diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 83592a68..7882b7d7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ roadmap.md
 *-debug.log
 docs/api
 .firebase
+.idea
diff --git a/src/firestore/index.ts b/src/firestore/index.ts
index 33f03d1d..08aec022 100644
--- a/src/firestore/index.ts
+++ b/src/firestore/index.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   DocumentReference,
   Query,
   getFirestore,
+  type Firestore,
 } from 'firebase/firestore'
 import { ref, MaybeRefOrGetter } from 'vue-demi'
 import { useFirebaseApp } from '../app'
@@ -107,8 +108,27 @@ export function useDocument<T>(
  * Retrieves the Firestore instance.
  *
  * @param name - name of the application
+ * @param database - name of the database
  * @returns the Firestore instance
  */
-export function useFirestore(name?: string) {
-  return getFirestore(useFirebaseApp(name))
+export function useFirestore(database: string): Firestore
+export function useFirestore(options: {
+  name?: string
+  database?: string
+}): Firestore
+export function useFirestore(
+  optionsOrDatabase: string | { name?: string; database?: string }
+): Firestore {
+  if (typeof optionsOrDatabase === 'string') {
+    return getFirestore(useFirebaseApp(), optionsOrDatabase)
+  }
+
+  if (optionsOrDatabase.database) {
+    return getFirestore(
+      useFirebaseApp(optionsOrDatabase.name),
+      optionsOrDatabase.database
+    )
+  }
+
+  return getFirestore(useFirebaseApp(optionsOrDatabase.name))
 }