diff --git a/pica-environment/Dockerfile b/pica-environment/Dockerfile
index d479c29..db0ca65 100644
--- a/pica-environment/Dockerfile
+++ b/pica-environment/Dockerfile
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ RUN \
     apk add --no-cache \
         fcgi \
         fcgi++ \
+        mariadb-connector-c \
     && \
     mkdir /run/pica
diff --git a/pica-apache/README.md b/pica-maria-apache/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from pica-apache/README.md
rename to pica-maria-apache/README.md
diff --git a/pica-apache/Dockerfile b/pica-maria-apache/apache/Dockerfile
similarity index 100%
rename from pica-apache/Dockerfile
rename to pica-maria-apache/apache/Dockerfile
diff --git a/pica-apache/vhost-pica.conf b/pica-maria-apache/apache/vhost-pica.conf
similarity index 100%
rename from pica-apache/vhost-pica.conf
rename to pica-maria-apache/apache/vhost-pica.conf
diff --git a/pica-apache/docker-compose.yml b/pica-maria-apache/docker-compose.yml
similarity index 53%
rename from pica-apache/docker-compose.yml
rename to pica-maria-apache/docker-compose.yml
index f7b1cac..dd9295f 100644
--- a/pica-apache/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/pica-maria-apache/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,18 +1,25 @@
-version: "3"
+version: "4"
 services:
     pica:
         image: thebluestbird/pica-standalone:latest
         volumes:
             - picarun:/run/pica
+            - mysqld:/run/mysqld
+        depends_on:
+            - maria
     apache:
-        build: .
+        build: ./apache
         image: thebluestbird/pica-apache:latest
         volumes:
             - picarun:/run/pica
         ports:
             - 8080:80
-        links:
-            - pica
+    maria:
+        build: ./maria
+        image: thebluestbird/pica-maria:latest
+        volumes:
+            - mysqld:/run/mysqld
 volumes:
     picarun:
+    mysqld:
 
diff --git a/pica-maria-apache/maria/Dockerfile b/pica-maria-apache/maria/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8f32d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pica-maria-apache/maria/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
+FROM alpine:latest
+RUN \
+    apk add --no-cache \
+        mariadb \
+        mariadb-client \
+    && \
+        mkdir -p /run/mysqld && \
+        chown mysql:mysql /run/mysqld
+
+COPY my.cnf /etc/mysql/my.cnf
+COPY createDB.sql /root/
+COPY createDB.sh /root/
+
+RUN mysql_install_db && \
+    chmod +x root/createDB.sh && \
+    root/createDB.sh
+
+CMD ["mysqld", "--console"]
diff --git a/pica-maria-apache/maria/createDB.sh b/pica-maria-apache/maria/createDB.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca68a75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pica-maria-apache/maria/createDB.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/usr/bin/mysqld_safe &
+
+# wait for it to start
+echo -n "wait for db to start"
+
+c=1
+while [[ $c -le 10 ]]
+do
+echo 'SELECT 1' | /usr/bin/mysql &> /dev/null
+#    echo "R=$?"
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    break
+fi
+echo "."
+sleep 1
+let c=c+1
+done
+echo "C=$c"
+
+if [ $c -eq 11 ]; then
+echo "database failed to start"
+exit 1
+fi
+
+mysql < /root/createDB.sql
diff --git a/pica-maria-apache/maria/createDB.sql b/pica-maria-apache/maria/createDB.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3978cf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pica-maria-apache/maria/createDB.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS pica;
+
+CREATE USER IF NOT EXISTS 'pica'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'pica';
+GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON pica.* TO 'pica'@'localhost';
diff --git a/pica-maria-apache/maria/my.cnf b/pica-maria-apache/maria/my.cnf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba3f218
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pica-maria-apache/maria/my.cnf
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+[mysqld]
+datadir=/var/lib/mysql
+socket=/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
+user=mysql
+# Disabling symbolic-links is recommended to prevent assorted security risks
+symbolic-links=0
+
+# Custom settings for performance and security
+key_buffer_size=16M
+max_allowed_packet=16M
+thread_stack=192K
+thread_cache_size=8
+query_cache_limit=1M
+query_cache_size=16M
+
+# InnoDB settings
+innodb_buffer_pool_size=128M
+innodb_log_file_size=64M
+innodb_flush_method=O_DIRECT
+innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit=2
+
+# Character set and collation
+character-set-server=utf8mb4
+collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci
+
+[client]
+default-character-set=utf8mb4
+
+[mysql]
+default-character-set=utf8mb4
diff --git a/pica-maria-apache/maria/vhost-pica.conf b/pica-maria-apache/maria/vhost-pica.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75f1b94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pica-maria-apache/maria/vhost-pica.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<Location /pica>
+    <IfModule mod_headers.c>
+        Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*"
+        Header set Access-Control-Allow-Headers: "*"
+    </IfModule>
+
+    ProxyPass "unix:/run/pica/pica.sock|fcgi://localhost"
+    ProxyPassReverse "http://localhost"
+</Location>
diff --git a/pica-standalone/Dockerfile b/pica-standalone/Dockerfile
index d794439..c1380df 100644
--- a/pica-standalone/Dockerfile
+++ b/pica-standalone/Dockerfile
@@ -9,18 +9,17 @@ RUN \
         fcgi-dev \
         cmake \
         make \
-        curl \
-    && \
-        mkdir build && \
-        cd /build && \
-        curl -o pica.tar.gz https://git.macaw.me/blue/pica/archive/main.tar.gz && \
-        tar -xvzf pica.tar.gz && \
-        cd pica && \
-        mkdir build && \
-        cd build && \
-        cmake .. && \
-        cmake --build .
+        mariadb-connector-c-dev
+
+ADD https://git.macaw.me/blue/pica/archive/main.tar.gz pica/
+WORKDIR pica
+RUN tar -xvzf main.tar.gz && \
+    cd pica && \
+    mkdir build && \
+    cd build && \
+    cmake .. && \
+    cmake --build .
 
 FROM thebluestbird/pica-environment:latest
-COPY --from=0 /build/pica/build/pica /usr/bin/
+COPY --from=0 /pica/pica/build/pica /usr/bin/
 CMD ["/usr/bin/pica"]