diff --git a/src/ripGrep.ts b/src/ripGrep.ts
index e108695..0beea74 100644
--- a/src/ripGrep.ts
+++ b/src/ripGrep.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,15 @@ import { rgPath } from "@vscode/ripgrep";
 import { spawn } from "child_process";
 import { once } from "events";
 
+// TODO: At present, this function is always called recursively in the current directory via process.cwd()
+// I might need to add '--max-depth 1' to account for someone nesting sentinel directories
+// syntax is 'rg --max-depth 1' 
+
 // TODO: At present there's absolutely no point using typescript for this module. 
 // I need to figure out how returning Promise values works when implemented with `spawn`
-export async function ripGrep(phrase: string) {
+export async function ripGrep(phrase: string, dir: string=process.cwd(), recursiveSearch:boolean=true) {
     try {
-        const rg = spawn(rgPath, [phrase, process.cwd()]);
+        const rg = spawn(rgPath, [phrase, dir]);
         let exitCode;
         // Capture ripgrep exit code and return it after the process finishes
         //exit code for 'no match' is 1 for ripgrep
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