diff --git a/packages/@n8n/nodes-langchain/nodes/vector_store/VectorStoreLanceDB/VectorStoreLanceDB.node.ts b/packages/@n8n/nodes-langchain/nodes/vector_store/VectorStoreLanceDB/VectorStoreLanceDB.node.ts
index 1c451ae217..ff55ef6f8a 100644
--- a/packages/@n8n/nodes-langchain/nodes/vector_store/VectorStoreLanceDB/VectorStoreLanceDB.node.ts
+++ b/packages/@n8n/nodes-langchain/nodes/vector_store/VectorStoreLanceDB/VectorStoreLanceDB.node.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { LanceDB } from '@langchain/community/vectorstores/lancedb';
 import { connect, WriteMode } from 'vectordb';
 
-import type { INodeProperties } from 'n8n-workflow';
+import type { ILoadOptionsFunctions, INodeProperties } from 'n8n-workflow';
 import { createVectorStoreNode } from '../shared/createVectorStoreNode';
 
 export const lanceDBTableNameRLC: INodeProperties = {
@@ -52,18 +52,7 @@ export const VectorStoreLanceDB = createVectorStoreNode({
 		docsUrl:
 			'https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/builtin/cluster-nodes/root-nodes/n8n-nodes-langchain.vectorstorelancedb/',
 	},
-	sharedFields: [
-		{
-			displayName: 'Directory Path',
-			name: 'directoryPath',
-			type: 'string',
-			default: '',
-			required: true,
-			placeholder: '/tmp/lancedb/',
-			description: 'Path of the LanceDB directory',
-		},
-		lanceDBTableNameRLC,
-	],
+	sharedFields: [lanceDBTableNameRLC],
 	insertFields,
 	loadFields: [],
 	retrieveFields: [],
@@ -71,18 +60,17 @@ export const VectorStoreLanceDB = createVectorStoreNode({
 		const tableName = context.getNodeParameter('tableName', itemIndex, '', {
 			extractValue: true,
 		}) as string;
-		const dbUri = context.getNodeParameter('directoryPath', itemIndex, '', {
-			extractValue: true,
-		}) as string;
+
+		const dbUri = context.helpers.getVectorStorePath();
 
 		const db = await connect(dbUri);
 		const table = await db.openTable(tableName);
 
 		const client = new LanceDB(embeddings, { table });
 
-		const test = await client.similaritySearch('horror movie', 5);
-
-		console.log(test);
+		// const test = await client.similaritySearch('horror movie', 5);
+		//
+		// console.log(test);
 
 		return client;
 	},
@@ -90,15 +78,38 @@ export const VectorStoreLanceDB = createVectorStoreNode({
 		const tableName = context.getNodeParameter('tableName', itemIndex, '', {
 			extractValue: true,
 		}) as string;
-		const dbUri = context.getNodeParameter('directoryPath', itemIndex, '', {
-			extractValue: true,
-		}) as string;
+
+		const dbUri = context.helpers.getVectorStorePath();
+
 		const clearStore = context.getNodeParameter('clearStore', itemIndex) as boolean;
 
+		if (clearStore) {
+			const db = await connect(dbUri);
+			await db.dropTable(tableName);
+			console.log('cleared lancedb');
+		}
+
 		await LanceDB.fromDocuments(documents, embeddings, {
 			tableName,
 			uri: dbUri,
-			mode: clearStore ? WriteMode.Overwrite : WriteMode.Append,
+			mode: WriteMode.Append,
 		});
 	},
+	methods: {
+		listSearch: {
+			async lanceDBTableNameSearch(this: ILoadOptionsFunctions) {
+				const dbUri = this.helpers.getVectorStorePath();
+				const db = await connect(dbUri);
+
+				const tables = await db.tableNames();
+
+				return {
+					results: tables.map((t) => ({
+						name: t,
+						value: t,
+					})),
+				};
+			},
+		},
+	},
 });
diff --git a/packages/core/src/NodeExecuteFunctions.ts b/packages/core/src/NodeExecuteFunctions.ts
index af428026b7..f797e7840e 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/NodeExecuteFunctions.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/NodeExecuteFunctions.ts
@@ -3416,6 +3416,11 @@ const getFileSystemHelperFunctions = (node: INode): FileSystemHelperFunctions =>
 		return path.join(Container.get(InstanceSettings).n8nFolder, `storage/${node.type}`);
 	},
 
+	getVectorStorePath() {
+		// FIXME: make customizable via config
+		return path.join(Container.get(InstanceSettings).n8nFolder, 'vector-store');
+	},
+
 	async writeContentToFile(filePath, content, flag) {
 		if (isFilePathBlocked(filePath as string)) {
 			throw new NodeOperationError(node, `The file "${String(filePath)}" is not writable.`, {
@@ -4150,6 +4155,7 @@ export function getLoadOptionsFunctions(
 			helpers: {
 				...getSSHTunnelFunctions(),
 				...getRequestHelperFunctions(workflow, node, additionalData),
+				...getFileSystemHelperFunctions(node),
 			},
 		};
 	})(workflow, node, path);
diff --git a/packages/workflow/src/Interfaces.ts b/packages/workflow/src/Interfaces.ts
index 15802fe0b0..f0f903ccca 100644
--- a/packages/workflow/src/Interfaces.ts
+++ b/packages/workflow/src/Interfaces.ts
@@ -739,6 +739,7 @@ interface JsonHelperFunctions {
 export interface FileSystemHelperFunctions {
 	createReadStream(path: PathLike): Promise<Readable>;
 	getStoragePath(): string;
+	getVectorStorePath(): string;
 	writeContentToFile(
 		path: PathLike,
 		content: string | Buffer | Readable,
@@ -989,7 +990,7 @@ export interface ILoadOptionsFunctions extends FunctionsBase {
 		options?: IGetNodeParameterOptions,
 	): NodeParameterValueType | object | undefined;
 	getCurrentNodeParameters(): INodeParameters | undefined;
-	helpers: RequestHelperFunctions & SSHTunnelFunctions;
+	helpers: RequestHelperFunctions & SSHTunnelFunctions & FileSystemHelperFunctions;
 }
 
 export interface IPollFunctions