diff --git a/nix/configuration/flake.lock b/nix/configuration/flake.lock
index bdb4dd3..2aa1c0f 100644
--- a/nix/configuration/flake.lock
+++ b/nix/configuration/flake.lock
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@
       },
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1,
-        "narHash": "sha256-TFks1dvPwAXKQeePh9jmxj06ZfXArH1pN9yXVQWeL6w=",
+        "narHash": "sha256-5DWw7GnwVZ98HUp/UUJcyUmmy9Bh/mcQB8MQQ0t3ZRo=",
         "path": "flakes/zsh-histdb",
         "type": "path"
       },
diff --git a/nix/configuration/flakes/zsh-histdb/package.nix b/nix/configuration/flakes/zsh-histdb/package.nix
index d2ea553..f3b92a3 100644
--- a/nix/configuration/flakes/zsh-histdb/package.nix
+++ b/nix/configuration/flakes/zsh-histdb/package.nix
@@ -21,9 +21,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "sha256-vtG1poaRVbfb/wKPChk1WpPgDq+7udLqLfYfLqap4Vg=";
   };
   buildInputs = [ sqlite ];
-  phases = [ "installPhase" ];
+  phases = [
+    "installPhase"
+  ];
   installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
     mkdir -p $out/share/zsh/plugins/zsh-histdb
     cp -r $src/histdb-* $src/*.zsh $src/db_migrations $out/share/zsh/plugins/zsh-histdb/
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+  postInstall = ''
+    substituteInPlace $out/share/zsh/plugins/zsh-histdb/sqlite-history.zsh $out/share/zsh/plugins/zsh-histdb/histdb-merge $out/share/zsh/plugins/zsh-histdb/histdb-migrate --replace-fail "sqlite3" "${sqlite}/bin/sqlite3"
   '';
 }
diff --git a/nix/configuration/roles/zsh/default.nix b/nix/configuration/roles/zsh/default.nix
index d4d254b..840de5d 100644
--- a/nix/configuration/roles/zsh/default.nix
+++ b/nix/configuration/roles/zsh/default.nix
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ in
 
   environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
     zsh
-    sqlite # TODO: can this be pulled into zsh-histdb automatically?
   ];
 
   users.users.talexander.shell = pkgs.zsh;