diff --git a/docker/compose.override.yaml b/docker/compose.override.yaml
index 335505b..828ec7b 100644
--- a/docker/compose.override.yaml
+++ b/docker/compose.override.yaml
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ services:
       - mailer
 
 ###> doctrine/doctrine-bundle ###
-  database:
-    ports:
-      - "3306"
 ###< doctrine/doctrine-bundle ###
 
 ###> symfony/mailer ###
diff --git a/docker/compose.yaml b/docker/compose.yaml
index 699de9f..1597024 100644
--- a/docker/compose.yaml
+++ b/docker/compose.yaml
@@ -95,9 +95,10 @@ services:
     command: ["--default-authentication-plugin=mysql_native_password", "--character-set-server=utf8mb4", "--collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci"]
     volumes:
       - database_data:/var/lib/mysql:rw
+      - ./mysql/init:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d:ro
     # Uncomment the two lines below if you need to access MySQL from your host (workbench, etc.)
-    # ports:
-    #   - "3306:3306"
+    ports:
+      - "3306:3306"
     networks:
       - backend
     restart: unless-stopped
diff --git a/docker/mysql/init/allow_remote.sql b/docker/mysql/init/allow_remote.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c76299f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/mysql/init/allow_remote.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+-- Grant privileges to the user from any host
+-- The MYSQL_USER environment variable in docker-compose usually creates the user with '%' host,
+-- but this script ensures it's correctly set for the specific user and database.
+
+-- Note: We use the actual user and database names defined in our .env files.
+-- If you change DB_USER or DB_NAME in .env, you should update them here too if needed,
+-- though the Docker image should handle the initial creation correctly.
+
+CREATE USER IF NOT EXISTS 'escapepage'@'%';
+-- We don't necessarily want to hardcode the password here if we can avoid it,
+-- but since it's already in the committed .env.dev, we'll use it for consistency.
+ALTER USER 'escapepage'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'b.0nqrxJ/D*Luf9N';
+GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `escapepage`.* TO 'escapepage'@'%';
+GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `escapepage_test`.* TO 'escapepage'@'%';
+FLUSH PRIVILEGES;