diff --git a/ubuntu/src/docker-entrypoint.sh b/ubuntu/src/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 18eae1d..4eca28b 100755
--- a/ubuntu/src/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/ubuntu/src/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ echo "== Waiting for MySQL to start up =="
 while ! mysqladmin ping -h mysql --silent; do
     sleep 0.5
 done
-while ! mysql -u root -p"$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" -e "$MYSQL_DATABASE" 2> /dev/null; do
+while ! mysql -u root -p"$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" -e "use $MYSQL_DATABASE" 2> /dev/null; do
     sleep 0.5
 done