diff --git a/my.cnf b/my.cnf
index c08286f..561a7ad 100644
--- a/my.cnf
+++ b/my.cnf
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [mysql]
 
+user=root
 port=2206
 socket=/tmp/myrocks.sock
 
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ rocksdb_max_open_files=-1
 rocksdb_max_background_jobs=8
 rocksdb_max_total_wal_size=4G
 rocksdb_block_size=16384
-rocksdb_block_cache_size=8G
+rocksdb_block_cache_size=4G
 rocksdb_table_cache_numshardbits=6
 
 # rate limiter
diff --git a/stop.sh b/stop.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c027247
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stop.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mysqladmin --socket=/tmp/myrocks.sock -p"*" -uroot shutdown