diff --git a/make_db b/make_db
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 34f1468fb3396a4caf85a7c69217f1f7f892598d..4eded5eeb0a0e6460446cacd6a4bc056264d6787
--- a/make_db
+++ b/make_db
@@ -109,16 +109,16 @@ function _db_exists() {
 . .config
 
 INSTALL_SQL_FILE="db_2_0.sql"
-if [ -n $LOGIN_PATH ] ; then
-    MYSQL_CONNECTION="--login-path=$LOGIN_PATH"
+if [ -z $LOGIN_PATH ] ; then
+    MYSQL_CONNECTION="--host=${MYSQL_HOST} --port=${MYSQL_PORT}
+ --user=${MYSQL_USER}
+ --password=${MYSQL_USER_PASSWORD}"
 else
-    MYSQL_CONNECTION="--host=${MYSQL_HOST} --port=${MYSQL_PORT} "\
-                    "--user=${MYSQL_USER} "\
-                    "--password=${MYSQL_USER_PASSWORD}"
+    MYSQL_CONNECTION="--login-path=$LOGIN_PATH"
 fi
 
-SQL="$MYSQL_CMD" $MYSQL_CONNECTION
-  
+SQL=$MYSQL_CMD $MYSQL_CONNECTION
+
 case $1 in
   "drop") drop $2 ;;
   "grant") grant ;;