diff --git a/apps/server/src/persistence/Layers/Sqlite.ts b/apps/server/src/persistence/Layers/Sqlite.ts
index 58556099db..709a88c30e 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/persistence/Layers/Sqlite.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/persistence/Layers/Sqlite.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ const setup = Layer.effectDiscard(
   }),
 );
 
+  // `setup` depends on SqlClient, so runtime layer must be provided into `setup`.
+  // Keep ordering consistent with file-backed persistence (setup requires SqlClient).
+const makeSqlitePersistenceLayer = (config: RuntimeSqliteLayerConfig) =>
+  Layer.provideMerge(setup, makeRuntimeSqliteLayer(config));
+
 export const makeSqlitePersistenceLive = Effect.fn("makeSqlitePersistenceLive")(function* (
   dbPath: string,
 ) {
@@ -42,22 +47,15 @@ export const makeSqlitePersistenceLive = Effect.fn("makeSqlitePersistenceLive")(
   const path = yield* Path.Path;
   yield* fs.makeDirectory(path.dirname(dbPath), { recursive: true });
 
-  return Layer.provideMerge(
-    setup,
-    makeRuntimeSqliteLayer({
-      filename: dbPath,
-      spanAttributes: {
-        "db.name": path.basename(dbPath),
-        "service.name": "t3-server",
-      },
-    }),
-  );
-}, Layer.unwrap);
+  return makeSqlitePersistenceLayer({
+    filename: dbPath,
+    spanAttributes: {
+      "db.name": path.basename(dbPath),
+      "service.name": "t3-server",
+    },
+  });
 
-export const SqlitePersistenceMemory = Layer.provideMerge(
-  setup,
-  makeRuntimeSqliteLayer({ filename: ":memory:" }),
-);
+export const SqlitePersistenceMemory = makeSqlitePersistenceLayer({ filename: ":memory:" });
 
 export const layerConfig = Layer.unwrap(
   Effect.map(Effect.service(ServerConfig), ({ dbPath }) => makeSqlitePersistenceLive(dbPath)),