diff --git a/stack.sh b/stack.sh
index 9cca50f..9bf08bb 100755
--- a/stack.sh
+++ b/stack.sh
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
 sudo chown -R www-data:www-data $DASH_DIR
 
 # Update the DB to give user ‘$MYSQL_USER’@’%’ full control of the all databases:
-sudo mysql -uroot -p$MYSQL_PASS -e "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO '$MYSQL_USER'@'%' WITH GRANT OPTION;"
+sudo mysql -uroot -p$MYSQL_PASS -e "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO '$MYSQL_USER'@'%' identified by '$MYSQL_PASS';"
 
 # Edit /etc/mysql/my.cnf to change ‘bind-address’ from localhost (127.0.0.1) to any (0.0.0.0) and restart the mysql service:
 sudo sed -i 's/127.0.0.1/0.0.0.0/g' /etc/mysql/my.cnf