diff --git a/.examples/docker-compose/insecure/mariadb/apache/docker-compose.yml b/.examples/docker-compose/insecure/mariadb/apache/docker-compose.yml
index d5e30393..77dc607a 100644
--- a/.examples/docker-compose/insecure/mariadb/apache/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/.examples/docker-compose/insecure/mariadb/apache/docker-compose.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ version: '3'
 services:
   db:
     image: mariadb:10.5
-    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --binlog-format=ROW
+    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --log-bin=binlog --expire-logs-days=2 --binlog-format=ROW
     restart: always
     volumes:
       - db:/var/lib/mysql
diff --git a/.examples/docker-compose/insecure/mariadb/fpm/docker-compose.yml b/.examples/docker-compose/insecure/mariadb/fpm/docker-compose.yml
index c3c94f39..57be1860 100644
--- a/.examples/docker-compose/insecure/mariadb/fpm/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/.examples/docker-compose/insecure/mariadb/fpm/docker-compose.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ version: '3'
 services:
   db:
     image: mariadb:10.5
-    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --binlog-format=ROW
+    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --log-bin=binlog --expire-logs-days=2 --binlog-format=ROW
     restart: always
     volumes:
       - db:/var/lib/mysql
diff --git a/.examples/docker-compose/with-nginx-proxy/mariadb/apache/docker-compose.yml b/.examples/docker-compose/with-nginx-proxy/mariadb/apache/docker-compose.yml
index eaf18678..eb637483 100644
--- a/.examples/docker-compose/with-nginx-proxy/mariadb/apache/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/.examples/docker-compose/with-nginx-proxy/mariadb/apache/docker-compose.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ version: '3'
 services:
   db:
     image: mariadb:10.5
-    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --binlog-format=ROW
+    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --log-bin=binlog --expire-logs-days=2 --binlog-format=ROW
     restart: always
     volumes:
       - db:/var/lib/mysql
diff --git a/.examples/docker-compose/with-nginx-proxy/mariadb/fpm/docker-compose.yml b/.examples/docker-compose/with-nginx-proxy/mariadb/fpm/docker-compose.yml
index 80088993..c3bd14fe 100644
--- a/.examples/docker-compose/with-nginx-proxy/mariadb/fpm/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/.examples/docker-compose/with-nginx-proxy/mariadb/fpm/docker-compose.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ version: '3'
 services:
   db:
     image: mariadb:10.5
-    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --binlog-format=ROW
+    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --log-bin=binlog --expire-logs-days=2 --binlog-format=ROW
     restart: always
     volumes:
       - db:/var/lib/mysql
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0da37051..b15a27d6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ services:
   db:
     image: mariadb:10.5
     restart: always
-    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --binlog-format=ROW
+    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --log-bin=binlog --expire-logs-days=2 --binlog-format=ROW
     volumes:
       - db:/var/lib/mysql
     environment:
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ services:
   db:
     image: mariadb:10.5
     restart: always
-    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --binlog-format=ROW
+    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --log-bin=binlog --expire-logs-days=2 --binlog-format=ROW
     volumes:
       - db:/var/lib/mysql
     environment: