diff --git a/modules/home-manager/common/all-cli.nix b/modules/home-manager/common/all-cli.nix
index 4b4da69..44cff71 100644
--- a/modules/home-manager/common/all-cli.nix
+++ b/modules/home-manager/common/all-cli.nix
@@ -104,15 +104,27 @@ in {
       enable = true;
       defaultEditor = true;
       extraLuaConfig = ''
+        -- NOTE: This will get the OS from Lua:
+        -- print(vim.loop.os_uname().sysname)
+
+        -- setup lazy.nvim
         local lazypath = vim.fn.stdpath("data") .. "/lazy/lazy.nvim"
         vim.opt.rtp:prepend(lazypath)
 
+        -- hack to deal with bug in telescope-cheat.nvim
+        -- https://github.com/nvim-telescope/telescope-cheat.nvim/issues/7
+        local cheat_dbdir = vim.fn.stdpath "data" .. "/databases"
+        if not vim.loop.fs_stat(cheat_dbdir) then
+          vim.loop.fs_mkdir(cheat_dbdir, 493)
+        end
+
+        -- load additional settings
         require("config.keymaps")
         require("lazy").setup("plugins")
 
+        -- tell sqlite.lua where to find the bits it needs
         vim.g.sqlite_clib_path = '${pkgs.sqlite.out}/lib/${sqlite_lib}'
-        -- NOTE: This will get the OS from Lua:
-        -- print(vim.loop.os_uname().sysname)
+
       '';
       extraPackages = with pkgs; [
         gcc    # needed so treesitter can do compiling