diff --git a/stores/sql.go b/stores/sql.go
index 2802528ba..5d9d9cea8 100644
--- a/stores/sql.go
+++ b/stores/sql.go
@@ -153,9 +153,7 @@ func NewMetricsSQLiteConnection(path string) gorm.Dialector {
 
 // NewMySQLConnection creates a connection to a MySQL database.
 func NewMySQLConnection(user, password, addr, dbName string) gorm.Dialector {
-	connString := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s@tcp(%s)/%s?charset=utf8mb4&parseTime=True&loc=Local&multiStatements=true", user, password, addr, dbName)
-	fmt.Println("DEBUG PJ: MySQL conn string", connString)
-	return mysql.Open(connString)
+	return mysql.Open(fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s@tcp(%s)/%s?charset=utf8mb4&parseTime=True&loc=Local&multiStatements=true", user, password, addr, dbName))
 }
 
 func DBConfigFromEnv() (uri, user, password, dbName string) {
diff --git a/stores/sql_test.go b/stores/sql_test.go
index 37bbf3432..b0bbe695a 100644
--- a/stores/sql_test.go
+++ b/stores/sql_test.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func newTestSQLStore(t *testing.T, cfg testSQLStoreConfig) *testSQLStore {
 
 	var conn, connMetrics gorm.Dialector
 	if dbURI != "" {
-		if tmpDB, err := gorm.Open(NewMySQLConnection(dbURI, dbUser, dbPassword, "")); err != nil {
+		if tmpDB, err := gorm.Open(NewMySQLConnection(dbUser, dbPassword, dbURI, "")); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		} else if err := tmpDB.Exec(fmt.Sprintf("CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `%s`", dbName)).Error; err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ func newTestSQLStore(t *testing.T, cfg testSQLStoreConfig) *testSQLStore {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
 
-		conn = NewMySQLConnection(dbURI, dbUser, dbPassword, dbName)
-		connMetrics = NewMySQLConnection(dbURI, dbUser, dbPassword, dbMetricsName)
+		conn = NewMySQLConnection(dbUser, dbPassword, dbURI, dbName)
+		connMetrics = NewMySQLConnection(dbUser, dbPassword, dbURI, dbMetricsName)
 	} else if cfg.persistent {
 		conn = NewSQLiteConnection(filepath.Join(cfg.dir, "db.sqlite"))
 		connMetrics = NewSQLiteConnection(filepath.Join(cfg.dir, "metrics.sqlite"))