diff --git a/mediawiki/.sample.env b/mediawiki/.sample.env
index cf13cc7..16ed880 100644
--- a/mediawiki/.sample.env
+++ b/mediawiki/.sample.env
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ELASTIC_PASSWORD=changeme
 KIBANA_PASSWORD=changeme
+# tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 </dev/urandom | head -c 128; echo
 MYSQL_PASSWORD=changeme
+MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=changeme
 STACK_VERSION=8.14.3
 CLUSTER_NAME=changeme
 MEM_LIMIT=6000m
diff --git a/mediawiki/docker-compose.yml b/mediawiki/docker-compose.yml
index 925568c..518a8ca 100644
--- a/mediawiki/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/mediawiki/docker-compose.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ services:
       MYSQL_DATABASE: zenith
       MYSQL_USER: zenithwikiuser
       MYSQL_PASSWORD: ${MYSQL_PASSWORD}
-      MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD: 'yes'
+      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD}
     networks:
       - zenithwiki
     volumes: