diff --git a/.tugboat/config.yml b/.tugboat/config.yml
index 5b13da382b281..f069211c303ac 100644
--- a/.tugboat/config.yml
+++ b/.tugboat/config.yml
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ services:
         - export MOODLE_DOCKER_DBPASS=m@0dl3ing
         - env
         
-        - SetEnv MOODLE_DOCKER_DB mariadb
         - echo "SetEnv MOODLE_DOCKER_DB mariadb" >> /etc/apache2/conf-available/env.conf
         - echo "SetEnv MOODLE_DOCKER_DBTYPE mariadb" >> /etc/apache2/conf-available/env.conf
         - echo "SetEnv MOODLE_DOCKER_DBCOLLATION utf8mb4_bin" >> /etc/apache2/conf-available/env.conf
         - echo "SetEnv MOODLE_DOCKER_DBNAME moodle" >> /etc/apache2/conf-available/env.conf
         - echo "SetEnv MOODLE_DOCKER_DBUSER moodle" >> /etc/apache2/conf-available/env.conf
         - echo "SetEnv MOODLE_DOCKER_DBPASS m@0dl3ing" >> /etc/apache2/conf-available/env.conf
-      
+        - service apache2 reload
+        
         # Link the document root to the expected path. This example links /moodle
         # to the docroot.
         #Note: the TUGBOAT_ROOT environment variable is equivalent to the git repo root.