diff --git a/api/Authentication/LDAP.php b/api/Authentication/LDAP.php
index cb2a9d3..653af2e 100644
--- a/api/Authentication/LDAP.php
+++ b/api/Authentication/LDAP.php
@@ -112,13 +112,10 @@ function logIn($param) {
                         $_SESSION['username'] = $user['username'];
                         $_SESSION['gid'] = $user['gid'];
                         $_SESSION['grp'] = "users";
-                        
                         $_SESSION['data'] = $user;
-                        
-                        
 
-                        // Assigne Admin Privs, should be read from the LDAP Directory in the future
-                        $ADMIN_USER = split(",", LDAP_ADMIN_USER);
+                        // Assign Admin Privs, should be read from the LDAP Directory in the future
+                        $ADMIN_USER = explode(",", LDAP_ADMIN_USER);
                         foreach($ADMIN_USER as &$value) {
 
                             if ($value == $param['username']) {
@@ -132,7 +129,6 @@ function logIn($param) {
                 }
             }
         }
-
         return array();
     }
 
@@ -176,7 +172,6 @@ function getUser() {
         return $_SESSION['data'];
     }
 
-
     //create random password with 8 alphanumerical characters
 
     function createPassword() {
diff --git a/scripts/homer_mysql_remove_partitions.pl b/scripts/homer_mysql_remove_partitions.pl
index fa48973..5163537 100755
--- a/scripts/homer_mysql_remove_partitions.pl
+++ b/scripts/homer_mysql_remove_partitions.pl
@@ -158,10 +158,15 @@ sub read_config {
 }
 
 sub db_connect {
-	my $CONFIG  = shift;
-	my $db_name = shift;
-
-	my $db = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:".$CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{$db_name}.":".$CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{"host"}.":".$CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{"port"}, $CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{"user"}, $CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{"password"});
-	return $db;
+    my $CONFIG  = shift;
+    my $db_name = shift;
+    my $dbistring = "";
+    if($CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{"usesocket"}) {
+    	$dbistring = "DBI:mysql:database=".$CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{$db_name}.";mysql_socket=".$CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{"socket"}
+    } else {
+    	$dbistring = "DBI:mysql:".$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 c64f11c..f16c006 100755
--- a/scripts/homer_mysql_rotate.pl
+++ b/scripts/homer_mysql_rotate.pl
@@ -207,10 +207,14 @@ END
 sub db_connect {
     my $CONFIG  = shift;
     my $db_name = shift;
-
-    my $db = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:".$CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{$db_name}.":".$CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{"host"}.":".$CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{"port"}, $CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{"user"}, $CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{"password"});
+    my $dbistring = "";
+    if($CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{"usesocket"}) {
+    	$dbistring = "DBI:mysql:database=".$CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{$db_name}.";mysql_socket=".$CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{"socket"}
+    } else {
+    	$dbistring = "DBI:mysql:".$CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{$db_name}.":".$CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{"host"}.":".$CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{"port"}
+    }
+    my $db = DBI->connect($dbistring, $CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{"user"}, $CONFIG->{"MYSQL"}{"password"});
     return $db;
-
 }
 
 sub calculate_gmt_offset {
diff --git a/scripts/rotation.ini b/scripts/rotation.ini
index c6e3ff6..2236dc3 100644
--- a/scripts/rotation.ini
+++ b/scripts/rotation.ini
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 #Rotation parameters
 
 [MYSQL]
-    user=homer_user
-    password=homer_password
-    host=localhost
-    port=3306
+    user = homer_user
+    password = homer_password
+    host = localhost
+    port = 3306
+    usesocket = 1
+    socket = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
     db_data = homer_data
     db_stats = homer_statistic
     # Extra param