diff --git a/src/Rxn/Framework/Data/Migration.php b/src/Rxn/Framework/Data/Migration.php
index 79c19ec..cc9ab8a 100644
--- a/src/Rxn/Framework/Data/Migration.php
+++ b/src/Rxn/Framework/Data/Migration.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Rxn\Framework\Data;
 
 use Rxn\Framework\Error\DatabaseException;
+use Rxn\Framework\Error\QueryException;
 
 /**
  * Minimal, file-based schema migration runner.
@@ -67,8 +68,8 @@ public function applied(): array
     {
         try {
             $rows = $this->database->fetchAll("SELECT filename FROM `" . self::TABLE . "` ORDER BY filename ASC");
-        } catch (\PDOException $exception) {
-            if ((int)$exception->getCode() === 1146) {
+        } catch (\PDOException | QueryException $exception) {
+            if ($this->isMissingMigrationsTable($exception)) {
                 return [];
             }
             throw $exception;
@@ -76,6 +77,16 @@ public function applied(): array
         return array_column($rows ?: [], 'filename');
     }
 
+    private function isMissingMigrationsTable(\Throwable $exception): bool
+    {
+        $message = $exception->getMessage();
+        $code    = (string)$exception->getCode();
+
+        return strpos($code, '42S02') !== false
+            || strpos($message, '1146') !== false
+            || stripos($message, 'no such table') !== false;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return string[] filenames discovered on disk, sorted lexicographically
      */