diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a887a9fb6..49a3b71dc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pigallery2",
-  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "version": "1.2.0",
   "description": "This is a photo gallery optimised for running low resource servers (especially on raspberry pi)",
   "author": "Patrik J. Braun",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/bpatrik/PiGallery2",
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
     "express": "4.16.3",
     "jimp": "0.2.28",
     "locale": "0.1.0",
-    "mysql": "2.15.0",
     "reflect-metadata": "0.1.12",
     "sqlite3": "4.0.0",
     "ts-exif-parser": "0.1.23",
@@ -114,6 +113,7 @@
     "zone.js": "0.8.26"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
+    "mysql": "2.15.0",
     "bcrypt": "2.0.1",
     "gm": "1.23.1",
     "sharp": "0.20.2"