diff --git a/functions b/functions
index 082a723..4b2d62a 100755
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -98,12 +98,12 @@ service_import() {
   local SERVICE="$1"
   SERVICE_ROOT="$PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT/$SERVICE"
   SERVICE_NAME="$(get_service_name "$SERVICE")"
-  PASSWORD="$(cat "$SERVICE_ROOT/PASSWORD")"
+  ROOTPASSWORD="$(cat "$SERVICE_ROOT/ROOTPASSWORD")"
 
   if [[ -t 0 ]]; then
     dokku_log_fail "No data provided on stdin."
   fi
-  docker exec -i "$SERVICE_NAME" mysql --user=mysql --password="$PASSWORD" "$SERVICE"
+  docker exec -i "$SERVICE_NAME" mysql --user=root --password="$ROOTPASSWORD" "$SERVICE"
 }
 
 service_start() {
diff --git a/tests/service_import.bats b/tests/service_import.bats
index a65da5d..fceef41 100755
--- a/tests/service_import.bats
+++ b/tests/service_import.bats
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ teardown() {
 @test "($PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX:import) success" {
   export ECHO_DOCKER_COMMAND="true"
   run dokku "$PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX:import" l < "$PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT/fake.sql"
-  password="$(cat "$PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT/l/PASSWORD")"
-  assert_output "docker exec -i dokku.mysql.l mysql --user=mysql --password=$password l"
+  password="$(cat "$PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT/l/ROOTPASSWORD")"
+  assert_output "docker exec -i dokku.mysql.l mysql --user=root --password=$password l"
 }