diff --git a/internal/chore/model/model.go b/internal/chore/model/model.go
index 90f6c29..3fb7a92 100644
--- a/internal/chore/model/model.go
+++ b/internal/chore/model/model.go
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ type FrequencyMetadata struct {
 	Days   []*string `json:"days,omitempty"`
 	Months []*string `json:"months,omitempty"`
 	Unit   *string   `json:"unit,omitempty"`
+	Time   string    `json:"time,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type NotificationMetadata struct {
diff --git a/internal/chore/scheduler.go b/internal/chore/scheduler.go
index c1ff48d..5413447 100644
--- a/internal/chore/scheduler.go
+++ b/internal/chore/scheduler.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ func scheduleNextDueDate(chore *chModel.Chore, completedDate time.Time) (*time.T
 	if chore.FrequencyType == "once" {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
+
 	if chore.NextDueDate != nil {
 		// no due date set, use the current date
 
@@ -29,6 +30,17 @@ func scheduleNextDueDate(chore *chModel.Chore, completedDate time.Time) (*time.T
 	} else {
 		baseDate = completedDate.UTC()
 	}
+	if chore.FrequencyType == "day_of_the_month" || chore.FrequencyType == "days_of_the_week" || chore.FrequencyType == "interval" {
+		// time in frequency metadata stored as RFC3339 format like  `2024-07-07T13:27:00-04:00`
+		// parse it to time.Time:
+		t, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, frequencyMetadata.Time)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error parsing time in frequency metadata")
+		}
+		// set the time to the time in the frequency metadata:
+		baseDate = time.Date(baseDate.Year(), baseDate.Month(), baseDate.Day(), t.Hour(), t.Minute(), 0, 0, t.Location())
+
+	}
 	if chore.IsRolling && chore.NextDueDate.Before(completedDate) {
 		// we need to check if chore due date is before the completed date to handle this senario:
 		// if user trying to complete chore due in future (multiple time for insance) due date will be calculated
diff --git a/internal/database/database.go b/internal/database/database.go
index 8fc8a68..67818db 100644
--- a/internal/database/database.go
+++ b/internal/database/database.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package database
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"time"
 
 	"gorm.io/driver/postgres"
@@ -33,7 +34,12 @@ func NewDatabase(cfg *config.Config) (*gorm.DB, error) {
 
 	default:
 
-		db, err = gorm.Open(sqlite.Open("donetick.db"), &gorm.Config{})
+		path := os.Getenv("DT_SQLITE_PATH")
+		if path == "" {
+			db, err = gorm.Open(sqlite.Open("donetick.db"), &gorm.Config{})
+		} else {
+			db, err = gorm.Open(sqlite.Open(path), &gorm.Config{})
+		}
 
 	}