diff --git a/packages/playground/remote/src/lib/worker-thread.ts b/packages/playground/remote/src/lib/worker-thread.ts
index 949a6551a8..30c6184034 100644
--- a/packages/playground/remote/src/lib/worker-thread.ts
+++ b/packages/playground/remote/src/lib/worker-thread.ts
@@ -63,11 +63,13 @@ if (
 	wordPressAvailableInOPFS = await playgroundAvailableInOpfs(virtualOpfsDir!);
 }
 
+// The SQLite integration must always be downloaded, even when using OPFS or Native FS.
+// This is because it's stored in the /internal directory, not in WordPress document root.
+const sqliteIntegrationRequest = monitoredFetch(sqliteIntegrationUrl);
+
 // Start downloading WordPress if needed
 let wordPressRequest = null;
-let sqliteIntegrationRequest = null;
 if (!wordPressAvailableInOPFS) {
-	sqliteIntegrationRequest = monitoredFetch(sqliteIntegrationUrl);
 	if (
 		requestedWPVersion.startsWith('http://') ||
 		requestedWPVersion.startsWith('https://') ||
@@ -225,13 +227,11 @@ try {
 	) {
 		const sqliteIntegrationZip = await (
 			await sqliteIntegrationRequest
-		)?.blob();
-		if (sqliteIntegrationZip) {
-			await preloadSqliteIntegration(
-				primaryPhp,
-				new File([sqliteIntegrationZip], 'sqlite.zip')
-			);
-		}
+		).blob();
+		await preloadSqliteIntegration(
+			primaryPhp,
+			new File([sqliteIntegrationZip], 'sqlite.zip')
+		);
 	}
 
 	// Install WordPress if it isn't installed yet
diff --git a/packages/playground/wordpress/src/index.ts b/packages/playground/wordpress/src/index.ts
index 6c11ca249c..792f696f8c 100644
--- a/packages/playground/wordpress/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/playground/wordpress/src/index.ts
@@ -232,7 +232,6 @@ export async function preloadSqliteIntegration(
  */
 class Playground_SQLite_Integration_Loader {
 	public function __call($name, $arguments) {
-		die("Loading");
 		$this->load_sqlite_integration();
 		if($GLOBALS['wpdb'] === $this) {
 			throw new Exception('Infinite loop detected in $wpdb – SQLite integration plugin could not be loaded');
@@ -243,7 +242,6 @@ class Playground_SQLite_Integration_Loader {
 		);
 	}
 	public function __get($name) {
-		die("Loading");
 		$this->load_sqlite_integration();
 		if($GLOBALS['wpdb'] === $this) {
 			throw new Exception('Infinite loop detected in $wpdb – SQLite integration plugin could not be loaded');
@@ -331,10 +329,10 @@ export async function unzipWordPress(php: BasePHP, wpZip: File) {
 		? '/tmp/unzipped-wordpress/build'
 		: '/tmp/unzipped-wordpress';
 
-	php.mv(wpPath, '/wordpress');
+	php.mv(wpPath, php.documentRoot);
 	php.writeFile(
 		'/wp-config.php',
-		php.readFileAsText('/wordpress/wp-config-sample.php')
+		php.readFileAsText(php.documentRoot + '/wp-config-sample.php')
 	);
 }