diff --git a/dbcon/mysql/my.cnf b/dbcon/mysql/my.cnf
index 56c787777..f7e1835f5 100644
--- a/dbcon/mysql/my.cnf
+++ b/dbcon/mysql/my.cnf
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ thread_concurrency = 8
 thread_stack = 512K
 join_buffer_size = 128M
 lower_case_table_names=1
+default-storage-engine=Aria
 
 # Enable compression by default on create, set to 0 to turn off
 infinidb_compression_type=2