diff --git a/birdnet-go/CHANGELOG.md b/birdnet-go/CHANGELOG.md
index 51c3b4efb..3ae0d4bed 100644
--- a/birdnet-go/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/birdnet-go/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+- Feat : provide mariadb information in the startup log to allow its usage
+
 ## 0.5.1-3 (23-04-2024)
 - Feat : Allow mounting of SMB and local drives to store the audio clips on an external drive
 
diff --git a/birdnet-go/config.json b/birdnet-go/config.json
index 932614f92..050aa9fc5 100644
--- a/birdnet-go/config.json
+++ b/birdnet-go/config.json
@@ -94,7 +94,10 @@
     "localdisks": "str?",
     "networkdisks": "str?"
   },
+  "services": [
+    "mysql:want"
+  ],
   "slug": "birdnet-go",
   "url": "https://github.com/alexbelgium/hassio-addons/tree/master/birdnet-go",
-  "version": "0.5.1-3"
+  "version": "0.5.1-4"
 }
diff --git a/birdnet-go/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/33-mariadb.sh b/birdnet-go/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/33-mariadb.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a7cf43a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/birdnet-go/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/33-mariadb.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/with-contenv bashio
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+set -e
+
+# Gives mariadb information
+
+if bashio::services.available 'mysql'; then
+    bashio::log.green "---"
+    bashio::log.yellow "MariaDB addon is active on your system! If you want to use it instead of sqlite, here are the informations to encode :"
+    bashio::log.blue "Database user : $(bashio::services "mysql" "username")"    bashio::log.blue "Database user : $(bashio::services "mysql" "username")"
+    bashio::log.blue "Database password : $(bashio::services "mysql" "password")"
+    bashio::log.blue "Database name : nextcloud"
+    bashio::log.blue "Host-name : $(bashio::services "mysql" "host"):$(bashio::services "mysql" "port")"
+    bashio::log.green "---"
+fi