diff --git a/mysql-8.0.sh b/mysql-8.0.sh
index d76eae1..73ec074 100644
--- a/mysql-8.0.sh
+++ b/mysql-8.0.sh
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 #     MySQL    #
 ##------------##
 
-
-## mysql Password
-#password=<set me for testing purposes>
-
 export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
 apt install gnupg -y
@@ -18,7 +14,6 @@ debconf-set-selections <<< 'mysql-apt-config mysql-apt-config/select-product sel
 debconf-set-selections <<< 'mysql-apt-config mysql-apt-config/select-server select mysql-8.0'
 debconf-set-selections <<< 'mysql-apt-config mysql-apt-config/select-tools select '
 debconf-set-selections <<< 'mysql-apt-config mysql-apt-config/unsupported-platform select abort'
-
 debconf-set-selections <<< "mysql-community-server mysql-community-server/root-pass password $password"
 debconf-set-selections <<< "mysql-community-server mysql-community-server/re-root-pass password $password"
 debconf-set-selections <<< "mysql-community-server mysql-server/default-auth-override select Use Legacy Authentication Method (Retain MySQL 5.x Compatibility)"
@@ -27,8 +22,42 @@ wget https://dev.mysql.com/get/mysql-apt-config_0.8.13-1_all.deb -O /tmp/mysql-a
 dpkg -i /tmp/mysql-apt-conf.deb
 apt-get update
 apt-get install -y mysql-server
+
+rm /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf
+cat > /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf <<- "EOF"
+[mysqld]
+user            = mysql
+pid-file        = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
+socket          = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
+port            = 3306
+basedir         = /usr
+datadir         = /var/lib/mysql
+tmpdir          = /tmp
+lc-messages-dir = /usr/share/mysql
+skip-external-locking
+
+innodb_buffer_pool_size = 1G # (adjust value here, 50%-70% of total RAM)
+innodb_log_file_size = 256M
+innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit = 1 # may change to 2 or 0
+innodb_flush_method = O_DIRECT
+bind-address            = 127.0.0.1
+key_buffer_size         = 16M
+max_allowed_packet      = 16M
+thread_stack            = 192K
+thread_cache_size       = 8
+myisam-recover-options  = BACKUP
+#max_connections = 100
+#table_open_cache = 64
+#innodb-thread-concurrency     = 10
+log_error = /var/log/mysql/error.log
+expire_logs_days        = 10
+max_binlog_size   = 100M
+EOF
+
+systemctl restart mysql
 systemctl enable mysql
 
+
 ##-----------------##
 #     PhpMyAdmin    #
 ##-----------------##