diff --git a/librespeed/container/etc/librespeed/librespeed.toml b/librespeed/container/etc/librespeed/librespeed.toml
index a7d36f78..3a1d0c65 100644
--- a/librespeed/container/etc/librespeed/librespeed.toml
+++ b/librespeed/container/etc/librespeed/librespeed.toml
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ statistics_password = "eichacheakie"
 redact_ip_addresses = false
 
 # database type for statistics data, currently supports: bolt, mysql, postgresql
-database_type = "bolt"
-database_hostname = ""
-database_name = ""
-database_username = ""
-database_password = ""
+database_type = "mysql"
+database_hostname = "tcp(mysql-main-master.backpack.test:3306)"
+database_name = "librespeed"
+database_username = "librespeed_gohsotahleit"
+database_password = "thuchusohgie"
 
 # if you use `bolt` as database, set database_file to database file location
-database_file = "/var/lib/librespeed/speedtest.db"
+database_file = ""
diff --git a/librespeed/init/initialize-database.sql b/librespeed/init/initialize-database.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..607429f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/librespeed/init/initialize-database.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+CREATE DATABASE $DB_DATABASE;
+USE $DB_DATABASE;
+CREATE TABLE speedtest_users( -- https://github.com/librespeed/speedtest-go/blob/master/database/mysql/telemetry_mysql.sql
+  id        int(11)   NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+  timestamp timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+  ip        text      NOT NULL,
+  ispinfo   text,
+  extra     text,
+  ua        text      NOT NULL,
+  lang      text      NOT NULL,
+  dl        text,
+  ul        text,
+  ping      text,
+  jitter    text,
+  log       longtext,
+  uuid      text,
+  PRIMARY KEY (id)
+);
+CREATE USER IF NOT EXISTS '$DB_USERNAME'@'%' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY '$DB_PASSWORD';
+GRANT INSERT, SELECT ON $DB_DATABASE.speedtest_users TO '$DB_USERNAME'@'%';
diff --git a/librespeed/rm-v.sh b/librespeed/rm-v.sh
index d99678af..51dfb18f 100755
--- a/librespeed/rm-v.sh
+++ b/librespeed/rm-v.sh
@@ -6,4 +6,3 @@
 . settings.sh
 
 docker volume rm $CONTAINER_NAME-conf
-docker volume rm $CONTAINER_NAME-data
diff --git a/librespeed/run.sh b/librespeed/run.sh
index 0a4f9759..f3f24062 100755
--- a/librespeed/run.sh
+++ b/librespeed/run.sh
@@ -1,15 +1,20 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-# Exit immediately if a pipeline, which may consist of a single simple command,
-# a list, or a compound command returns a non-zero status
-set -e
-
 # Elevate privileges
 [ $UID -eq 0 ] || exec sudo bash "$0" "$@"
 
 . settings.sh
 . ../lib/lib.sh
 
+readonly MYSQL="mysql --host=$DB_HOST --port=$DB_PORT --user=$DB_ROOT_USERNAME --password=$DB_ROOT_PASSWORD"
+
+initialize_database() {
+  echo Initializing database...
+  export DB_DATABASE DB_USERNAME DB_PASSWORD
+  $MYSQL <<< "$(envsubst < init/initialize-database.sql)"
+  echo ...database initialized
+}
+
 run() {
   docker run \
     --name $CONTAINER_NAME \
@@ -17,7 +22,6 @@ run() {
     --detach \
     --volume /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro --volume /etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro \
     --volume $CONTAINER_NAME-conf:/etc/librespeed \
-    --volume $CONTAINER_NAME-data:/var/lib/librespeed \
     --publish 8989:8989 \
     $DEFAULT_GO_SETTINGS \
     $DEFAULT_HEALTH_SETTINGS \
@@ -25,6 +29,17 @@ run() {
     $IMAGE_NAME
 }
 
+$MYSQL --execute="USE $DB_DATABASE;"
+readonly USE_DB_RETCODE=$?
+
+# Exit immediately if a pipeline, which may consist of a single simple command,
+# a list, or a compound command returns a non-zero status
+set -e
+
+if [ "$USE_DB_RETCODE" -ne 0 ]; then
+  initialize_database
+fi
+
 run
 wait_for_all_container_ports $CONTAINER_NAME $WAIT_TIMEOUT
 print_container_info $CONTAINER_NAME
diff --git a/librespeed/settings.sh b/librespeed/settings.sh
index e8a28390..075463c9 100644
--- a/librespeed/settings.sh
+++ b/librespeed/settings.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ readonly CONTAINER_NAME=$BASE_NAME
 readonly HOST_NAME=$MONIKER.backpack.test
 readonly WAIT_TIMEOUT=600
 
+readonly DB_HOST=mysql-main-master.backpack.test
+readonly DB_PORT=3306
+readonly DB_DATABASE=librespeed
+readonly DB_ROOT_USERNAME=root
+readonly DB_ROOT_PASSWORD=camycorymicu
+readonly DB_USERNAME=librespeed_gohsotahleit
+readonly DB_PASSWORD=thuchusohgie
+
 . ../lib/settings/go.sh
 . ../lib/settings/health.sh
 . ../lib/settings/log.sh