diff --git a/.woodpecker.yml b/.woodpecker.yml
index 9a98873..385eac5 100644
--- a/.woodpecker.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ pipeline:
     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
       - pg_ctlcluster 13 main start
-      - "mysqld &"
+      - "mysqld_safe &"
       - su postgres -c 'createuser root'
       - su postgres -c 'createdb -O root testsuitedb'
       - psql testsuitedb -c 'CREATE TABLE testsuitetable ();'