diff --git a/src-tauri/src/db.rs b/src-tauri/src/db.rs
index a9caf14..9b5caf8 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/db.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/db.rs
@@ -2074,11 +2074,16 @@ pub fn delete_folder(conn: &Connection, folder_id: i64) -> Result<()> {
         rows
     };
 
-    let tx = conn.unchecked_transaction()?;
-    for image_id in image_ids {
-        vector::delete_embedding(&tx, image_id)?;
-        vector::delete_caption_embedding(&tx, image_id)?;
+    // Delete sqlite-vec rows outside any transaction — DML on virtual tables is
+    // unreliable inside a transaction and will cause remove_folder to fail for
+    // folders that have generated embeddings. The folder cascade (images rows)
+    // is handled by the FK ON DELETE CASCADE when the folder row is deleted.
+    for image_id in &image_ids {
+        vector::delete_embedding(conn, *image_id)?;
+        vector::delete_caption_embedding(conn, *image_id)?;
     }
+
+    let tx = conn.unchecked_transaction()?;
     tx.execute("DELETE FROM folders WHERE id = ?1", params![folder_id])?;
     tx.commit()?;
     Ok(())
diff --git a/src/store.ts b/src/store.ts
index 60f406a..82d456d 100644
--- a/src/store.ts
+++ b/src/store.ts
@@ -657,8 +657,8 @@ export const useGalleryStore = create<GalleryState>((set, get) => ({
     const { selectedFolderId, loadFolders, loadImages, loadBackgroundJobProgress } = get();
     await loadFolders();
     await loadBackgroundJobProgress();
-    // Invalidate tag cloud cache since library content changed
-    set({ tagCloudFolderId: undefined, tagCloudEntries: [] });
+    // Invalidate tag cloud and explore-tags cache since library content changed
+    set({ tagCloudFolderId: undefined, tagCloudEntries: [], exploreTagsFolderId: undefined });
     if (selectedFolderId === folderId) {
       set({ selectedFolderId: null });
       await loadImages(true);
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ export const useGalleryStore = create<GalleryState>((set, get) => ({
     if (collectionTitle === "Explore Cluster") return;
     if (collectionTitle === "Similar Images" && similarSourceImageId !== null) {
       if (!similarHasMore) return;
-      await get().loadSimilarImages(similarSourceImageId, similarFolderId, false);
+      await get().loadSimilarImages(similarSourceImageId, similarFolderId, false, get().similarSourceFolderId ?? null);
       return;
     }
     if (collectionTitle === "Region Search Results" && similarSourceImageId !== null && similarCrop !== null) {