diff --git a/src/simple_db_migrate/mysql.py b/src/simple_db_migrate/mysql.py
index 7dc8069..87fa02d 100644
--- a/src/simple_db_migrate/mysql.py
+++ b/src/simple_db_migrate/mysql.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ def __init__(self, db_config_file="simple-db-migrate.conf", mysql_driver=MySQLdb
         self.__mysql_user__ = USERNAME
         self.__mysql_passwd__ = PASSWORD
         self.__mysql_db__ = DATABASE
+        self.__version_table = "__db_version__"
         
         if drop_db_first:
             self._drop_database()
@@ -31,11 +32,13 @@ def __init__(self, db_config_file="simple-db-migrate.conf", mysql_driver=MySQLdb
     def __mysql_connect(self, connect_using_db_name=True):
         try:
             if connect_using_db_name:
-                return self.__mysql_driver.connect(host=self.__mysql_host__, user=self.__mysql_user__, passwd=self.__mysql_passwd__, db=self.__mysql_db__)
+                conn = self.__mysql_driver.connect(host=self.__mysql_host__, user=self.__mysql_user__, passwd=self.__mysql_passwd__, db=self.__mysql_db__)
+                conn.autocommit(True)
+                return conn
         
             return self.__mysql_driver.connect(host=self.__mysql_host__, user=self.__mysql_user__, passwd=self.__mysql_passwd__)
-        except Exception:
-            self.__cli.error_and_exit("could not connect to database")
+        except Exception, e:
+            self.__cli.error_and_exit("could not connect to database (%s)" % e)
     
     def __execute(self, sql):
         db = self.__mysql_connect()
@@ -57,28 +60,28 @@ def _create_database_if_not_exists(self):
     
     def _create_version_table_if_not_exists(self):
         # create version table
-        sql = "create table if not exists __db_version__ ( version varchar(20) NOT NULL default \"0\" );"
+        sql = "create table if not exists %s ( version varchar(20) NOT NULL default \"0\" );" % self.__version_table
         self.__execute(sql)
         
         # check if there is a register there
         db = self.__mysql_connect()
         cursor = db.cursor()
-        cursor.execute("select count(*) from __db_version__;")
+        cursor.execute("select count(*) from %s;" % self.__version_table)
         count = cursor.fetchone()[0]
         db.close()
 
         # if there is not a version register, insert one
         if count == 0:
-            sql = "insert into __db_version__ values (0);"
+            sql = "insert into %s (version) values (\"0\");" % self.__version_table
             self.__execute(sql)
     
     def __change_db_version(self, version, up=True):
         if up:
             # moving up and storing history
-            sql = "insert into __db_version__ (version) values (\"%s\");" % str(version)
+            sql = "insert into %s (version) values (\"%s\");" % (self.__version_table, str(version))
         else:
             # moving down and deleting from history
-            sql = "delete from __db_version__ where version >= \"%s\";" % str(version)
+            sql = "delete from %s where version >= \"%s\";" % (self.__version_table, str(version))
         self.__execute(sql)
     
     def change(self, sql, new_db_version, up=True):
@@ -88,7 +91,7 @@ def change(self, sql, new_db_version, up=True):
     def get_current_schema_version(self):
         db = self.__mysql_connect()
         cursor = db.cursor()
-        cursor.execute("select version from __db_version__ order by version desc limit 0,1;")
+        cursor.execute("select version from %s order by version desc limit 0,1;" % self.__version_table)
         version = cursor.fetchone()[0]
         db.close()
         return version
@@ -97,7 +100,7 @@ def get_all_schema_versions(self):
         versions = []
         db = self.__mysql_connect()
         cursor = db.cursor()
-        cursor.execute("select version from __db_version__ order by version;")
+        cursor.execute("select version from %s order by version;" % self.__version_table)
         all_versions = cursor.fetchall()
         for version in all_versions:
             versions.append(version[0])