diff --git a/assets/init b/assets/init
index 68e44024..cc1d1b8f 100755
--- a/assets/init
+++ b/assets/init
@@ -612,11 +612,11 @@ appStart () {
   # for the database server to come online.
   case "${DB_TYPE}" in
     mysql)
-      prog="mysqladmin -h ${DB_HOST} -u ${DB_USER} ${DB_PASS:+-p$DB_PASS} status"
+      prog="mysqladmin -h ${DB_HOST} -P ${DB_PORT} -u ${DB_USER} ${DB_PASS:+-p$DB_PASS} status"
       ;;
     postgres)
       prog=$(find /usr/lib/postgresql/ -name pg_isready)
-      prog="${prog} -h ${DB_HOST} -U ${DB_USER} -d ${DB_NAME} -t 1"
+      prog="${prog} -h ${DB_HOST} -p ${DB_PORT} -U ${DB_USER} -d ${DB_NAME} -t 1"
       ;;
   esac
   timeout=60
@@ -635,11 +635,11 @@ appStart () {
   case "${DB_TYPE}" in
     mysql)
       QUERY="SELECT count(*) FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_schema = '${DB_NAME}';"
-      COUNT=$(mysql -h ${DB_HOST} -u ${DB_USER} ${DB_PASS:+-p$DB_PASS} -ss -e "${QUERY}")
+      COUNT=$(mysql -h ${DB_HOST} -P ${DB_PORT} -u ${DB_USER} ${DB_PASS:+-p$DB_PASS} -ss -e "${QUERY}")
       ;;
     postgres)
       QUERY="SELECT count(*) FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_schema = 'public';"
-      COUNT=$(PGPASSWORD="${DB_PASS}" psql -h ${DB_HOST} -U ${DB_USER} -d ${DB_NAME} -Atw -c "${QUERY}" 2>/dev/null)
+      COUNT=$(PGPASSWORD="${DB_PASS}" psql -h ${DB_HOST} -p ${DB_PORT} -U ${DB_USER} -d ${DB_NAME} -Atw -c "${QUERY}" 2>/dev/null)
       ;;
   esac
   if [ -z "${COUNT}" -o ${COUNT} -eq 0 ]; then