diff --git a/examples/docker-compose.yml b/examples/docker-compose.yml
index 3785adf..44309b3 100644
--- a/examples/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/examples/docker-compose.yml
@@ -37,17 +37,16 @@ services:
     build:
       context: ../src/loaders/curl
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
+  backend-db:
+    image: ghcr.io/cisco-open/app-simulator-databases-mysql:latest
+    environment:
+      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=root
+    build:
+      context: ../src/databases/mysql
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    ports:
+      - "3306:3306"
     volumes:
-      - ./loader.json:/config.json
-    
-#  backend-db:
-#    image: ghcr.io/cisco-open/app-simulator-databases-mysql:latest
-#    build:
-#      context: ../src/databases/mysql
-#      dockerfile: Dockerfile
-#    ports:
-#      - "3306:3306"
-#    volumes:
-#     - ./backend-db.json:/config.json
+     - ./database.json:/config.json
 networks:
   default:
diff --git a/src/databases/mysql/Dockerfile b/src/databases/mysql/Dockerfile
index 5760d1e..b9060c7 100644
--- a/src/databases/mysql/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/databases/mysql/Dockerfile
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-FROM mysql:5.7
+FROM --platform=linux/amd64 mysql:5.7
 
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/cisco-open/app-simulator
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.description="mysql database for app-simulator"
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.licenses=BSD-3-Clause
 
 RUN yum install -y php-cli && yum clean all
+
 COPY setup.php /tmp/
 COPY setup.sh /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/