diff --git a/source/libublsettings-gtk3-packages.c b/source/libublsettings-gtk3-packages.c
index c98a4b5..2d2bc82 100644
--- a/source/libublsettings-gtk3-packages.c
+++ b/source/libublsettings-gtk3-packages.c
@@ -10,8 +10,12 @@ struct packages {
 int _yon_packages_get_db(){
     const char *root = "/";
     const char *dbpath = "/var/lib/pacman";
+    const char *dbpath_local = "/var/lib/pacman/local";
     const char *config_path = "/etc/pacman.conf";
     packages_struct.packages_handle = alpm_initialize(root,dbpath,NULL);
+    if (!packages_struct.packages_handle){
+        packages_struct.packages_handle = alpm_initialize(root,dbpath_local,NULL);
+    }
     if (!packages_struct.packages_handle){
         packages_struct.init_status=0;
         return 0;