diff --git a/borg2-backup.sh b/borg2-backup.sh
index 8c9b55b..99750b2 100755
--- a/borg2-backup.sh
+++ b/borg2-backup.sh
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ if [[ "${DB_TYPE,,}" = "mysql" ]] ; then
 
    cat <<EOF >> ${BORG_LOG_FILE}
 declare -a mysql_database_arr=();
-for _db_name in \$(mysql -s -r -N -e 'show databases' 2> /dev/null ) ; do
+for _db_name in \$(mysql ${MYSQL_CREDENTIALS} -s -r -N -e 'show databases' 2> /dev/null ) ; do
 
    [[ "\${_db_name}" = "information_schema" ]] && continue
    [[ "\${_db_name}" = "performance_schema" ]] && continue
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ done
 EOF
 
    declare -a mysql_database_arr=();
-   for _db_name in $(mysql -s -r -N -e 'show databases' 2> ${log_file}) ; do
+   for _db_name in $(mysql ${MYSQL_CREDENTIALS} -s -r -N -e 'show databases' 2> ${log_file}) ; do
 
       [[ "${_db_name}" = "information_schema" ]] && continue
       [[ "${_db_name}" = "performance_schema" ]] && continue
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ EOF
       echononl "Dump Database '${_db}'.."
 
       cat <<EOF >> ${BORG_LOG_FILE}
-mysqldump $MYSQL_CREDENTIALS \\
+mysqldump ${MYSQL_CREDENTIALS} \\
    --single-transaction --routines \\
    -h localhost \\
    -e ${_db} > ${DB_BACKUP_DIR}/${_db}-${backup_date}.sql