diff --git a/install/pelican-panel-install.sh b/install/pelican-panel-install.sh
index 9ed8ac9bf..3cdaa5176 100644
--- a/install/pelican-panel-install.sh
+++ b/install/pelican-panel-install.sh
@@ -25,10 +25,9 @@ fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "pelican-panel" "pelican-dev/panel" "prebuild" "late
 
 msg_info "Installing Pelican Panel"
 cd /opt/pelican-panel
-mkdir -p /opt/pelican-panel/database
-touch /opt/pelican-panel/database/database.sqlite
 $STD composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader --no-interaction
 $STD php artisan p:environment:setup
+$STD php artisan p:environment:database --no-interaction --driver mariadb --database "$MARIADB_DB_NAME" --username "$MARIADB_DB_USER" --password "$MARIADB_DB_PASS"
 $STD php artisan p:environment:queue-service --no-interaction
 echo "* * * * * php /opt/pelican-panel/artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1" | crontab -u www-data -
 chown -R www-data:www-data /opt/pelican-panel