diff --git a/scripts/homer_mysql_remove_partitions.pl b/scripts/homer_mysql_remove_partitions.pl
index d2da42f..5163537 100755
--- a/scripts/homer_mysql_remove_partitions.pl
+++ b/scripts/homer_mysql_remove_partitions.pl
@@ -162,9 +162,9 @@ sub db_connect {
     my $db_name = shift;
     my $dbistring = "";
     if($CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{"usesocket"}) {
-    	$dbi = "DBI:mysql:database=".$CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{$db_name}.";mysql_socket=".$CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{"socket"}
+    	$dbistring = "DBI:mysql:database=".$CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{$db_name}.";mysql_socket=".$CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{"socket"}
     } else {
-    	$dbi = "DBI:mysql:".$CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{$db_name}.":".$CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{"host"}.":".$CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{"port"}
+    	$dbistring = "DBI:mysql:".$CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{$db_name}.":".$CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{"host"}.":".$CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{"port"}
     }
     my $db = DBI->connect($dbistring, $CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{"user"}, $CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{"password"});
     return $db;
diff --git a/scripts/homer_mysql_rotate.pl b/scripts/homer_mysql_rotate.pl
index 2557aa2..f16c006 100755
--- a/scripts/homer_mysql_rotate.pl
+++ b/scripts/homer_mysql_rotate.pl
@@ -209,9 +209,9 @@ sub db_connect {
     my $db_name = shift;
     my $dbistring = "";
     if($CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{"usesocket"}) {
-    	$dbi = "DBI:mysql:database=".$CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{$db_name}.";mysql_socket=".$CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{"socket"}
+    	$dbistring = "DBI:mysql:database=".$CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{$db_name}.";mysql_socket=".$CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{"socket"}
     } else {
-    	$dbi = "DBI:mysql:".$CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{$db_name}.":".$CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{"host"}.":".$CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{"port"}
+    	$dbistring = "DBI:mysql:".$CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{$db_name}.":".$CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{"host"}.":".$CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{"port"}
     }
     my $db = DBI->connect($dbistring, $CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{"user"}, $CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{"password"});
     return $db;