diff --git a/AssistentSqliteBootstrap.cs b/AssistentSqliteBootstrap.cs
index 0ac39f6..5cc9bcc 100644
--- a/AssistentSqliteBootstrap.cs
+++ b/AssistentSqliteBootstrap.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Threading;
 using SQLitePCL;
 
@@ -5,7 +8,9 @@ namespace Mrleo1nid.SwarmAssistent;
 
 /// <summary>
 /// SwarmUI loads extensions in an isolated AssemblyLoadContext — Microsoft.Data.Sqlite
-/// does not auto-init native SQLite there. Call once before the first connection.
+/// does not auto-init native SQLite there. Native libs ship under the extension dir
+/// (runtimes/linux-x64/native/libe_sqlite3.so), but the loader searches the host
+/// base dir unless we preload from the extension assembly location.
 /// </summary>
 internal static class AssistentSqliteBootstrap
 {
@@ -17,6 +22,42 @@ internal static class AssistentSqliteBootstrap
         {
             return;
         }
+        PreloadNativeLibrary();
         Batteries_V2.Init();
     }
+
+    static void PreloadNativeLibrary()
+    {
+        string extDir = Path.GetDirectoryName(typeof(AssistentSqliteBootstrap).Assembly.Location)
+            ?? AppContext.BaseDirectory
+            ?? "";
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(extDir))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+        string[] relPaths =
+        [
+            Path.Combine("runtimes", "linux-x64", "native", "libe_sqlite3.so"),
+            Path.Combine("runtimes", "linux-x64", "native", "e_sqlite3.so"),
+            "libe_sqlite3.so",
+            "e_sqlite3.so",
+        ];
+        foreach (string rel in relPaths)
+        {
+            string path = Path.Combine(extDir, rel);
+            if (!File.Exists(path))
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+            try
+            {
+                NativeLibrary.Load(path);
+                return;
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                SwarmUI.Utils.Logs.Debug($"AssistentSqliteBootstrap: NativeLibrary.Load({path}): {ex.Message}");
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/SwarmAssistentExtension.cs b/SwarmAssistentExtension.cs
index 73c04d0..1937c87 100644
--- a/SwarmAssistentExtension.cs
+++ b/SwarmAssistentExtension.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public partial class SwarmAssistentExtension : Extension
         ExtensionAuthor = "mrleo1nid";
         Description = "Collaborative Krea 2 assistant: Ollama chat, persona presets, vector memory, model cards, Generate loop.";
         License = "MIT";
-        Version = "0.15.12";
+        Version = "0.15.13";
         Tags = ["tabs", "ui", "llm", "ollama", "krea", "inpaint", "memory", "training", "heard", "qlora"];
     }
 
diff --git a/SwarmAssistentExtension.csproj b/SwarmAssistentExtension.csproj
index 0dbb4ac..4989f6c 100644
--- a/SwarmAssistentExtension.csproj
+++ b/SwarmAssistentExtension.csproj
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
                     AND !$([System.String]::Copy('%(ReferenceCopyLocalPaths.NuGetPackageId)').StartsWith('SQLitePCLRaw'))" />
         </ItemGroup>
     </Target>
-    <!-- Native libe_sqlite3 for Linux — ReferenceCopyLocalPaths alone is not enough. -->
+    <!-- Native libe_sqlite3 for Linux — also copy flat names the loader probes. -->
     <Target Name="CopySqliteNativeRuntimes" AfterTargets="Build">
         <ItemGroup>
             <_SqliteNative Include="@(RuntimeCopyLocalItems)"
@@ -32,5 +32,13 @@
             DestinationFiles="$(OutputPath)@(_SqliteNative->'%(RuntimeCopyLocalItems.DestinationSubPath)')"
             SkipUnchangedFiles="true"
             Condition="'@(_SqliteNative)' != ''" />
+        <Copy SourceFiles="@(_SqliteNative)"
+            DestinationFiles="$(OutputPath)%(Filename)%(Extension)"
+            SkipUnchangedFiles="true"
+            Condition="'@(_SqliteNative)' != '' and $([System.String]::Copy('%(RuntimeCopyLocalItems.DestinationSubPath)').Contains('linux-x64'))" />
+        <Copy SourceFiles="@(_SqliteNative)"
+            DestinationFiles="$(OutputPath)e_sqlite3%(Extension)"
+            SkipUnchangedFiles="true"
+            Condition="'@(_SqliteNative)' != '' and $([System.String]::Copy('%(RuntimeCopyLocalItems.DestinationSubPath)').Contains('linux-x64')) and $([System.String]::Copy('%(Filename)').Contains('libe_sqlite3'))" />
     </Target>
 </Project>