diff --git a/gvamysql/mysqltasks/tasks.py b/gvamysql/mysqltasks/tasks.py
index 1a3ca11..4e08865 100644
--- a/gvamysql/mysqltasks/tasks.py
+++ b/gvamysql/mysqltasks/tasks.py
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ def _get_connection():
         host=settings.GVAMYSQL_DBADMIN_HOST,
         port=settings.GVAMYSQL_DBADMIN_PORT,
         user=settings.GVAMYSQL_DBADMIN_USER,
-        password=settings.GVAMYSQL_DBADMIN_PASSWORD)
+        passwd=settings.GVAMYSQL_DBADMIN_PASSWORD,
+        db='mysql',
+    )
 
 
 @shared_task