diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 7d65d33..f926516 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -66,10 +66,11 @@ useradd --create-home --home-dir /var/vmail --shell /usr/sbin/nologin --system -
 install --owner=vmail --group=vmail --mode=640 /dev/null /var/vmail/.my.cnf
 echo "[client]" > /var/vmail/.my.cnf
 echo "host     = localhost" >> /var/vmail/.my.cnf
-echo "database = vmail" >> /var/vmail/.my.cnf
 echo "user     = vmail" >> /var/vmail/.my.cnf
 echo "password = $VMAILPASS" >> /var/vmail/.my.cnf
 echo "socket   = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock" >> /var/vmail/.my.cnf
+echo "[mysql]" >> /var/vmail/.my.cnf
+echo "database = vmail" >> /var/vmail/.my.cnf
 
 # configure vmail dirs
 chmod 750 /var/vmail/