diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 66d8d0a..49ecd7b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -159,11 +159,11 @@ Container images are configured using parameters passed at runtime (such as thos
 | `-p 3306` | Mariadb listens on this port. |
 | `-e PUID=1000` | for UserID - see below for explanation |
 | `-e PGID=1000` | for GroupID - see below for explanation |
-| `-e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=ROOT_ACCESS_PASSWORD` | Set this to root password for installation (minimum 4 characters). |
+| `-e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=ROOT_ACCESS_PASSWORD` | Set this to root password for installation (minimum 4 characters & non-alphanumeric passwords must be properly escaped). |
 | `-e TZ=Europe/London` | Specify a timezone to use EG Europe/London. |
 | `-e MYSQL_DATABASE=USER_DB_NAME` | Specify the name of a database to be created on image startup. |
 | `-e MYSQL_USER=MYSQL_USER` | This user will have superuser access to the database specified by MYSQL_DATABASE (do not use root here). |
-| `-e MYSQL_PASSWORD=DATABASE_PASSWORD` | Set this to the password you want to use for you MYSQL_USER (minimum 4 characters). |
+| `-e MYSQL_PASSWORD=DATABASE_PASSWORD` | Set this to the password you want to use for you MYSQL_USER (minimum 4 characters & non-alphanumeric passwords must be properly escaped). |
 | `-e REMOTE_SQL=http://URL1/your.sql,https://URL2/your.sql` | Set this to ingest sql files from an http/https endpoint (comma seperated array). |
 | `-v /config` | Contains the db itself and all assorted settings. |
 
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ Once registered you can define the dockerfile to use with `-f Dockerfile.aarch64
 
 ## Versions
 
+* **10.10.22:** - Remove password escape logic which caused problems for a small subset of users.
 * **06.07.21:** - Rebase master to alpine.
 * **03.07.21:** - Rebase to 3.14.
 * **08.02.21:** - Fix new installs.
diff --git a/readme-vars.yml b/readme-vars.yml
index d6efd13..73e9aeb 100644
--- a/readme-vars.yml
+++ b/readme-vars.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ param_container_name: "{{ project_name }}"
 param_usage_include_net: false
 param_usage_include_env: true
 param_env_vars:
-  - { env_var: "MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD", env_value: "ROOT_ACCESS_PASSWORD", desc: "Set this to root password for installation (minimum 4 characters)." }
+  - { env_var: "MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD", env_value: "ROOT_ACCESS_PASSWORD", desc: "Set this to root password for installation (minimum 4 characters & non-alphanumeric passwords must be properly escaped)." }
   - { env_var: "TZ", env_value: "Europe/London", desc: "Specify a timezone to use EG Europe/London." }
 param_usage_include_vols: true
 param_volumes:
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ opt_param_usage_include_env: true
 opt_param_env_vars:
   - { env_var: "MYSQL_DATABASE", env_value: "USER_DB_NAME", desc: "Specify the name of a database to be created on image startup." }
   - { env_var: "MYSQL_USER", env_value: "MYSQL_USER", desc: "This user will have superuser access to the database specified by MYSQL_DATABASE (do not use root here)." }
-  - { env_var: "MYSQL_PASSWORD", env_value: "DATABASE_PASSWORD", desc: "Set this to the password you want to use for you MYSQL_USER (minimum 4 characters)." }
+  - { env_var: "MYSQL_PASSWORD", env_value: "DATABASE_PASSWORD", desc: "Set this to the password you want to use for you MYSQL_USER (minimum 4 characters & non-alphanumeric passwords must be properly escaped)." }
   - { env_var: "REMOTE_SQL", env_value: "http://URL1/your.sql,https://URL2/your.sql", desc: "Set this to ingest sql files from an http/https endpoint (comma seperated array)." }
 opt_param_usage_include_vols: false
 opt_param_usage_include_ports: false
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ app_setup_block: |
 
 # changelog
 changelogs:
+  - { date: "10.10.22:", desc: "Remove password escape logic which caused problems for a small subset of users." }
   - { date: "06.07.21:", desc: "Rebase master to alpine." }
   - { date: "03.07.21:", desc: "Rebase to 3.14." }
   - { date: "08.02.21:", desc: "Fix new installs." }
diff --git a/root/etc/cont-init.d/40-initialise-db b/root/etc/cont-init.d/40-initialise-db
index d566804..9ab0acc 100644
--- a/root/etc/cont-init.d/40-initialise-db
+++ b/root/etc/cont-init.d/40-initialise-db
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ if [ -z "${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD}" ]; then
 else
     TEST_LEN=${#MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD}
 fi
-MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=$(sed -E 's/('\'')/\\\1/g' <<< "${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD}")
 if [ "${TEST_LEN}" -lt "4" ]; then
     MYSQL_PASS="CREATE USER 'root'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY '' ;"
 else
@@ -57,7 +56,6 @@ if [ "${MYSQL_USER+x}" ] && \
 [ "${MYSQL_DATABASE+x}" ] && \
 [ "${MYSQL_PASSWORD+x}" ] && \
 [ "${#MYSQL_PASSWORD}" -gt "3" ]; then
-MYSQL_PASSWORD=$(sed -E 's/('\'')/\\\1/g' <<< "${MYSQL_PASSWORD}")
 read -r -d '' MYSQL_DB_SETUP << EOM
 CREATE DATABASE \`${MYSQL_DATABASE}\`;
 CREATE USER '${MYSQL_USER}'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY '${MYSQL_PASSWORD}';