diff --git a/.github/jobs/ci_settings.sh b/.github/jobs/ci_settings.sh
index a5f73040a4..350b07cf09 100644
--- a/.github/jobs/ci_settings.sh
+++ b/.github/jobs/ci_settings.sh
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ section_end_internal () {
 
 mysql_root () {
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-    echo "$1" | mysql -uroot -proot ${2} | tee -a "$ARTIFACTS"/mysql.txt
+    echo "$1" | mysql -uroot -proot ${2:-} | tee -a "$ARTIFACTS"/mysql.txt
 }
 
 mysql_user () {
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-    echo "$1" | mysql -udomjudge -pdomjudge ${2} | tee -a "$ARTIFACTS"/mysql.txt
+    echo "$1" | mysql -udomjudge -pdomjudge ${2:-} | tee -a "$ARTIFACTS"/mysql.txt
 }
 
 section_start () {