diff --git a/cmd/authelia-suites/main.go b/cmd/authelia-suites/main.go
index 714130346..cd5140e66 100644
--- a/cmd/authelia-suites/main.go
+++ b/cmd/authelia-suites/main.go
@@ -108,18 +108,18 @@ func teardownSuite(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 
 	s := suites.GlobalRegistry.Get(args[0])
 
+	suiteTmpDirectory := tmpDirectory + args[0]
+	if err := s.TearDown(suiteTmpDirectory); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if err := os.RemoveAll(suiteTmpDirectory); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
 	if err := removeRunningSuiteFile(); err != nil {
 		log.Print(err)
 	}
 
-	suiteTmpDirectory := tmpDirectory + args[0]
-	s.TearDown(suiteTmpDirectory)
-
-	err := os.RemoveAll(suiteTmpDirectory)
-
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
 	log.Info("Environment has been cleaned!")
 }
diff --git a/example/compose/authelia/resources/run.sh b/example/compose/authelia/resources/run.sh
index cc62a502b..f6fab20e0 100755
--- a/example/compose/authelia/resources/run.sh
+++ b/example/compose/authelia/resources/run.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,32 @@
 
 set -e
 
+# Retries a command on failure.
+# $1 - the max number of attempts
+# $2... - the command to run
+
+retry() {
+    local -r -i max_attempts="$1"; shift
+    local -r cmd="$@"
+    local -i attempt_num=1
+    until $cmd
+    do
+        if ((attempt_num==max_attempts))
+        then
+            echo "Attempt $attempt_num failed and there are no more attempts left!"
+            return 1
+        else
+            echo "Attempt $attempt_num failed! Trying again in 10 seconds..."
+            sleep 10
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+
 # Build the binary
 go build -o /tmp/authelia/authelia-tmp cmd/authelia/main.go
 
 # Run the temporary binary
 cd $SUITE_PATH
-/tmp/authelia/authelia-tmp -config ${SUITE_PATH}/configuration.yml
\ No newline at end of file
+
+retry 3 /tmp/authelia/authelia-tmp -config ${SUITE_PATH}/configuration.yml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2610a8915..ede1c8e1a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,13 +5,17 @@ go 1.13
 require (
 	github.com/Workiva/go-datastructures v1.0.50
 	github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20190424111038-f61b66f89f4a
+	github.com/cespare/reflex v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go v3.2.0+incompatible
 	github.com/duosecurity/duo_api_golang v0.0.0-20190308151101-6c680f768e74
 	github.com/fasthttp/router v0.5.2
 	github.com/fasthttp/session v1.1.3
 	github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.4.1
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.3.1
+	github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51 // indirect
+	github.com/kr/pty v1.1.8 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.11.0
+	github.com/ogier/pflag v0.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.10.3 // indirect
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.7.1 // indirect
 	github.com/otiai10/copy v1.0.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6c369cae4..bef7c81e4 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -19,11 +19,15 @@ github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:kRBLl5iJ+tD4TcOOxsy/0fnweb
 github.com/boombuler/barcode v1.0.1-0.20190219062509-6c824513bacc h1:biVzkmvwrH8WK8raXaxBx6fRVTlJILwEwQGL1I/ByEI=
 github.com/boombuler/barcode v1.0.1-0.20190219062509-6c824513bacc/go.mod h1:paBWMcWSl3LHKBqUq+rly7CNSldXjb2rDl3JlRe0mD8=
 github.com/bradfitz/gomemcache v0.0.0-20190329173943-551aad21a668/go.mod h1:H0wQNHz2YrLsuXOZozoeDmnHXkNCRmMW0gwFWDfEZDA=
+github.com/cespare/reflex v0.2.0 h1:6d9WpWJseKjJvZEevKP7Pk42nPx2+BUTqmhNk8wZPwM=
+github.com/cespare/reflex v0.2.0/go.mod h1:ooqOLJ4algvHP/oYvKWfWJ9tFUzCLDk5qkIJduMYrgI=
 github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDkc90ppPyw=
 github.com/coreos/etcd v3.3.10+incompatible/go.mod h1:uF7uidLiAD3TWHmW31ZFd/JWoc32PjwdhPthX9715RE=
 github.com/coreos/go-etcd v2.0.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:Jez6KQU2B/sWsbdaef3ED8NzMklzPG4d5KIOhIy30Tk=
 github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.2.0/go.mod h1:nnelYz7RCh+5ahJtPPxZlU+153eP4D4r3EedlOD2RNk=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man v1.0.10/go.mod h1:SmD6nW6nTyfqj6ABTjUi3V3JVMnlJmwcJI5acqYI6dE=
+github.com/creack/pty v1.1.7 h1:6pwm8kMQKCmgUg0ZHTm5+/YvRK0s3THD/28+T6/kk4A=
+github.com/creack/pty v1.1.7/go.mod h1:lj5s0c3V2DBrqTV7llrYr5NG6My20zk30Fl46Y7DoTY=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
@@ -72,12 +76,16 @@ github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ab1qPbhIpdTxEkNHXyeSf5vhxWSCs/tWer42PpO
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 h1:Z8tu5sraLXCXIcARxBp/8cbvlwVa7Z1NHg9XEKhtSvM=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANytuPF1OarO4DADm73n8=
 github.com/jstemmer/go-junit-report v0.0.0-20190106144839-af01ea7f8024/go.mod h1:6v2b51hI/fHJwM22ozAgKL4VKDeJcHhJFhtBdhmNjmU=
+github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51 h1:Z9n2FFNUXsshfwJMBgNA0RU6/i7WVaAegv3PtuIHPMs=
+github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51/go.mod h1:CzGEWj7cYgsdH8dAjBGEr58BoE7ScuLd+fwFZ44+/x8=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.8.2 h1:Bx0qjetmNjdFXASH02NSAREKpiaDwkO1DRZ3dV2KCcs=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.8.2/go.mod h1:RyIbtBH6LamlWaDj8nUwkbUhJ87Yi3uG0guNDohfE1A=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid v1.2.1 h1:vJi+O/nMdFt0vqm8NZBI6wzALWdA2X+egi0ogNyrC/w=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid v1.2.1/go.mod h1:Pj4uuM528wm8OyEC2QMXAi2YiTZ96dNQPGgoMS4s3ek=
 github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v1.0.1 h1:mweAR1A6xJ3oS2pRaGiHgQ4OO8tzTaLawm8vnODuwDk=
 github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v1.0.1/go.mod h1:T0+1ngSBFLxvqU3pZ+m/2kptfBszLMUkC4ZK/EgS/cQ=
+github.com/kr/pty v1.1.8 h1:AkaSdXYQOWeaO3neb8EM634ahkXXe3jYbVh/F9lq+GI=
+github.com/kr/pty v1.1.8/go.mod h1:O1sed60cT9XZ5uDucP5qwvh+TE3NnUj51EiZO/lmSfw=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.1.1/go.mod h1:5WUZQaWbwv1U+lTReE5YruASi9Al49XbQIvNi/34Woo=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.0 h1:LLgXmsheXeRoUOBOjtwPQCWIYqM/LU1ayDtDePerRcY=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.0/go.mod h1:PppfXfuXeibc/6YijjN8zIbojt8czPbwD3XqdrwzmxQ=
@@ -88,6 +96,8 @@ github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 h1:lukF9ziXFxDFPkA1vsr5zpc1XuPDn/wFntq5mG
 github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0/go.mod h1:SfyaCUpYCn1Vlf4IUYiD9fPX4A5wJrkLzIz1N1q0pr0=
 github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.1.2 h1:fmNYVwqnSfB9mZU6OS2O6GsXM+wcskZDuKQzvN1EDeE=
 github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.1.2/go.mod h1:FVVH3fgwuzCH5S8UJGiWEs2h04kUh9fWfEaFds41c1Y=
+github.com/ogier/pflag v0.0.1 h1:RW6JSWSu/RkSatfcLtogGfFgpim5p7ARQ10ECk5O750=
+github.com/ogier/pflag v0.0.1/go.mod h1:zkFki7tvTa0tafRvTBIZTvzYyAu6kQhPZFnshFFPE+g=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.6.0/go.mod h1:lLunBs/Ym6LB5Z9jYTR76FiuTmxDTDusOGeTQH+WWjE=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.10.3 h1:OoxbjfXVZyod1fmWYhI7SEyaD8B00ynP3T+D5GiyHOY=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.10.3/go.mod h1:lLunBs/Ym6LB5Z9jYTR76FiuTmxDTDusOGeTQH+WWjE=
diff --git a/storage/mysql_provider.go b/storage/mysql_provider.go
index 116fd0ebf..6503f0df7 100644
--- a/storage/mysql_provider.go
+++ b/storage/mysql_provider.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package storage
 import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/clems4ever/authelia/configuration/schema"
 	"github.com/clems4ever/authelia/logging"
@@ -44,20 +43,6 @@ func NewSQLProvider(configuration schema.SQLStorageConfiguration) *MySQLProvider
 		logging.Logger().Fatalf("Unable to connect to SQL database: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
-		if err = db.Ping(); err == nil {
-			logging.Logger().Debug("Connection to the database is established")
-			break
-		}
-
-		if i == 2 {
-			logging.Logger().Fatal("Aborting because connection to database failed")
-		}
-
-		logging.Logger().Errorf("Unable to ping database retrying in 10 seconds. error: %v", err)
-		time.Sleep(10 * time.Second)
-	}
-
 	provider := MySQLProvider{}
 	if err := provider.initialize(db); err != nil {
 		logging.Logger().Fatalf("Unable to initialize SQL database: %v", err)