diff --git a/roles/db/tasks/startcluster.yml b/roles/db/tasks/startcluster.yml
index 82cad67..3a5bbaf 100644
--- a/roles/db/tasks/startcluster.yml
+++ b/roles/db/tasks/startcluster.yml
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
   action: shell mysql -e "CREATE USER 'haproxy_check'@'%'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
 
 - name: Set up user for wrestlingtourney
-  action: shell mysql -e "CREATE USER 'heroku_jcw'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY '($heroku_jcw_password)';GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wrestlingtourney.* TO 'heroku_jcw'@'%'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
+  action: shell mysql -e "CREATE USER 'heroku_jcw'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY '$heroku_jcw_password';GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wrestlingtourney.* TO 'heroku_jcw'@'%'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
 
 - name:  set mysql root password
-  action: shell mysql -e "UPDATE mysql.user SET password=PASSWORD('$root_mysql_password') where user='root'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;" 
+  action: shell mysql -e "UPDATE mysql.user SET password=PASSWORD('$root_mysql_password') where user='root';"