diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 4ddccb589..186fafd19 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -98,7 +98,15 @@ dependencies {
     compile "org.grails.plugins:mail:2.0.0.RC4"
     compile "org.grails.plugins:grails-spring-websocket:2.3.0"
     compile group: 'eu.bitwalker', name: 'UserAgentUtils', version: '1.20'
-    runtime 'mysql:mysql-connector-java:5.1.36'
+    runtime 'mysql:mysql-connector-java:8.0.12'
+    // runtime for postgresql works fine
+    // but compile group kept for testing as per closed pull request #368
+    //compile group: 'org.postgresql', name: 'postgresql', version: '42.2.5'
+    //runtime 'org.postgresql:postgresql:42.2.5'
+    // as per instructions @ https://github.com/kaleidos/grails-postgresql-extensions/blob/master/README.md
+    // streama seems to work fine without it though
+    //compile 'org.grails.plugins:postgresql-extensions:6.1.0'
+
 }
 
 task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
diff --git a/migration-scripts/mysql-table-user-to-users.sh b/migration-scripts/mysql-table-user-to-users.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..fcc8b4fc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migration-scripts/mysql-table-user-to-users.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# get streama database user name, password and DB name for mysql
+echo input mysql user name for streama database:
+read -s USER
+echo ''
+echo input mysql user password for streama database:
+read -s PASS
+echo ''
+echo input mysql database name for streama database:
+read -s DB
+echo ''
+
+# check for 'user'/'users' table
+if [ -z "$(mysql -u $USER --password=$PASS -D $DB -e "show tables like 'user'")" ]; then
+	echo "'user' table does not exist"
+	if [ -z "$(mysql -u $USER --password=$PASS -D $DB -e "show tables like 'users'")" ]; then
+		echo "'users' table does not exist either"
+		echo "there is an issue with your streama database"
+	else
+		echo "'users table exists'"
+		echo "no need to rename table"
+	fi
+
+else
+	echo "'user' table exists"
+	echo "renaming 'user' table to 'users'"
+	mysql -u $USER --password=$PASS -D $DB -e "ALTER TABLE user RENAME users"
+        if [ -z "$(mysql -u $USER --password=$PASS -D $DB -e "show tables like 'users'")" ]; then
+		echo "rename failed"
+	else
+		echo "rename succeeded"
+	fi
+
+fi
+
+echo ""
+echo "finished"