diff --git a/.config/waybar/pacman.py b/.config/waybar/pacman.py
index 38f46fe..460e5b8 100755
--- a/.config/waybar/pacman.py
+++ b/.config/waybar/pacman.py
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ def generate_and_update_database():
 def check_updates(important_regex):
     p = subprocess.run(['yay',
                         '-Qu',
-                        '--devel'],
+                        '--devel',
+                        '--dbpath',
+                        PACMAN_UPDATES_DB],
                        capture_output=True)
     packages = p.stdout.decode('utf-8')