diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 4237dab..4df2c88 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ RUN adduser -u 1000 --disabled-password --gecos "" appuser && chown -R appuser /
 
 # Install deps
 RUN apt update && apt full-upgrade -y
-RUN apt install curl gcc g++ -y
-RUN curl -sS https://downloads.mariadb.com/MariaDB/mariadb_repo_setup | bash
-RUN apt install libmariadb3 libmariadb-dev -y
 
 # Install pip requirements
 COPY requirements.txt .
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b6a95cf..a2a6e09 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 bcrypt
 cryptography
-mariadb
+pymysql
 python-dotenv
 pyTelegramBotAPI
 sqlmodel
diff --git a/src/database/prepare.py b/src/database/prepare.py
index 06f2272..ad487f8 100644
--- a/src/database/prepare.py
+++ b/src/database/prepare.py
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ from . import models
 
 
 def get_engine(host: str, user: str, passwd: str, db: str) -> Engine:
-    engine = sqlmodel.create_engine(
-        f"mariadb+mariadbconnector://{user}:{passwd}@{host}/{db}"
-    )
+    engine = sqlmodel.create_engine(f"mariadb+pymysql://{user}:{passwd}@{host}/{db}")
     return engine