diff --git a/build-bot.sh b/build-bot.sh
index 80881c4..854e33b 100644
--- a/build-bot.sh
+++ b/build-bot.sh
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 git fetch || exit 1
 git pull || exit 1
 
-sudo docker compose down || exit 1
-sudo docker compose pull || exit 1
-sudo docker compose build || exit 1
+docker compose down || exit 1
+docker compose pull || exit 1
+docker compose build || exit 1
 
-sudo docker compose up -d
-sudo docker compose logs -f
\ No newline at end of file
+docker compose up -d
+docker compose logs -f
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/startup.sh b/startup.sh
index 9b1262b..b8b0a25 100644
--- a/startup.sh
+++ b/startup.sh
@@ -24,23 +24,23 @@ if [ ! -f /usr/bin/nc ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-if [ -z "$API_PORT" ]; then
+if [ -z $API_PORT ]; then
   API_PORT=9000;
 fi
 
-if [ -z "$MYSQL_HOST" ]; then
-  MYSQL_HOST="$(prop 'MYSQL_HOST')"
+if [ -z $MYSQL_HOST ]; then
+  MYSQL_HOST="localhost"
 fi
 
-if [ -z "$MYSQL_PORT" ]; then
-  MYSQL_PORT=$(prop 'MYSQL_PORT')
+if [ -z $MYSQL_PORT ]; then
+  MYSQL_PORT=3306
 fi
 
 echo "Waiting 10 seconds for database to start.."
 sleep 10
 
 echo "Checking if MySQL / MariaDB is started.."
-if /usr/bin/nc -z "$MYSQL_HOST" "$MYSQL_PORT"; then
+if /usr/bin/nc -z $MYSQL_HOST $MYSQL_PORT; then
   echo "Database OK. Starting bot..";
   /opt/java/openjdk/bin/java -jar /app/netneutrality-jar-with-dependencies.jar &