diff --git a/.github/docker/entrypoint.sh b/.github/docker/entrypoint.sh
index c9934335e..e42cf9d21 100644
--- a/.github/docker/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/.github/docker/entrypoint.sh
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ echo "Checking database status."
 until nc -z -v -w30 $DB_HOST 3306
 do
   echo "Waiting for database connection..."
-  # wait for 5 seconds before check again
-  sleep 5
+  # wait for 1 seconds before check again
+  sleep 1
 done
 
 ## make sure the db is set up
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c2d538bef..02da51054 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache --update ca-certificates dcron curl git supervisor tar un
 RUN rm /usr/local/etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf.default \
     && echo "* * * * * /usr/local/bin/php /app/artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1" >> /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root \
     && sed -i s/ssl_session_cache/#ssl_session_cache/g /etc/nginx/nginx.conf \
-    && mkdir -p /var/run/php /var/run/nginx \
-    && apk del --no-cache libpng-dev libxml2-dev libzip-dev
+    && mkdir -p /var/run/php /var/run/nginx
 
 COPY .github/docker/default.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
 COPY .github/docker/www.conf /usr/local/etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf
diff --git a/docker-compose.example.yml b/docker-compose.example.yml
index bd5e509c9..036bceb9a 100644
--- a/docker-compose.example.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.example.yml
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ x-common:
 #
 services:
   database:
-    image: mariadb:10.4
+    image: library/mysql:8.0
     restart: always
+    command: --default-authentication-plugin=mysql_native_password
     volumes:
       - "/srv/pterodactyl/database:/var/lib/mysql"
     environment: