diff --git a/install/mysql.sh b/install/mysql.sh
index 77f7193f..3cd67b9b 100755
--- a/install/mysql.sh
+++ b/install/mysql.sh
@@ -48,21 +48,9 @@
 MYSQL_CONFIG="/etc/alternc/my.cnf"
 MYSQL_MAIL_CONFIG="/etc/alternc/my_mail.cnf"
 
-# We start by checking if an already configured mysql works, in that case we DON'T TOUCH IT
-if [ -f "$MYSQL_CONFIG" ]
-then
-    mysql --defaults-file="$MYSQL_CONFIG" -e "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM membres" >/dev/null
-    if [ "$?" = "0" ]
-    then
-	echo "MySQL already setup, schema & grant install skipped"
-	return 
-    fi
-fi
-
 # The grant all is the most important right needed in this script.
 echo "Granting users..."
 
-
 . /etc/alternc/local.sh
 # the purpose of this "grant" is to make sure that the generated my.cnf works
 # this means (a) creating the user and (b) creating the database
@@ -218,7 +206,7 @@ echo "Checking for MySQL connectivity"
 $mysql -e "SHOW TABLES" >/dev/null && echo "MYSQL.SH OK!" || echo "MYSQL.SH FAILED: database user setup failed"
 # Final mysql setup: db schema
 echo "installing AlternC schema in $database..."
-$mysql < /usr/share/alternc/install/mysql.sql || echo cannot load database schema
+$mysql < /usr/share/alternc/install/mysql.sql || echo "Error loading database schema, continuing..."
 $mysql <<EOF
 $grant_mail
 EOF
diff --git a/install/mysql.sql b/install/mysql.sql
index bb8cbf7b..fd3658a3 100644
--- a/install/mysql.sql
+++ b/install/mysql.sql
@@ -740,10 +740,11 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `actions` (
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `alternc_status` (
   `name` varchar(48) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
   `value` longtext NOT NULL,
-  PRIMARY KEY (`name`),
-  KEY `name` (`name`)
-) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
+  PRIMARY KEY (`name`)
+) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COMMENT = 'stores current AlternC schema version number';
 
+-- make it re-exec-proof
+DELETE FROM alternc_status WHERE name='alternc_version';
 INSERT INTO alternc_status SET name='alternc_version',value='3.4.1.sh';