diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 7204bf7..c884829 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ services:
     container_name: "Highscores-DataBase"
     volumes:
       - highscores_data:/var/lib/mysql
-    ports:
-      - 3306:3306
     environment:
       - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=${SQL_PASS}
       - MYSQL_ROOT_USERNAME=${SQL_USER}
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bad163a..f59989b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ nextcord>=2.3.2
 python-dotenv>=0.20.0
 pandas>=1.5.2
 sqlalchemy>=1.4.44
-mysqlclient>=2.1.1
\ No newline at end of file
+pymysql>=1.0.2
+cryptography>=2.8
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/utilities/sql_data_classes.py b/utilities/sql_data_classes.py
index f3bd1fa..649e447 100644
--- a/utilities/sql_data_classes.py
+++ b/utilities/sql_data_classes.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from sqlalchemy.ext.automap import automap_base
 from utilities import config
 
 # connect with sql alchemy and autoload schema
-url = f"mysql://{config.SQL_USER}:{config.SQL_PASS}@{config.SQL_HOST}/{config.SQL_DB}"
+url = f"mysql+pymysql://{config.SQL_USER}:{config.SQL_PASS}@{config.SQL_HOST}/{config.SQL_DB}"
 engine = create_engine(url)
 Base = automap_base()
 Base.prepare(autoload_with=engine)