diff --git a/firstapp/samples/libcloud/scaling_out.py b/firstapp/samples/libcloud/scaling_out.py
index 297955ce1..cee60bc65 100644
--- a/firstapp/samples/libcloud/scaling_out.py
+++ b/firstapp/samples/libcloud/scaling_out.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ services_ip = instance_services.private_ips[0]
 userdata = '''#!/usr/bin/env bash
 curl -L -s http://git.openstack.org/cgit/stackforge/faafo/plain/contrib/install.sh | bash -s -- \
     -i faafo -r api -m 'amqp://guest:guest@%(services_ip)s:5672/' \
-    -d 'mysql://faafo:password@%(services_ip)s:3306/faafo'
+    -d 'mysql+pymysql://faafo:password@%(services_ip)s:3306/faafo'
 ''' % { 'services_ip': services_ip }
 instance_api_1 = conn.create_node(name='app-api-1',
                                   image=image,