diff --git a/plugins/mariadb/process-compose.yaml b/plugins/mariadb/process-compose.yaml
index 674ee04a28b..a496d848867 100644
--- a/plugins/mariadb/process-compose.yaml
+++ b/plugins/mariadb/process-compose.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ version: "0.5"
 
 processes:
   mariadb:
-    command: "echo 'Starting mysqld... check mariadb_logs for details'; mariadbd --log-error=$MYSQL_HOME/mysql.log"
+    command: "echo 'Starting mariadbd... check mariadb_logs for details'; mariadbd --log-error=$MYSQL_HOME/mysql.log"
     is_daemon: false
     shutdown:
       command: "mariadb-admin -u root shutdown"
diff --git a/plugins/mariadb/setup_db.sh b/plugins/mariadb/setup_db.sh
index 3116d2744cb..b2a8b6fa595 100644
--- a/plugins/mariadb/setup_db.sh
+++ b/plugins/mariadb/setup_db.sh
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 if [ ! -d "$MYSQL_DATADIR" ]; then
 # Install the Database
-    mysql_install_db --auth-root-authentication-method=normal \
+    mariadb-install-db --auth-root-authentication-method=normal \
         --datadir=$MYSQL_DATADIR --basedir=$MYSQL_BASEDIR \
         --pid-file=$MYSQL_PID_FILE
 fi
 
 if [ -e "$MYSQL_CONF" ]; then
   ln -fs "$MYSQL_CONF" "$MYSQL_HOME/my.cnf"
-fi
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+fi