diff --git a/sh/tmenu b/sh/tmenu
index cbfeec6..bff2038 100755
--- a/sh/tmenu
+++ b/sh/tmenu
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 file=$(mktemp)
 cat - > "$file"
 
-st -c tmenu-prompt -g 40x10+0+0 -e tmenu-backend "$file"
+st -c tmenu-prompt -g 40x10+0+0 -e tmenu-backend "$file" "$1"
 cat "$file"
 rm "$file"
diff --git a/sh/tmenu-backend b/sh/tmenu-backend
index cd2839b..28b755b 100755
--- a/sh/tmenu-backend
+++ b/sh/tmenu-backend
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 printf "%s" $1
 
-fzy < "$1" > "${1}a"
+fzy $2 < "$1" > "${1}a"
 mv ${1}a ${1}