diff --git a/app/Main.hs b/app/Main.hs
--- a/app/Main.hs
+++ b/app/Main.hs
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 import qualified Graphics.Vty as V
 import qualified Graphics.Vty.Input.Events as K
 import           System.FilePath ((</>))
-import qualified System.FilePath as FP
 import qualified System.Directory as Dir
 import qualified Hoogle as H
 
@@ -74,28 +73,20 @@
 
 main :: IO ()
 main = do
-  -- Try use the default hoogle DB. This may not exist because
+  -- Use the default hoogle DB. This may not exist because
   --  1) hoogle generate was never called
   --  2) the system hoogle is a different version from the package used here
   dbPath <- H.defaultDatabaseLocation
   Dir.doesFileExist dbPath >>= \case
     True -> runBHoogle dbPath
     False -> do
-      -- Try find the latest "hoo" DB in the default path
-      let root = FP.takeDirectory dbPath
-      files <- Txt.pack <<$>> getFiles root
-      let hoos = filter (Txt.isSuffixOf ".hoo") files
-
-      case sortBy (flip compare) hoos of
-        (path:_) -> runBHoogle $ Txt.unpack path
-        _ -> do
-          putText ""
-          putText "bhoogle error: "
-          putText "   default hoogle database not found"
-          putText $ "     at " <> Txt.pack dbPath
-          putText "   You can create the database by installing hoogle and running"
-          putText "     hoogle generate"
-          putText ""
+      putText ""
+      putText "bhoogle error: "
+      putText "   default hoogle database not found"
+      putText $ "     at " <> Txt.pack dbPath
+      putText "   You can create the database by installing hoogle and running"
+      putText "     hoogle generate"
+      putText ""
 
  
 runBHoogle :: FilePath -> IO ()
diff --git a/bhoogle.cabal b/bhoogle.cabal
--- a/bhoogle.cabal
+++ b/bhoogle.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                bhoogle
-version:             0.1.2.5
+version:             0.1.2.6
 synopsis:            Simple terminal GUI for local hoogle.
 description:         bhoogle is a terminal GUI layer over local hoogle. It provides search ahead and sub-string filtering in addition to the usual type-search.
 homepage:            https://github.com/andrevdm/bhoogle#readme