diff --git a/roles/db/tasks/startcluster.yml b/roles/db/tasks/startcluster.yml
index 96fa9b1..82cad67 100644
--- a/roles/db/tasks/startcluster.yml
+++ b/roles/db/tasks/startcluster.yml
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
   action: shell mysql -e "CREATE DATABASE wrestlingtourney;"
 
 - name: Set up haproxy_check user
-  action: shell mysql -u root -p -e "CREATE USER 'haproxy_check'@'%'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
+  action: shell mysql -e "CREATE USER 'haproxy_check'@'%'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
 
 - name: Set up user for wrestlingtourney
-  action: shell mysql -u root -p -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;"