diff --git a/install/usr/share/swarmlab.io/sec/sec_bootstrapmysql b/install/usr/share/swarmlab.io/sec/sec_bootstrapmysql
index 8432c5c..652534f 100755
--- a/install/usr/share/swarmlab.io/sec/sec_bootstrapmysql
+++ b/install/usr/share/swarmlab.io/sec/sec_bootstrapmysql
@@ -83,13 +83,17 @@ case $ROLE in
             #    ${USER}@${MPI_MASTER_SERVICE_NAME} \
 	ttyd -p 3787 bash  &
 	chmod 644 /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf
-	mysqld --user=root
+	mysqld --user=root &
 	sleep 2
-	mysql -e "create database $MYSQL_DATABASE ; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON $MYSQL_DATABASE.* TO $MYSQL_USER@localhost IDENTIFIED BY '$MYSQL_PASSWORD'"
+      if ! mysql -e "use $MYSQL_DATABASE "; then
+	mysql -e "create database $MYSQL_DATABASE ; "
+        mysql -e "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON $MYSQL_DATABASE.* TO $MYSQL_USER@localhost IDENTIFIED BY '$MYSQL_PASSWORD'"
+        mysql -e "flush PRIVILEGES "
 	sleep 1
-	mysql exampledb -e "UPDATE wp_options SET option_name = 'siteurl',    option_value = 'http://localhost:$SERVICEPORT', autoload = 'yes' WHERE option_name = 'siteurl' "
-
-	mysql exampledb -e "UPDATE wp_options SET option_name = 'home',    option_value = 'http://localhost:$SERVICEPORT', autoload = 'yes' WHERE option_name = 'home' "
+      else
+	mysql -e "use $MYSQL_DATABASE; UPDATE wp_options SET option_name = 'siteurl',    option_value = 'http://localhost:$SERVICEPORT', autoload = 'yes' WHERE option_name = 'siteurl' "
+	mysql  -e "use $MYSQL_DATABASE; UPDATE wp_options SET option_name = 'home',    option_value = 'http://localhost:$SERVICEPORT', autoload = 'yes' WHERE option_name = 'home' "
+      fi
            tail -f /dev/null
         #done
         ;;