diff --git a/init.sh b/init.sh
index 9ab7a0b3ddca433c11798bf19f5fc927a2903431..f89b7ebd269d6637fd577b9e9eece7c0376759f8 100644
--- a/init.sh
+++ b/init.sh
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ if [ ! -d $JIRA_HOME ]; then
     mkdir -p $JIRA_HOME
 fi
 
+sed -i -e "s#^user\s*=\s*mysql#user = root#" /etc/mysql/my.cnf
+sed -i -e "s#^datadir\s*=\s*/var/lib/mysql#datadir = $MYSQL_DIR#" /etc/mysql/my.cnf
 if [ ! -d $MYSQL_DIR ]; then
     mkdir -p $MYSQL_DIR
-    sed -i -e "s#^user\s*=\s*mysql#user = root#" /etc/mysql/my.cnf
-    sed -i -e "s#^datadir\s*=\s*/var/lib/mysql#datadir = $MYSQL_DIR#" /etc/mysql/my.cnf
     mysql_install_db
     mysqld_safe &
     sleep 5s