diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 22b98b5..52b27c7 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ services:
   - mariadb:latest
 
 variables:
-  MYSQL_DATABASE: portal
-  MYSQL_USER: root
-  MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: secret
+  MYSQL_DATABASE: "portal"
+  MYSQL_USER: "root"
+  MYSQL_PASSWORD: "app"
+  MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: "secret"
 
 # This folder is cached between builds
 # http://docs.gitlab.com/ce/ci/yaml/README.html#cache
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ before_script:
   #- apt-get install php-mbstring php-curl php-json php-intl php-gd php-xml php-zip php-bz2 -yqq
   - apt-get install mariadb-server -yqq
   # Install php extensions
-  - docker-php-ext-install pdo pdo_mysql tokenizer xml pcntl curl json php-mysql
+  - docker-php-ext-install pdo pdo_mysql tokenizer xml pcntl curl json
 #  - docker-php-ext-install mbstring intl gd xml bz2 opcache pdo_mysql curl json zip
   # Install & enable Xdebug for code coverage reports
   - pecl install xdebug