diff --git a/giteainstall b/giteainstall
index 1696a5b..c9515ed 100755
--- a/giteainstall
+++ b/giteainstall
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ servicedead  () { status=$(systemctl is-active $service); if [[ "$status" != "ac
 inputcheck () {
 if [[ -z "$hostname" ]]; then usage ; printf "Error! Hostname Empty...\n\n" ; exit; fi
 if [[ -z "$giteapwd" ]]; then usage ; printf "Error! Database Password Empty...\n\n" ; exit; fi
-if [[ -z "$mariadbpass" ]]; then usage ; printf "Error! Database Password Empty...\n\n" ; exit; fi; }
+if [[ -z "$mariadbpwd" ]]; then usage ; printf "Error! Database Password Empty...\n\n" ; exit; fi; }
 #
 # If Nginx and MariaDB is not running then die
 #
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ while getopts "n:p:r:h:" option; do
          giteapwd=$OPTARG;;
 
       r) # mariadb root password
-         mariadbpass=$OPTARG;;
+         mariadbpwd=$OPTARG;;
 
       h) # display help
          usage ; exit;;
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ done
 #
 # Check if input conditions are met
 #
-inputcheck "$hostname" "$giteapwd"
+inputcheck "$hostname" "$giteapwd" "$mariadbpwd"
 #
 # Download and install Gitea
 #
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON gitea.* TO 'gitea'@'127.0.0.1' IDENTIFIED BY '$giteapwd'
 FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
 "
 printf '%s\n' "${giteasql[@]}" |sed '1d; $d' > giteasql.sql
-mysql -u root -p"$mariadbpass" < giteasql.sql
+mysql -u root -p"$mariadbpwd" < giteasql.sql
 #
 # Create a Gitea Nginx configuration file
 #