diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index f8c0d0a..0647ec8 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
       restart: always
       command: mysqld --skip-name-resolve --skip-host-cache --log-warnings=0
       healthcheck:
-        test: ["CMD", "mysqladmin", "-u$OPENHAB_DATABASE_USER", "-p$OPENHAB_DATABASE_PASSWORD",  "ping", "-h", "localhost"]
+        test: ["CMD", "mysqladmin", "-uopenhab", "-p$OPENHAB_DATABASE_PASSWORD",  "ping", "-h", "localhost"]
         interval: 30s
         timeout: 30s
         retries: 10