diff --git a/docker/mariadb/mariadb.yml b/docker/mariadb/mariadb.yml
index a17f0f6..a24416e 100644
--- a/docker/mariadb/mariadb.yml
+++ b/docker/mariadb/mariadb.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 version: '3.7'
 services:
   isard-apps-mariadb:
-    image: $MARIADB_IMG
+    image: ${MARIADB_IMG-mariadb:10.6.5}
     container_name: isard-apps-mariadb
 #    ports:
 #      - ${IP}:3306:3306 # change ip if required
diff --git a/main.conf.example b/main.conf.example
index c3920d4..86a1eee 100644
--- a/main.conf.example
+++ b/main.conf.example
@@ -61,6 +61,6 @@ WORDPRESS_ADMIN_USER=admin
 WORDPRESS_ADMIN_PASSWORD=W0rdpr3ss
 
 # DOCKER IMAGES
-MARIADB_IMG=mariadb:10.6.5
+#MARIADB_IMG=mariadb:10.6.5
 NGINX_IMG=nginx:1.21.6
 REDIS_IMG=redis:6.2.6-alpine3.15