diff --git a/metactl/environment.sh b/metactl/environment.sh
index 616005f..576ac5c 100644
--- a/metactl/environment.sh
+++ b/metactl/environment.sh
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ NGINX_SERVICE="nginx";
 
 # 3. Mariadb credentials
 MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD="root";
-MARIADB_DATABASE_NAME="vhost";
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+MARIADB_DATABASE_NAME="vhost";
+MARIADB_DUMP="$ROOT/persistent/mariadb.sql";
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diff --git a/metactl/post-start.sh b/metactl/post-start.sh
index ec5117c..d79c307 100644
--- a/metactl/post-start.sh
+++ b/metactl/post-start.sh
@@ -10,11 +10,31 @@ source $(dirname `realpath $0`)/environment.sh;
 
 
 
+## [1] Wait for database to be READY
+
+# Restore mariadb database
+echo -ne "   * mariadb socket..";
+docker exec $MARIADB_SERVICE mysql -uroot -p$MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD 2>/dev/null;
+DB_RESTORED="$?";
+
+# Try until connection OK
+while [ "$DB_RESTORED" != "0" ]; do
+	sleep .5;
+	echo -ne ".";
+	docker exec $MARIADB_SERVICE mysql -uroot -p$MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD 2>/dev/null;
+	DB_RESTORED="$?";
+done;
+
+echo "ready";
+
+
+
+
 ## [1] Restore database
 
 # 1. Check if dump file exists
 echo -ne "   * Check dump file...........";
-test -f $ROOT/persistent/mariadb.sql;
+test -f $MARIADB_DUMP;
 DUMP_FILE_EXISTS="$?";
 
 # 2. Restore database
@@ -23,19 +43,8 @@ if [ "$DUMP_FILE_EXISTS" = "0" ]; then
 	echo "found";
 
 	# Restore mariadb database
-	echo -ne "   * Restore database";
-	cat $ROOT/persistent/mariadb.sql | docker exec -i $MARIADB_SERVICE mysql -uroot -p$MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD $MARIADB_DATABASE_NAME 2>/dev/null;
-	DB_RESTORED="$?";
-
-	# Try until connection OK
-	while [ "$DB_RESTORED" != "0" ]; do
-		sleep .5;
-		echo -ne ".";
-		cat $ROOT/persistent/mariadb.sql | docker exec -i $MARIADB_SERVICE mysql -uroot -p$MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD $MARIADB_DATABASE_NAME 2>/dev/null;
-		DB_RESTORED="$?";
-	done;
-
-	echo "restored";
+	echo -ne "   * Restore database..........";
+	cat $MARIADB_DUMP | docker exec -i $MARIADB_SERVICE mysql -uroot -p$MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD $MARIADB_DATABASE_NAME 2>/dev/null && echo "restored" || echo "failed";
 
 else
 
@@ -45,7 +54,7 @@ else
 	test ! -d $ROOT/persistent && mkdir -p $ROOT/persistent;
 
 	echo "   * Create dump file..........created";
-	touch $ROOT/persistent/mariadb.sql;
+	touch $MARIADB_DUMP;
 
 
 fi;
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diff --git a/metactl/pre-stop.sh b/metactl/pre-stop.sh
index 7497d7a..d361a5a 100644
--- a/metactl/pre-stop.sh
+++ b/metactl/pre-stop.sh
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ test ! -d $ROOT/persistent && mkdir -p $ROOT/persistent;
 
 # 2. Backup database
 echo -ne "   * Backup database...........";
-docker exec $MARIADB_SERVICE mysqldump  -uroot -p$MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD $MARIADB_DATABASE_NAME > $ROOT/persistent/mariadb.sql;
+docker exec $MARIADB_SERVICE mysqldump  -uroot -p$MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD $MARIADB_DATABASE_NAME > $MARIADB_DUMP;
 test "$?" = "0" && echo "done" || (echo "failed"; exit 1);
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