diff --git a/lua/telescope/_extensions/frecency.lua b/lua/telescope/_extensions/frecency.lua
index 86008a6..360428a 100644
--- a/lua/telescope/_extensions/frecency.lua
+++ b/lua/telescope/_extensions/frecency.lua
@@ -117,10 +117,9 @@ local frecency = function(opts)
   local make_display = function(entry)
     bufnr = vim.fn.bufnr
     buf_is_loaded = vim.api.nvim_buf_is_loaded
-
-    filename    = entry.name
-    hl_filename = buf_is_loaded(bufnr(filename)) and "TelescopeBufferLoaded" or ""
-    filename    = format_filepath(filename, opts)
+    filename      = entry.name
+    hl_filename   = buf_is_loaded(bufnr(filename)) and "TelescopeBufferLoaded" or ""
+    filename      = format_filepath(filename, opts)
 
     display_items = state.show_scores and {{entry.score, "TelescopeFrecencyScores"}} or {}
 
@@ -256,13 +255,14 @@ end
 
 return telescope.register_extension {
   setup = function(ext_config)
+    set_config_state('db_root',             ext_config.db_root, nil)
     set_config_state('show_scores',         ext_config.show_scores, false)
     set_config_state('show_unindexed',      ext_config.show_unindexed, true)
     set_config_state('show_filter_column',  ext_config.show_filter_column, true)
     set_config_state('user_workspaces',     ext_config.workspaces, {})
 
     -- start the database client
-    db_client.init(ext_config.ignore_patterns, ext_config.db_safe_mode or true, ext_config.auto_validate or true)
+    db_client.init(ext_config.db_root, ext_config.ignore_patterns, ext_config.db_safe_mode or true, ext_config.auto_validate or true)
   end,
   exports = {
     frecency           = frecency,
diff --git a/lua/telescope/_extensions/frecency/db_client.lua b/lua/telescope/_extensions/frecency/db_client.lua
index f8fb6dd..a5d64e0 100644
--- a/lua/telescope/_extensions/frecency/db_client.lua
+++ b/lua/telescope/_extensions/frecency/db_client.lua
@@ -85,10 +85,11 @@ local function validate_db(safe_mode)
   end
 end
 
-local function init(config_ignore_patterns, safe_mode, auto_validate)
+-- TODO: make init params a keyed table
+local function init(db_root, config_ignore_patterns, safe_mode, auto_validate)
   if sql_wrapper then return end
   sql_wrapper = sqlwrap:new()
-  local first_run = sql_wrapper:bootstrap()
+  local first_run = sql_wrapper:bootstrap(db_root)
   ignore_patterns = config_ignore_patterns or default_ignore_patterns
 
   if auto_validate then
diff --git a/lua/telescope/_extensions/frecency/sql_wrapper.lua b/lua/telescope/_extensions/frecency/sql_wrapper.lua
index 3c2f4d3..8af1291 100644
--- a/lua/telescope/_extensions/frecency/sql_wrapper.lua
+++ b/lua/telescope/_extensions/frecency/sql_wrapper.lua
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@ function M:new()
   return o
 end
 
-function M:bootstrap(opts)
+function M:bootstrap(db_root)
   if self.db then return end
 
-  opts = opts or {}
-  self.max_entries = opts.max_entries or 2000
+  -- opts = opts or {}
+  -- self.max_entries = opts.max_entries or 2000
 
   -- create the db if it doesn't exist
-  local db_root = opts.docs_root or vim.fn.stdpath('data')
+  db_root = db_root or vim.fn.stdpath('data')
   local db_filename = db_root .. "/file_frecency.sqlite3"
   self.db = sql:open(db_filename)
   if not self.db then