_k,
         )
+    except CollectionNotFoundError:
+        return []
     except Exception as error:
         logger.error(
             "Error during brute force search for query: %s. Error: %s",
diff --git a/cognee/modules/retrieval/utils/node_edge_vector_search.py b/cognee/modules/retrieval/utils/node_edge_vector_search.py
index 777751cf2..08f76218c 100644
--- a/cognee/modules/retrieval/utils/node_edge_vector_search.py
+++ b/cognee/modules/retrieval/utils/node_edge_vector_search.py
@@ -12,12 +12,20 @@ logger = get_logger(level=ERROR)
 class NodeEdgeVectorSearch:
     """Manages vector search and distance retrieval for graph nodes and edges."""
 
-    def __init__(self, edge_collection: str = "EdgeType_relationship_name"):
+    def __init__(self, edge_collection: str = "EdgeType_relationship_name", vector_engine=None):
         self.edge_collection = edge_collection
+        self.vector_engine = vector_engine or self._init_vector_engine()
         self.query_vector: Optional[Any] = None
         self.node_distances: dict[str, list[Any]] = {}
         self.edge_distances: Optional[list[Any]] = None
 
+    def _init_vector_engine(self):
+        try:
+            return get_vector_engine()
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error("Failed to initialize vector engine: %s", e)
+            raise RuntimeError("Initialization error") from e
+
     def has_results(self) -> bool:
         """Checks if any collections returned results."""
         return bool(self.edge_distances) or any(self.node_distances.values())
@@ -42,18 +50,20 @@ class NodeEdgeVectorSearch:
         }
         return list(relevant_node_ids)
 
+    async def _embed_query(self, query: str):
+        """Embeds the query and stores the resulting vector."""
+        query_embeddings = await self.vector_engine.embedding_engine.embed_text([query])
+        self.query_vector = query_embeddings[0]
+
     async def embed_and_retrieve_distances(
         self, query: str, collections: List[str], wide_search_limit: Optional[int]
     ):
         """Embeds query and retrieves vector distances from all collections."""
-        vector_engine = get_vector_engine()
-
-        query_embeddings = await vector_engine.embedding_engine.embed_text([query])
-        self.query_vector = query_embeddings[0]
+        await self._embed_query(query)
 
         start_time = time.time()
         search_tasks = [
-            self._search_single_collection(vector_engine, wide_search_limit, collection)
+            self._search_single_collection(self.vector_engine, wide_search_limit, collection)
             for collection in collections
         ]
         search_results = await asyncio.gather(*search_tasks)