diff --git a/km-dist/docker/mysql/init.sh b/km-dist/docker/mysql/init.sh
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index 00000000..99248d67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/km-dist/docker/mysql/init.sh
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+if [ "$MYSQL_DATABASE" ]; then
+  "${mysql[@]}" < /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/initsql
+else
+  echo "CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS ks ;" | "${mysql[@]}"
+  "${mysql[@]}" ks < /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/initsql
+fi