diff --git a/.env.sample.php b/.env.sample.php
index 8dc3dd0..db2d859 100644
--- a/.env.sample.php
+++ b/.env.sample.php
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 <?php
 
-
-
 //
 // 1. MariaDB Connection Credentials
 //
 
 define("DB_HOST", "localhost");
+// The MariaDB User
+//
+// Create with: (1) CREATE USER 'username'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';
+//              (2) GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON database_name.* TO 'username'@'localhost';
+//              (3) FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
 define("DB_USER", "SQL_DB_USER");
 define("DB_PASS", "SQL_DB_PASS");
 define("DB_NAME", "SQL_DB_NAME");
diff --git a/sys.php b/sys.php
index 6fd2d93..a8ed32e 100755
--- a/sys.php
+++ b/sys.php
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@
 */
 function sql_read($query) {
     global $db;
-      if (!isset($db) || is_null($db)) $db = new PDO("mysql:host=".DB_HOST.";dbname=".DB_NAME,DB_USER,DB_PASS);
+      if (!isset($db) || is_null($db)) $db = new PDO("mysql:host=".DB_HOST.";",DB_USER,DB_PASS);
       $stmt = $db->prepare($query);
         if ($stmt->execute() === false) return ["status" => "error", "query"=>$query];
         return $stmt->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
 }
 function sql_write($query) {
     global $db;
-      if (!isset($db) || is_null($db)) $db = new PDO("mysql:host=".DB_HOST.";dbname=".DB_NAME,DB_USER,DB_PASS);
+      if (!isset($db) || is_null($db)) $db = new PDO("mysql:host=".DB_HOST.";",DB_USER,DB_PASS);
       $stmt = $db->prepare($query);
         if ($stmt->execute() === false) die ("sql error: $query");
         return $stmt->rowCount();