diff --git a/cmd/gen-work/main.go b/cmd/gen-work/main.go
index ab2d517..edb34c4 100644
--- a/cmd/gen-work/main.go
+++ b/cmd/gen-work/main.go
@@ -88,21 +88,25 @@ func processParameters() {
 	taskID = uuid.MustParse(*_taskID)
 	sectionID = uuid.MustParse(*_sectionID)
 
-	id := uuid.MustParse(*_templateID)
-	templateID = id[:]
-
-	kvPairs := strings.Split(*_headers, ",")
-	headerMap := make(map[string]string, len(kvPairs))
-	for _, pair := range kvPairs {
-		k, v, found := strings.Cut(pair, "=")
-		if !found {
-			log.Fatal("malformed header")
+	if *_templateID != "" {
+		id := uuid.MustParse(*_templateID)
+		templateID = id[:]
+	}
+
+	if *_headers != "" {
+		kvPairs := strings.Split(*_headers, ",")
+		headerMap := make(map[string]string, len(kvPairs))
+		for _, pair := range kvPairs {
+			k, v, found := strings.Cut(pair, "=")
+			if !found {
+				log.Fatal("malformed header")
+			}
+
+			headerMap[k] = v
 		}
 
-		headerMap[k] = v
+		headers = headerMap
 	}
-
-	headers = headerMap
 }
 
 func main() {
diff --git a/internal/exec/resource.go b/internal/exec/resource.go
index c3fc56f..36c28f3 100644
--- a/internal/exec/resource.go
+++ b/internal/exec/resource.go
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ func (e *Executor) setupResources(
 			ExposedPorts: nat.PortSet{natPort: struct{}{}},
 		}
 
+		if resource.Name == "db" {
+			containerConf.Env = append(containerConf.Env, "MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD=true")
+		}
+
 		hostConf := &container.HostConfig{
 			NetworkMode: container.NetworkMode(e.ExecNetwork),
 			Resources: container.Resources{