diff --git a/app/data_source/sources/slack/slack.py b/app/data_source/sources/slack/slack.py
index d9e7593..2996740 100644
--- a/app/data_source/sources/slack/slack.py
+++ b/app/data_source/sources/slack/slack.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class SlackAuthor:
 
 class SlackConfig(BaseDataSourceConfig):
     token: str
+    filters: str
 
 
 class SlackDataSource(BaseDataSource):
@@ -36,7 +37,10 @@ class SlackDataSource(BaseDataSource):
 
     @staticmethod
     def get_config_fields() -> List[ConfigField]:
-        return [ConfigField(label="Bot User OAuth Token", name="token", type=HTMLInputType.PASSWORD)]
+        return [
+            ConfigField(label="Bot User OAuth Token", name="token", type=HTMLInputType.PASSWORD),
+            ConfigField(label="Channel name filters", name="filters", type=HTMLInputType.TEXT),
+        ]
 
     @staticmethod
     async def validate_config(config: Dict) -> None:
@@ -52,11 +56,31 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         slack_config = SlackConfig(**self._raw_config)
         self._slack = WebClient(token=slack_config.token)
+        self.filters = [_filter.strip() for _filter in slack_config.filters.split(",")] if slack_config.filters else []
         self._authors_cache: Dict[str, SlackAuthor] = {}
 
     def _list_conversations(self) -> List[SlackConversation]:
+        all_conversations = []
         conversations = self._slack.conversations_list(exclude_archived=True, limit=1000)
-        return [SlackConversation(id=conv["id"], name=conv["name"]) for conv in conversations["channels"]]
+        all_conversations.extend(
+            [SlackConversation(id=conv["id"], name=conv["name"]) for conv in conversations["channels"]]
+        )
+        while conversations["response_metadata"]["next_cursor"]:
+            conversations = self._slack.conversations_list(
+                exclude_archived=True, limit=1000, cursor=conversations["response_metadata"]["next_cursor"]
+            )
+            all_conversations.extend(
+                [SlackConversation(id=conv["id"], name=conv["name"]) for conv in conversations["channels"]]
+            )
+        logger.info(f"Found {len(all_conversations)} conversations")
+        if self.filters:
+            filtered_conversations = [
+                conv for conv in all_conversations if any([_filter in conv.name for _filter in self.filters])
+            ]
+            logger.info(f"Found {len(filtered_conversations)} conversations after filtering")
+            return filtered_conversations
+        else:
+            return all_conversations
 
     def _feed_conversations(self, conversations: List[SlackConversation]) -> List[SlackConversation]:
         joined_conversations = []
diff --git a/app/paths.py b/app/paths.py
index f8085b7..80b0204 100644
--- a/app/paths.py
+++ b/app/paths.py
@@ -1,20 +1,30 @@
-from pathlib import Path
+import getpass
 import os
+from pathlib import Path
+from sys import platform
 
-IS_IN_DOCKER = os.environ.get('DOCKER_DEPLOYMENT', False)
+IS_IN_DOCKER = os.environ.get("DOCKER_DEPLOYMENT", False)
 
-if os.name == 'nt':
+if os.name == "nt":
     STORAGE_PATH = Path(".gerev\\storage")
+if platform == "darwin":
+    STORAGE_PATH = Path(f"/Users/{getpass.getuser()}/.gerev/storage/")
 else:
-    STORAGE_PATH = Path('/opt/storage/') if IS_IN_DOCKER else Path(f'/home/{os.getlogin()}/.gerev/storage/')
+    STORAGE_PATH = Path("/opt/storage/") if IS_IN_DOCKER else Path(f"/home/{os.getlogin()}/.gerev/storage/")
+
+try:
+    STORAGE_PATH_EXISTS = STORAGE_PATH.exists()
+except PermissionError:
+    STORAGE_PATH = Path(f"home/{os.getlogin()}/.gerev/storage/")  # remove leading /
+    STORAGE_PATH_EXISTS = STORAGE_PATH.exists()
 
-if not STORAGE_PATH.exists():
+if not STORAGE_PATH_EXISTS:
     STORAGE_PATH.mkdir(parents=True)
 
-UI_PATH = Path('/ui/') if IS_IN_DOCKER else Path('../ui/build/')
-SQLITE_DB_PATH = STORAGE_PATH / 'db.sqlite3'
-SQLITE_TASKS_PATH = STORAGE_PATH / 'tasks.sqlite3'
-SQLITE_INDEXING_PATH = STORAGE_PATH / 'indexing.sqlite3'
-FAISS_INDEX_PATH = str(STORAGE_PATH / 'faiss_index.bin')
-BM25_INDEX_PATH = str(STORAGE_PATH / 'bm25_index.bin')
-UUID_PATH = str(STORAGE_PATH / '.uuid')
+UI_PATH = Path("/ui/") if IS_IN_DOCKER else Path("../ui/build/")
+SQLITE_DB_PATH = STORAGE_PATH / "db.sqlite3"
+SQLITE_TASKS_PATH = STORAGE_PATH / "tasks.sqlite3"
+SQLITE_INDEXING_PATH = STORAGE_PATH / "indexing.sqlite3"
+FAISS_INDEX_PATH = str(STORAGE_PATH / "faiss_index.bin")
+BM25_INDEX_PATH = str(STORAGE_PATH / "bm25_index.bin")
+UUID_PATH = str(STORAGE_PATH / ".uuid")
diff --git a/app/requirements.txt b/app/requirements.txt
index 43c2443..d012040 100644
--- a/app/requirements.txt
+++ b/app/requirements.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ fastapi-restful
 google-api-python-client
 google-auth-httplib2
 google-auth-oauthlib
+greenlet # needed to run on mac m1
 oauth2client
 mammoth
 python-pptx
diff --git a/ui/src/components/data-source-panel.tsx b/ui/src/components/data-source-panel.tsx
index 4a2e6b4..3b8c7f6 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/data-source-panel.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/data-source-panel.tsx
@@ -355,6 +355,8 @@ export default class DataSourcePanel extends React.Component<DataSourcePanelProp
                                        <img alt="" className="h-[120px] rounded-xl p-1" src={CopyThis} />
                                     </span>
                                     <span className="text-violet-300/[.75] mt-1 text-sm"> *Gerev bot will join your channels.</span>
+                                    <span>6. {"(Optional) Add filters to limit the channels to fetch. Gerev will only look for messages in the channels containing the filters you input."}</span>
+                                    <span className="text-violet-300/[.75] mt-1 text-sm">{'Example: setting "errors, operations" in the filters field will cause Gerev to index only the channels containg "errors" and "operations"'}</span>
                                  </span>
                               )
                               }