diff --git a/BlueMapCommon/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/common/config/storage/SQLConfig.java b/BlueMapCommon/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/common/config/storage/SQLConfig.java
index e51c017e..3088d821 100644
--- a/BlueMapCommon/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/common/config/storage/SQLConfig.java
+++ b/BlueMapCommon/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/common/config/storage/SQLConfig.java
@@ -40,9 +40,7 @@ public class SQLConfig extends StorageConfig implements SQLStorageSettings {
 
     @DebugDump private String driverJar = null;
     @DebugDump private String driverClass = null;
-    @DebugDump private String dbUrl = "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/bluemap";
-    @DebugDump private String user = "root";
-    private String password = "";
+    private String connectionUrl = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/bluemap?permitMysqlScheme";
 
     @DebugDump private Compression compression = Compression.GZIP;
 
@@ -65,18 +63,8 @@ public Optional<String> getDriverClass() {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public String getDbUrl() {
-        return dbUrl;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String getUser() {
-        return user;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String getPassword() {
-        return password;
+    public String getConnectionUrl() {
+        return connectionUrl;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/BlueMapCommon/src/main/resources/de/bluecolored/bluemap/config/storages/sql.conf b/BlueMapCommon/src/main/resources/de/bluecolored/bluemap/config/storages/sql.conf
index f06fa3c4..28a763c7 100644
--- a/BlueMapCommon/src/main/resources/de/bluecolored/bluemap/config/storages/sql.conf
+++ b/BlueMapCommon/src/main/resources/de/bluecolored/bluemap/config/storages/sql.conf
@@ -9,21 +9,17 @@
 storage-type: SQL
 
 # The JDBC-Connection URL that is used to connect to the database.
-# The format for this url is: jdbc:[driver]://[host]:[port]/[database]
-db-url: "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/bluemap"
-
-# The user that is used to connect to the database
-user: "root"
-
-# The password that is used to connect to the database
-# (If this is empty, no password is used to connect to the database)
-password: ""
+# The format for this url is usually something like: jdbc:[driver]://[host]:[port]/[database]?user=[user]&password=[password]
+# The exact format of the url is determined by the JDBC-Driver you are using.
+db-connection-url: "jdbc:mysql://localhost/bluemap?permitMysqlScheme"
+#db-connection-url: "jdbc:mariadb://localhost/bluemap?user=root"
+#db-connection-url: "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/bluemap?user=root&password=password"
 
 # This can be used to load a custom jdbc-driver from a .jar file.
 # E.g. if your runtime-environment is not already providing the sql-driver you need,
 # you could download the MariaDB JDBC-Connector from https://mariadb.com/downloads/connectors/connectors-data-access/java8-connector/
 # place it in the './bluemap' folder and use is like this:
-#driver-jar: "bluemap/mariadb-java-client-2.7.4.jar"
+#driver-jar: "bluemap/mariadb-java-client-3.0.7.jar"
 
 # This is the driver-class that bluemap will try to load and use.
 # Check the documentation of the driver you are using if you don't know this.
diff --git a/BlueMapCore/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/core/storage/sql/SQLStorage.java b/BlueMapCore/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/core/storage/sql/SQLStorage.java
index c3f873ef..b1a40a73 100644
--- a/BlueMapCore/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/core/storage/sql/SQLStorage.java
+++ b/BlueMapCore/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/core/storage/sql/SQLStorage.java
@@ -81,13 +81,13 @@ public SQLStorage(SQLStorageSettings config) throws MalformedURLException, SQLDr
                                 "Instead you'll need to add your driver-jar to the classpath when starting your server," +
                                 "e.g. using the '-classpath' command-line argument", ex);*/
                     }
-                    this.dataSource = createDataSource(config.getDbUrl(), config.getUser(), config.getPassword(), driver);
+                    this.dataSource = createDataSource(config.getConnectionUrl(), driver);
                 } else {
                     Class.forName(config.getDriverClass().get());
-                    this.dataSource = createDataSource(config.getDbUrl(), config.getUser(), config.getPassword());
+                    this.dataSource = createDataSource(config.getConnectionUrl());
                 }
             } else {
-                this.dataSource = createDataSource(config.getDbUrl(), config.getUser(), config.getPassword());
+                this.dataSource = createDataSource(config.getConnectionUrl());
             }
         } catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
             throw new SQLDriverException("The driver-class does not exist.", ex);
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ public SQLStorage(SQLStorageSettings config) throws MalformedURLException, SQLDr
         this.hiresCompression = config.getCompression();
     }
 
-    public SQLStorage(String dbUrl, String user, String password, Compression compression) {
-        this.dataSource = createDataSource(dbUrl, user, password);
+    public SQLStorage(String dbUrl, Compression compression) {
+        this.dataSource = createDataSource(dbUrl);
         this.hiresCompression = compression;
     }
 
@@ -621,25 +621,17 @@ private int lookupFK(String table, String idField, String valueField, String val
         }, 2);
     }
 
-    private DataSource createDataSource(String dbUrl, String user, String password) {
-        ConnectionFactory connectionFactory = new DriverManagerConnectionFactory(
-                dbUrl,
-                user,
-                password
-        );
-
-        return createDataSource(connectionFactory);
+    private DataSource createDataSource(String dbUrl) {
+        Logger.global.logInfo("Creating datasource for: " + dbUrl);
+        return createDataSource(new DriverManagerConnectionFactory(dbUrl));
     }
 
-    private DataSource createDataSource(String dbUrl, String user, String password, Driver driver) {
-        Properties properties = new Properties();
-        properties.put("user", user);
-        properties.put("password", password);
-
+    private DataSource createDataSource(String dbUrl, Driver driver) {
+        Logger.global.logInfo("Creating driver-datasource for: " + dbUrl);
         ConnectionFactory connectionFactory = new DriverConnectionFactory(
                 driver,
                 dbUrl,
-                properties
+                new Properties()
         );
 
         return createDataSource(connectionFactory);
diff --git a/BlueMapCore/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/core/storage/sql/SQLStorageSettings.java b/BlueMapCore/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/core/storage/sql/SQLStorageSettings.java
index 89c7f412..283545ef 100644
--- a/BlueMapCore/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/core/storage/sql/SQLStorageSettings.java
+++ b/BlueMapCore/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/core/storage/sql/SQLStorageSettings.java
@@ -12,11 +12,7 @@ public interface SQLStorageSettings {
 
     Optional<String> getDriverClass();
 
-    String getDbUrl();
-
-    String getUser();
-
-    String getPassword();
+    String getConnectionUrl();
 
     Compression getCompression();