diff --git a/server/deep-search.js b/server/deep-search.js
index 493ee7f..7ba40a9 100644
--- a/server/deep-search.js
+++ b/server/deep-search.js
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ function publicJob(row, indexSize = 0) {
 export function createDeepSearchService({ db = defaultDb, searchDeep = innertube.searchDeep, related = innertube.related,
   browseUploads = innertube.browseUploads, ingest = catalog.ingest, putSearch = searchCache.put,
   sleep = sleepDefault, random = Math.random, now = Date.now, autoStart = true } = {}) {
+  // Accept the db.js module namespace as well as the client itself.
+  if (typeof db?.execute !== 'function' && typeof db?.db?.execute === 'function') db = db.db;
   let worker = null;
   let timer = null;
   const log = (state, message) => { state.log ||= []; state.log.push({ at: now(), message: String(message).slice(0, 240) }); if (state.log.length > 100) state.log.splice(0, state.log.length - 100); };
diff --git a/server/server.js b/server/server.js
index 028f36a..a9eaf13 100644
--- a/server/server.js
+++ b/server/server.js
@@ -2360,7 +2360,7 @@ const notes = registerNoteRoutes(app, {
     { label: 'Database', path: dirname(process.env.DB_PATH || './data/ytplayer.db') },
   ] },
 });
-const deepSearch = registerDeepSearchRoutes(app, { db: notesDb, adminAuth: notes.requireAdminOrToken, autoStart: false,
+const deepSearch = registerDeepSearchRoutes(app, { db: notesDb.db, adminAuth: notes.requireAdminOrToken, autoStart: false,
   searchDeep: innertube.searchDeep, related: innertube.related, browseUploads: innertube.browseUploads,
   ingest: collectVideoMetadata, putSearch: searchCacheDb.put });
 registerAdminToolsRoutes(app, { db: notesDb, adminAuth: notes.requireAdminOrToken, media,