diff --git a/lib/railsmachine/recipes.rb b/lib/railsmachine/recipes.rb
index 9299102..b91cd2b 100644
--- a/lib/railsmachine/recipes.rb
+++ b/lib/railsmachine/recipes.rb
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@
   set :apache_ssl_ip, nil
   set :apache_ssl_forward_all, false
  
+  # mysql defaults
+  set :mysql_admin, nil
+ 
   set :repository do
     scm = fetch(:scm)
     repos_base = "#{user}@#{domain}#{deploy_to}"
diff --git a/lib/railsmachine/recipes/db/mysql.rb b/lib/railsmachine/recipes/db/mysql.rb
index c343c89..3764742 100644
--- a/lib/railsmachine/recipes/db/mysql.rb
+++ b/lib/railsmachine/recipes/db/mysql.rb
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ def handle_mysql_password(user, channel, stream, data)
 
 Capistrano::Configuration.instance(:must_exist).load do
   
-  set :mysql_admin, nil
-  
   namespace :db do
   
     desc "Execute MySQL statements using --execute option. Set the 'sql' variable."