diff --git a/.github/workflows/sql_syntax_check.yml b/.github/workflows/sql_syntax_check.yml
index 09c6f45..6e98968 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sql_syntax_check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sql_syntax_check.yml
@@ -16,35 +16,45 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Generate init.sql
         run: |
-          mkdir -p init
-          echo "DELETE FROM mysql.proxies_priv WHERE Host != 'localhost';" > init/init.sql
+          mkdir -p ${{ github.workspace }}/init
+          echo "DELETE FROM mysql.proxies_priv WHERE Host != 'localhost';" > ${{ github.workspace }}/init/init.sql
           echo "Generated init.sql at: ${{ github.workspace }}/init/init.sql"  # Output file path
 
       - name: Upload init.sql artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
         with:
           name: init-sql
-          path: init/init.sql
+          path: ${{ github.workspace }}/init
 
   syntax_check:
     name: Check SQL Syntax
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: generate_init_sql
 
+    services:
+      mariadb:
+        image: mariadb:latest
+        env:
+          MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD: "yes"  # Generate a random root password
+          MYSQL_DATABASE: test  # optional, create a test database if needed
+        options: >-
+          --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping"
+          --health-interval=10s
+          --health-timeout=5s
+          --health-retries=3
+        ports:
+          - 3306:3306
+        volumes:
+          - ${{ github.workspace }}/init:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
+
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-      - name: Download init.sql artifact
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
-        with:
-          name: init-sql
-          path: init
-
       - name: Wait for MariaDB to Start
         run: dockerize -wait tcp://127.0.0.1:3306 -timeout 1m
 
       - name: Run SQL Linting
         run: |
           password="${{ secrets.MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD }}"
-          docker run --rm -v ${{ github.workspace }}/init:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=$password mariadb:latest mysql -h localhost -u root -p$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD < /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/init.sql
+          docker exec -i ${{ job.services.mariadb.name }} mysql -h localhost -u root -p"$password" < db.sql