diff --git a/cmd/bundb/main.go b/cmd/bundb/main.go
index 0e424d42..227c3f37 100644
--- a/cmd/bundb/main.go
+++ b/cmd/bundb/main.go
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ import (
 
 func main() {
 	log.SetPrefix("bundb: ")
-	// TODO: use buncli.New(buncli.FromPlugin()) to read config from plugin
-	if err := buncli.Run(os.Args, nil); err != nil {
+	if err := buncli.NewStandalone("bundb").Run(os.Args); err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/extra/buncli/buncli.go b/extra/buncli/buncli.go
index bd67ee61..6d148516 100644
--- a/extra/buncli/buncli.go
+++ b/extra/buncli/buncli.go
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ var bunApp = &cli.App{
 
 // New creates a new CLI application for managing bun migrations.
 func New(c *Config) *App {
+	if c.RootName != "" {
+		bunApp.Name = c.RootName
+	}
 	bunApp.Commands = cli.Commands{
-		CmdInit(),
 		CmdMigrate(c),
 		CmdRollback(c),
 		CmdCreate(c),
@@ -37,7 +39,23 @@ func New(c *Config) *App {
 	}
 }
 
+// NewStandalone create a new CLI application to be distributed as a standalone binary.
+// It's intended to be used in the cmb/bund and does not require any prior setup from the user:
+// the app only includes the Init command and reads all its configuration from command line.
+//
+// Prefer using New(*Config) in your custom entrypoint.
+func NewStandalone(name string) *App {
+	bunApp.Name = name
+	bunApp.Commands = cli.Commands{
+		CmdInit(),
+	}
+	return &App{
+		App: bunApp,
+	}
+}
+
 type Config struct {
+	RootName           string
 	DB                 *bun.DB
 	AutoMigrator       *migrate.AutoMigrator
 	Migrations         *migrate.Migrations
diff --git a/extra/buncli/go.mod b/extra/buncli/go.mod
index 0cc2ef1a..900ae1e8 100644
--- a/extra/buncli/go.mod
+++ b/extra/buncli/go.mod
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/uptrace/bun/driver/pgdriver v1.2.7-0.20241126124946-928d0779110e
 	github.com/uptrace/bun/driver/sqliteshim v1.2.7-0.20241126124946-928d0779110e
 	github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.27.5
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.22.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -32,7 +33,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/xrash/smetrics v0.0.0-20240521201337-686a1a2994c1 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.29.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20241108190413-2d47ceb2692f // indirect
-	golang.org/x/mod v0.22.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.27.0 // indirect
 	mellium.im/sasl v0.3.2 // indirect
 	modernc.org/gc/v3 v3.0.0-20241004144649-1aea3fae8852 // indirect
diff --git a/extra/buncli/init.go b/extra/buncli/init.go
index 07964763..d3c36bfc 100644
--- a/extra/buncli/init.go
+++ b/extra/buncli/init.go
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ func main() {
 	var _ /* auto */ migrate.AutoMigrator
 
 	if err := buncli.Run(os.Args, &buncli.Config{
+		RootName: %q,
 		// DB: db,
 		// AutoMigrator: auto,
 		Migrations: migrations.Migrations,
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ func initCmd(binDir string, migrationsDir string) error {
 
 	pkgMigrations := path.Join(modPath, strings.TrimLeft(migrationsDir, "."))
 	log.Print("pkgMigrations: ", pkgMigrations)
-	if _, err := fmt.Fprintf(f, entrypointTemplate, pkgMigrations); err != nil {
+	if _, err := fmt.Fprintf(f, entrypointTemplate, pkgMigrations, defaultBin); err != nil {
 		log.Print("here!")
 		return err
 	}
@@ -259,6 +260,7 @@ func newDB(ctx *cli.Context) (*bun.DB, error) {
 	return bun.NewDB(sqlDB, dialect), nil
 }
 
+// getModPath parses the ./go.mod file in the current directory and returns the declared module path.
 func getModPath() (string, error) {
 	f, err := os.ReadFile("go.mod")
 	if err != nil {