diff --git a/tsv/sqlite3ncsv b/tsv/sqlite3ncsv
index 92ce223..4e6f821 100755
--- a/tsv/sqlite3ncsv
+++ b/tsv/sqlite3ncsv
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ echo 'Sqlite3NCSV: view sqlite3 DB with ncsv.
        TABLE: If not given, first in schema used.
        QUERY: If the second argument contains spaces, it is assumed to be a query.
        -l: List table names
+
+    note: will try for tabview if ncsv not installed
     '
 }
 [[ "$1" == "-h" ]] && {
@@ -33,6 +35,11 @@ sqlfile="$1"
 } || {
     query="$table"
 }
+VIEWER=ncsv
+which ncsv > /dev/null || {
+    VIEWER="tabview -"
+    which tabview > /dev/null || VIEWER="cat -"
+}
 
-sqlite3 -header -separator '	' -nullvalue NA "$sqlfile" "$query" | ncsv
+sqlite3 -header -separator '	' -nullvalue NA "$sqlfile" "$query" | $VIEWER