diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index 0a37cb5..f92a8e3 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func (c *ConfigFile) Marshal(podName, mariadbRootPassword string) ([]byte, error
 	if !galera.Enabled {
 		return nil, errors.New("MariaDB Galera not enabled, unable to render config file")
 	}
-	tpl := createTpl("galera", `[mysqld]
+	tpl := createTpl("galera", `[mariadb]
 bind-address=0.0.0.0
 default_storage_engine=InnoDB
 binlog_format=row
diff --git a/pkg/config/config_test.go b/pkg/config/config_test.go
index 9cda375..5a97681 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config_test.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config_test.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func TestConfigMarshal(t *testing.T) {
 			podName:             "mariadb-galera-0",
 			mariadbRootPassword: "mariadb",
 			//nolint:lll
-			wantConfig: `[mysqld]
+			wantConfig: `[mariadb]
 bind-address=0.0.0.0
 default_storage_engine=InnoDB
 binlog_format=row
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ wsrep_sst_method="rsync"
 			podName:             "mariadb-galera-1",
 			mariadbRootPassword: "mariadb",
 			//nolint:lll
-			wantConfig: `[mysqld]
+			wantConfig: `[mariadb]
 bind-address=0.0.0.0
 default_storage_engine=InnoDB
 binlog_format=row