diff --git a/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 0f1acae..5d858b4 100755
--- a/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 set -e
 
+#wait for dockercompose to start the mysql
+sleep 3
+
 if [[ "$1" == apache2* ]] || [ "$1" == php-fpm ]; then
         if [ -n "$MYSQL_PORT_3306_TCP" ]; then
                 if [ -z "$JOOMLA_DB_HOST" ]; then