diff --git a/internal/api/resolver_mutation_stash_box.go b/internal/api/resolver_mutation_stash_box.go
index d10aa7be6..bbfe8b854 100644
--- a/internal/api/resolver_mutation_stash_box.go
+++ b/internal/api/resolver_mutation_stash_box.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func (r *mutationResolver) SubmitStashBoxFingerprints(ctx context.Context, input
 	var scenes []*models.Scene
 
 	if err := r.withReadTxn(ctx, func(ctx context.Context) error {
-		scenes, err = r.sceneService.FindMany(ctx, ids, scene.LoadStashIDs, scene.LoadFiles)
+		scenes, err = r.sceneService.FindByIDs(ctx, ids, scene.LoadStashIDs, scene.LoadFiles)
 		return err
 	}); err != nil {
 		return false, err
diff --git a/internal/manager/repository.go b/internal/manager/repository.go
index b8ab564d2..8d4ef1137 100644
--- a/internal/manager/repository.go
+++ b/internal/manager/repository.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type SceneService interface {
 	Merge(ctx context.Context, sourceIDs []int, destinationID int, fileDeleter *scene.FileDeleter, options scene.MergeOptions) error
 	Destroy(ctx context.Context, scene *models.Scene, fileDeleter *scene.FileDeleter, deleteGenerated, deleteFile bool) error
 
-	FindMany(ctx context.Context, ids []int, load ...scene.LoadRelationshipOption) ([]*models.Scene, error)
+	FindByIDs(ctx context.Context, ids []int, load ...scene.LoadRelationshipOption) ([]*models.Scene, error)
 	sceneFingerprintGetter
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/models/mocks/SceneReaderWriter.go b/pkg/models/mocks/SceneReaderWriter.go
index 954629853..8e4e5ae5a 100644
--- a/pkg/models/mocks/SceneReaderWriter.go
+++ b/pkg/models/mocks/SceneReaderWriter.go
@@ -549,6 +549,29 @@ func (_m *SceneReaderWriter) FindByGroupID(ctx context.Context, groupID int) ([]
 	return r0, r1
 }
 
+// FindByIDs provides a mock function with given fields: ctx, ids
+func (_m *SceneReaderWriter) FindByIDs(ctx context.Context, ids []int) ([]*models.Scene, error) {
+	ret := _m.Called(ctx, ids)
+
+	var r0 []*models.Scene
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(context.Context, []int) []*models.Scene); ok {
+		r0 = rf(ctx, ids)
+	} else {
+		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
+			r0 = ret.Get(0).([]*models.Scene)
+		}
+	}
+
+	var r1 error
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(context.Context, []int) error); ok {
+		r1 = rf(ctx, ids)
+	} else {
+		r1 = ret.Error(1)
+	}
+
+	return r0, r1
+}
+
 // FindByOSHash provides a mock function with given fields: ctx, oshash
 func (_m *SceneReaderWriter) FindByOSHash(ctx context.Context, oshash string) ([]*models.Scene, error) {
 	ret := _m.Called(ctx, oshash)
diff --git a/pkg/models/mocks/query.go b/pkg/models/mocks/query.go
index dd35d0f86..abde51e65 100644
--- a/pkg/models/mocks/query.go
+++ b/pkg/models/mocks/query.go
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ func (s *sceneResolver) FindMany(ctx context.Context, ids []int) ([]*models.Scen
 	return s.scenes, nil
 }
 
+func (s *sceneResolver) FindByIDs(ctx context.Context, ids []int) ([]*models.Scene, error) {
+	return s.scenes, nil
+}
+
 func SceneQueryResult(scenes []*models.Scene, count int) *models.SceneQueryResult {
 	ret := models.NewSceneQueryResult(&sceneResolver{
 		scenes: scenes,
diff --git a/pkg/models/repository_scene.go b/pkg/models/repository_scene.go
index e28347c5b..f0fff4ac7 100644
--- a/pkg/models/repository_scene.go
+++ b/pkg/models/repository_scene.go
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ type SceneGetter interface {
 	// TODO - rename this to Find and remove existing method
 	FindMany(ctx context.Context, ids []int) ([]*Scene, error)
 	Find(ctx context.Context, id int) (*Scene, error)
+	// FindByIDs works the same way as FindMany, but it ignores any scenes not found
+	// Scenes are not guaranteed to be in the same order as the input
+	FindByIDs(ctx context.Context, ids []int) ([]*Scene, error)
 }
 
 // SceneFinder provides methods to find scenes.
diff --git a/pkg/scene/find.go b/pkg/scene/find.go
index 3c9d9ac5a..f2f86df59 100644
--- a/pkg/scene/find.go
+++ b/pkg/scene/find.go
@@ -33,7 +33,31 @@ func LoadFiles(ctx context.Context, scene *models.Scene, r models.SceneReader) e
 	return nil
 }
 
-// FindMany retrieves multiple scenes by their IDs.
+// FindByIDs retrieves multiple scenes by their IDs.
+// Missing scenes will be ignored, and the returned scenes are unsorted.
+// This method will load the specified relationships for each scene.
+func (s *Service) FindByIDs(ctx context.Context, ids []int, load ...LoadRelationshipOption) ([]*models.Scene, error) {
+	var scenes []*models.Scene
+	qb := s.Repository
+
+	var err error
+	scenes, err = qb.FindByIDs(ctx, ids)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// TODO - we should bulk load these relationships
+	for _, scene := range scenes {
+		if err := s.LoadRelationships(ctx, scene, load...); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return scenes, nil
+}
+
+// FindMany retrieves multiple scenes by their IDs. Return value is guaranteed to be in the same order as the input.
+// Missing scenes will return an error.
 // This method will load the specified relationships for each scene.
 func (s *Service) FindMany(ctx context.Context, ids []int, load ...LoadRelationshipOption) ([]*models.Scene, error) {
 	var scenes []*models.Scene
diff --git a/pkg/sqlite/scene.go b/pkg/sqlite/scene.go
index fd1413422..c4a46b23c 100644
--- a/pkg/sqlite/scene.go
+++ b/pkg/sqlite/scene.go
@@ -493,8 +493,11 @@ func (qb *SceneStore) Find(ctx context.Context, id int) (*models.Scene, error) {
 	return ret, err
 }
 
-func (qb *SceneStore) FindMany(ctx context.Context, ids []int) ([]*models.Scene, error) {
-	scenes := make([]*models.Scene, len(ids))
+// FindByIDs finds multiple scenes by their IDs.
+// No check is made to see if the scenes exist, and the order of the returned scenes
+// is not guaranteed to be the same as the order of the input IDs.
+func (qb *SceneStore) FindByIDs(ctx context.Context, ids []int) ([]*models.Scene, error) {
+	scenes := make([]*models.Scene, 0, len(ids))
 
 	table := qb.table()
 	if err := batchExec(ids, defaultBatchSize, func(batch []int) error {
@@ -504,16 +507,29 @@ func (qb *SceneStore) FindMany(ctx context.Context, ids []int) ([]*models.Scene,
 			return err
 		}
 
-		for _, s := range unsorted {
-			i := slices.Index(ids, s.ID)
-			scenes[i] = s
-		}
+		scenes = append(scenes, unsorted...)
 
 		return nil
 	}); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	return scenes, nil
+}
+
+func (qb *SceneStore) FindMany(ctx context.Context, ids []int) ([]*models.Scene, error) {
+	scenes := make([]*models.Scene, len(ids))
+
+	unsorted, err := qb.FindByIDs(ctx, ids)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	for _, s := range unsorted {
+		i := slices.Index(ids, s.ID)
+		scenes[i] = s
+	}
+
 	for i := range scenes {
 		if scenes[i] == nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("scene with id %d not found", ids[i])