diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ba0c02b720..f1f264d777 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ COPY . /var/www/html
 
 RUN a2enmod rewrite
 
-COPY docker/.my.cnf /root/.my.cnf
+COPY docker/column-statistics.cnf /etc/mysql/conf.d/column-statistics.cnf
 
 ############ INITIAL APPLICATION SETUP #####################
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile.alpine b/Dockerfile.alpine
index 3d23693383..702b2f5550 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.alpine
+++ b/Dockerfile.alpine
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ RUN  apk add --no-cache \
         mysql-client \
         tini
 
-COPY docker/.my.cnf /root/.my.cnf
+COPY docker/column-statistics.cnf /etc/mysql/conf.d/column-statistics.cnf
 
 # Where apache's PID lives
 RUN mkdir -p /run/apache2 && chown apache:apache /run/apache2
diff --git a/Dockerfile.fpm-alpine b/Dockerfile.fpm-alpine
index ef4eb6fa2c..868e4dbae1 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.fpm-alpine
+++ b/Dockerfile.fpm-alpine
@@ -98,6 +98,6 @@ VOLUME [ "/var/lib/snipeit" ]
 
 COPY --chown=www-data:www-data docker/docker-secrets.env /var/www/html/.env
 COPY --chmod=655 docker/docker-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/docker-snipeit-entrypoint
-COPY docker/.my.cnf /root/.my.cnf
+COPY docker/column-statistics.cnf /etc/mysql/conf.d/column-statistics.cnf
 ENTRYPOINT [ "/usr/local/bin/docker-snipeit-entrypoint" ]
 CMD [ "/usr/local/bin/docker-php-entrypoint", "php-fpm" ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker/.my.cnf b/docker/column-statistics.cnf
similarity index 100%
rename from docker/.my.cnf
rename to docker/column-statistics.cnf