diff --git a/nextcloud_devenv/config_db_query.sh b/nextcloud_devenv/config_db_query.sh
index 140a395..61b2f6f 100644
--- a/nextcloud_devenv/config_db_query.sh
+++ b/nextcloud_devenv/config_db_query.sh
@@ -11,5 +11,13 @@ flavor=dev
 
 database_name=nextcloud_$flavor
 username=nextcloud_$flavor
+
+# postgres
 db_port=5432
 db_hostname=127.0.0.1
+dbtype_nextcloude=pgsql
+
+# mariadb/mysql
+db_port=3306
+db_hostname=127.0.0.1
+dbtype_nextcloud=mysql
diff --git a/nextcloud_devenv/migrate_db_sqlite2postgres.sh b/nextcloud_devenv/migrate_db_sqlite2postgres.sh
index 994e681..24c969c 100755
--- a/nextcloud_devenv/migrate_db_sqlite2postgres.sh
+++ b/nextcloud_devenv/migrate_db_sqlite2postgres.sh
@@ -15,10 +15,16 @@ log_info "See https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/configuratio
 
 source ./config_db_query.sh
 
-# convert localhost of host into container virtual brdige hostname mapping 
+# convert localhost of host into container virtual bridge hostname mapping 
 #db_hostname=host.docker.internal
 #db_hostname=host.containers.internal
 # host loopback mapped address
 db_hostname=10.1.1.13
+# dbtype_nextcloud inherited from config_db_query
 
-$defer ./run_occ.sh db:convert-type --password="$password" --port="$db_port" --all-apps pgsql "$username" "$db_hostname" "$database_name"
+$defer ./run_occ.sh db:convert-type --password="$password" --port="$db_port" --all-apps "$dbtype_nextcloud" "$username" "$db_hostname" "$database_name"
+
+if [[ $dbtype_nextcloud == mysql ]]
+then
+    $defer ./run_occ.sh config:system:set mysql.utf8mb4 --type boolean --value="true"
+fi
diff --git a/nextcloud_devenv/setupdatabase.sh b/nextcloud_devenv/setupdatabase.sh
index cf37b46..bd09c7b 100755
--- a/nextcloud_devenv/setupdatabase.sh
+++ b/nextcloud_devenv/setupdatabase.sh
@@ -20,4 +20,14 @@ GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON SCHEMA public TO $username;
 EOF
 } | pipeto sudo -u postgres psql -f -
 
+
+{
+cat <<EOF
+CREATE USER '$username'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '$password';
+CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS ${database_name} CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;
+GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES on ${database_name}.* to '$username'@'localhost';
+EOF
+} | pipeto sudo mariadb -uroot -p
+
+
 log_info "created database ${database_name} with user $username"