diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_integration_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run_integration_tests.yml
index 07af59a8730..ad8a7fee823 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_integration_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_integration_tests.yml
@@ -41,12 +41,15 @@ jobs:
           name: build-artifact-${{ inputs.major || env.BYOND_MAJOR }}-${{ inputs.minor || env.BYOND_MINOR}}
           path: ./
       - name: Setup database
+        env:
+          MYSQL_CONFIG_FILE: tools/ci/mysql_config.cnf
         run: |
           sudo systemctl start mysql
-          mysql -u root -proot -e 'CREATE DATABASE tg_ci;'
-          mysql -u root -proot tg_ci < SQL/tgstation_schema.sql
-          mysql -u root -proot -e 'CREATE DATABASE tg_ci_prefixed;'
-          mysql -u root -proot tg_ci_prefixed < SQL/tgstation_schema_prefixed.sql
+          mysql --defaults-extra-file=${{ env.MYSQL_CONFIG_FILE }} -e 'CREATE DATABASE tg_ci;'
+          mysql --defaults-extra-file=${{ env.MYSQL_CONFIG_FILE }} tg_ci < SQL/tgstation_schema.sql
+          mysql --defaults-extra-file=${{ env.MYSQL_CONFIG_FILE }} -e 'CREATE DATABASE tg_ci_prefixed;'
+          mysql --defaults-extra-file=${{ env.MYSQL_CONFIG_FILE }} tg_ci_prefixed < SQL/tgstation_schema_prefixed.sql
+          echo "Sucessful MySQL Database Setup"
       - name: Install rust-g
         run: |
           bash tools/ci/install_rust_g.sh
diff --git a/tools/ci/mysql_config.cnf b/tools/ci/mysql_config.cnf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4ce75db56f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ci/mysql_config.cnf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[client]
+user = "root"
+password = "root"