diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
index 8a4b51c123..1e4c0e1119 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ jobs:
         character set server: 'utf8mb4'
         collation server: 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci'
         mysql database: 'evennia'
-        mysql user: 'evennia'
-        mysql password: 'password'
+        mysql root password: 'password'
+        # mysql password: 'password'
 
     # wait for db to activage, get logs from their start
     - name: Wait / sleep