diff --git a/.woodpecker.yml b/.woodpecker.yml
index 25be5d4..9a98873 100644
--- a/.woodpecker.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker.yml
@@ -21,13 +21,11 @@ pipeline:
     image: rust:1.54.0-slim-bullseye
     commands:
       - apt-get -qq update && apt-get -yqq -o=Dpkg::Use-Pty=0 install pkg-config libssl-dev build-essential libsqlite3-dev python3.9 python3.9-venv postgresql postgresql-client mariadb-server mariadb-client
-      - 'ls /run/mysqld || :'
       - pg_ctlcluster 13 main start
+      - "mysqld &"
       - su postgres -c 'createuser root'
       - su postgres -c 'createdb -O root testsuitedb'
       - psql testsuitedb -c 'CREATE TABLE testsuitetable ();'
-      - 'systemctl status mysqld || :'
-      - 'systemctl status mariadb || :'
       - mysql -e 'CREATE DATABASE testsuitemydb; USE testsuitemydb; CREATE TABLE sometable (INT PRIMARY KEY); INSERT INTO sometable VALUES (42);'
       - cargo install -q --path yama
       - cargo install -q --path datman