diff -Nur e-smith-mysql-2.6.0.old/root/usr/lib/systemd/system/mysql.init.service e-smith-mysql-2.6.0/root/usr/lib/systemd/system/mysql.init.service
--- e-smith-mysql-2.6.0.old/root/usr/lib/systemd/system/mysql.init.service	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ e-smith-mysql-2.6.0/root/usr/lib/systemd/system/mysql.init.service	2020-12-07 22:37:53.569000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+[Unit]
+SourcePath=/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql.init
+Description=Koozali SME Server mysql DB injector for mariadb
+After=mariadb.service
+Requires=mariadb.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+Restart=no
+TimeoutSec=10min
+IgnoreSIGPIPE=no
+KillMode=process
+GuessMainPID=no
+RemainAfterExit=yes
+ExecStart=/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql.init start
+ExecStop=/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql.init stop
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=sme-server.target
diff -Nur e-smith-mysql-2.6.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/e-smith/sql/init/10mysql_upgrade e-smith-mysql-2.6.0/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/e-smith/sql/init/10mysql_upgrade
--- e-smith-mysql-2.6.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/e-smith/sql/init/10mysql_upgrade	2020-12-09 23:20:20.435000000 -0500
+++ e-smith-mysql-2.6.0/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/e-smith/sql/init/10mysql_upgrade	2020-12-09 23:23:42.874000000 -0500
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 /usr/bin/mysql_upgrade 
 
-P=$(cat /var/run/mariadb/mariadb.pid)
 /bin/rm /var/run/mariadb/mariadb.pid
-kill -TERM $P
+/usr/bin/systemctl restart mariadb.service
 for i in $(seq 1 20);
 do
   if [ -f /var/run/mariadb/mariadb.pid ]
diff -Nur e-smith-mysql-2.6.0.old/createlinks e-smith-mysql-2.6.0/createlinks
--- e-smith-mysql-2.6.0.old/createlinks	2020-12-13 17:05:15.553000000 -0500
+++ e-smith-mysql-2.6.0/createlinks	2020-12-13 17:07:11.467000000 -0500
@@ -67,9 +67,10 @@
 }
 
 safe_symlink("restart", "root/etc/e-smith/events/$event/services2adjust/mariadb");
-
+safe_symlink("restart", "root/etc/e-smith/events/$event/services2adjust/mysql.init");
 # Move all database dumps except for mysql.dump to sql/init
 event_link("mysql-load-tables", $event, "40");
+templates2events("/etc/e-smith/sql/init/10mysql_upgrade", $event);
 
 # systemd-specific action mandatory for this package-update event
 event_link("systemd-reload", $event, "89");