diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadService.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadService.ts
index 7d3303884..52f495785 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadService.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadService.ts
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ const withThumbnail = async (
                 fileTypeInfo,
             );
         } catch (e) {
-            if (e.message == CustomErrorMessage.NotAvailable) {
+            if (e.message.endsWith(CustomErrorMessage.NotAvailable)) {
                 moduleState.isNativeImageThumbnailGenerationNotAvailable = true;
             } else {
                 log.error("Native thumbnail generation failed", e);
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/utils/file/index.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/utils/file/index.ts
index 2b98ba318..212b2efd3 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/utils/file/index.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/utils/file/index.ts
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ export const getRenderableImage = async (fileName: string, imageBlob: Blob) => {
             try {
                 return await nativeConvertToJPEG(imageBlob);
             } catch (e) {
-                if (e.message == CustomErrorMessage.NotAvailable) {
+                if (e.message.endsWith(CustomErrorMessage.NotAvailable)) {
                     moduleState.isNativeJPEGConversionNotAvailable = true;
                 } else {
                     log.error("Native conversion to JPEG failed", e);