diff --git a/static/new_etc_mycnf.sh b/static/new_etc_mycnf.sh
index a0176253..d7eb457a 100644
--- a/static/new_etc_mycnf.sh
+++ b/static/new_etc_mycnf.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 # shellcheck disable=2034,2059
 true
 # shellcheck source=lib.sh
-. <(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nextcloud/vm/master/lib.sh)
+MYCNFPW=1 . <(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nextcloud/vm/master/lib.sh)
+unset MYCNFPW
 
 # Check for errors + debug code and abort if something isn't right
 # 1 = ON
@@ -229,7 +230,7 @@ key_buffer		= 16M
 WRITENEW
 
 # Restart MariaDB
-mysqladmin shutdown --force & spinner_loading
+mysqladmin -u root -p"$MARIADBMYCNFPASS" shutdown --force & spinner_loading
 wait
 check_command systemctl restart mariadb & spinner_loading