diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index 51e3109c1f94b621d9c9116a564de71d6796e475..3ad6c42b1d39c986971cb9eb37990940ca92ec2e 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ end
 ###################
 
 mysql_service 'default' do
+	version '5.6'
 	initial_root_password 'root'
 	action [:create, :start]
 end
@@ -257,13 +258,17 @@ end
 mysql_config 'default' do
 	source 'my.cnf.erb'
 	action :create
-	notifies :restart, 'mysql_service[default]'
 end
 
 mysql_client 'default' do
 	action :create
 end
 
+# important, because the set configuration isn't used otherwise in the next steps
+mysql_service 'default' do
+	action :restart
+end
+
 ########################
 ### Create Databases ###
 ########################
diff --git a/templates/default/my.cnf.erb b/templates/default/my.cnf.erb
index 96670d267e3bbe8d144978d98ca1d93e3be54a2e..eb48840fe102ae75ec87164eb727becbc2872f46 100644
--- a/templates/default/my.cnf.erb
+++ b/templates/default/my.cnf.erb
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ character_set_server = utf8
 
 long_query_time = 3
 slow_query_log = 1
-slow_query_log_file = /var/log/mysql/log-slow-queries.log
+slow_query_log_file = /var/log/mysql-default/log-slow-queries.log
 
 [mysqldump]
 quick