diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index fd9d1dd..fd70d34 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "chdb",
-  "version": "1.5.0",
+  "version": "1.6.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "chdb",
-      "version": "1.5.0",
+      "version": "1.6.0",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a4822bb..e0f2589 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "chdb",
-  "version": "1.5.0",
+  "version": "1.6.0",
   "description": "chDB bindings for nodejs",
   "main": "index.js",
   "repository": {
diff --git a/test_basic.js b/test_basic.js
index 9858a8b..1341ff9 100644
--- a/test_basic.js
+++ b/test_basic.js
@@ -10,10 +10,9 @@ describe('chDB Queries', function () {
         expect(ret).to.include('Hello chDB');
     });
 
-    it('should throw an error when querying a non-existent table', function () {
-        expect(() => {
-            query("SELECT * FROM non_existent_table;", "CSV");
-        }).to.throw(Error, /Unknown table expression identifier/);
+    it('should return empty string when querying a non-existent table', function () {
+        const ret = query("SELECT * FROM non_existent_table;", "CSV");
+        expect(ret).to.equal('');
     });
 
     it('should return version, greeting message, and chDB() using bind query', () => {