diff --git a/packages/openai-sdk-python/src/supermemory_openai/wrapper.py b/packages/openai-sdk-python/src/supermemory_openai/wrapper.py
index 4a023c02..4c8131a9 100644
--- a/packages/openai-sdk-python/src/supermemory_openai/wrapper.py
+++ b/packages/openai-sdk-python/src/supermemory_openai/wrapper.py
@@ -260,7 +260,9 @@ class SupermemorySyncChatCompletions:
                 "Cannot use sync client from within an async context. "
                 "Use AsyncOpenAI with with_supermemory instead."
             )
-        except RuntimeError:
+        except RuntimeError as e:
+            if "Cannot use sync client" in str(e):
+                raise
             # No running loop, safe to use asyncio.run
             return asyncio.run(self.wrapper._process_chat_completion(**kwargs))