diff --git a/lua/legendary/api/db/wrapper.lua b/lua/legendary/api/db/wrapper.lua
index c18592ef..522f86af 100644
--- a/lua/legendary/api/db/wrapper.lua
+++ b/lua/legendary/api/db/wrapper.lua
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ local ok, sqlite = pcall(require, 'sqlite')
 if not ok then
   error('Frecency sorting requires sqlite.lua (https://github.com/tami5/sqlite.lua) ' .. tostring(sqlite))
   return
+else
+  -- make it work in more scenarios
+  local path = vim.fn.system('which sqlite3')
+  if vim.v.shell_error == 0 then
+    vim.g.sqlite_clib_path = vim.trim(path)
+  end
 end
 
 local Config = require('legendary.config')