diff --git a/backend/application/__init__.py b/backend/application/__init__.py
index e69de29..c45523b 100644
--- a/backend/application/__init__.py
+++ b/backend/application/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+import pymysql
+pymysql.install_as_MySQLdb()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index d07e365..2833fa5 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ inflection==0.5.1
 itypes==1.2.0
 Jinja2==3.1.2
 MarkupSafe==2.0.1
-mysqlclient==2.1.1
+pymysql==1.0.3
 Pillow==9.4.0
 PyJWT==2.6.0
 pyparsing==2.4.7