diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 58c661d..9c744cd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ LETSENCRYPT_TEST=true
 
 ### **Database Configuration**  
 ```bash
-WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD=wordpress
+WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD=wordpress # Used for MYSQL_PASSWORD AND MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD
+MYSQL_DATABASE=wordpress
+MYSQL_USER=wordpress
 ```
 
 ### **Volume Configuration**  
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ HTML_VOLUME=test_html_staging
 
 ## 📂 Configuration Files  
 
-Two important Nginx configuration files are available in the project directory:  
+Two important Nginx configuration files are available in the project directory.  After editing, perform a restart:  
 ```bash
 ./default.conf  # Automatically generated each time the script runs
 ./nginx.conf    # Manually customizable configuration
diff --git a/docker-compose.template.yml b/docker-compose.template.yml
index 35122a2..f1d75b5 100644
--- a/docker-compose.template.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.template.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,12 @@ services:
     image: ${IMAGE_DATABASE:-database}
     container_name: ${COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME}_database
     volumes:
-      - db:/var/lib/mysql 
+      - db:/var/lib/mysql
+    environment:
+      - MYSQL_PASSWORD=${WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD:-fake}
+      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=${WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD:-fake}
+      - MYSQL_DATABASE=${MYSQL_DATABASE:-wordpress}
+      - MYSQL_USER=${MYSQL_USER:-wordpress}              
     logging:
       driver: "json-file"  
       options:
diff --git a/update-db b/update-db
index d67f6c2..c1629ac 100755
--- a/update-db
+++ b/update-db
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ set +o allexport
 
 website="https://$VIRTUAL_HOST"
 DATABASE_SERVICE="database_${COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME}"
-MYSQL_USER=wordpress
-WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD=wordpress
-MYSQL_DATABASE=wordpress
 command="docker compose exec $DATABASE_SERVICE mariadb"
 
 echo $website