diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2aa0dc2..3da97c9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ Container images are configured using parameters passed at runtime (such as thos
 | `-e DB_HOST=<yourdbhost>` | for specifying the database host |
 | `-e DB_USER=<yourdbuser>` | for specifying the database user |
 | `-e DB_PASS=<yourdbpass>` | for specifying the database password |
-| `-e DB_DATABASE=bookstackapp` | for specifying the database to be used |
+| `-e DB_DATABASE=bookstackapp` | for specifying the database to be used (non-alphanumeric passwords must be properly escaped.) |
 | `-v /config` | this will store any uploaded data on the docker host |
 
 ## Environment variables from files (Docker secrets)
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ Once registered you can define the dockerfile to use with `-f Dockerfile.aarch64
 
 ## Versions
 
+* **10.10.22:** - Remove password escape logic which caused problems for a small subset of users.
 * **20.08.22:** - Rebasing to alpine 3.15 with php8. Restructure nginx configs ([see changes announcement](https://info.linuxserver.io/issues/2022-08-20-nginx-base)).
 * **14.03.22:** - Add symlinks for theme support.
 * **11.07.21:** - Rebase to Alpine 3.14.
diff --git a/package_versions.txt b/package_versions.txt
index f8f5e11..2dbda91 100644
--- a/package_versions.txt
+++ b/package_versions.txt
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ ca-certificates-20220614-r0
 ca-certificates-bundle-20220614-r0
 coreutils-9.0-r2
 curl-7.80.0-r3
-dbus-libs-1.12.20-r4
+dbus-libs-1.12.24-r0
 encodings-1.0.5-r0
-expat-2.4.7-r0
+expat-2.4.9-r0
 fontconfig-2.13.1-r4
 freetype-2.11.1-r2
 gdbm-1.22-r0
diff --git a/readme-vars.yml b/readme-vars.yml
index 8a60f65..fbe9593 100644
--- a/readme-vars.yml
+++ b/readme-vars.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ param_env_vars:
   - { env_var: "DB_PORT", env_value: "<yourdbport>", desc: "for specifying the database port if not default 3306" }
   - { env_var: "DB_USER", env_value: "<yourdbuser>", desc: "for specifying the database user" }
   - { env_var: "DB_PASS", env_value: "<yourdbpass>", desc: "for specifying the database password" }
-  - { env_var: "DB_DATABASE", env_value: "bookstackapp", desc: "for specifying the database to be used" }
+  - { env_var: "DB_DATABASE", env_value: "bookstackapp", desc: "for specifying the database to be used (non-alphanumeric passwords must be properly escaped.)" }
 
 param_usage_include_ports: true
 param_ports:
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ app_setup_block: |
 
 # changelog
 changelogs:
+  - { date: "10.10.22:", desc: "Remove password escape logic which caused problems for a small subset of users." }
   - { date: "20.08.22:", desc: "Rebasing to alpine 3.15 with php8. Restructure nginx configs ([see changes announcement](https://info.linuxserver.io/issues/2022-08-20-nginx-base))." }
   - { date: "14.03.22:", desc: "Add symlinks for theme support." }
   - { date: "11.07.21:", desc: "Rebase to Alpine 3.14." }
diff --git a/root/defaults/nginx/site-confs/default.conf.sample b/root/defaults/nginx/site-confs/default.conf.sample
index 4171f9d..e52e78c 100644
--- a/root/defaults/nginx/site-confs/default.conf.sample
+++ b/root/defaults/nginx/site-confs/default.conf.sample
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-## Version 2022/08/20 - Changelog: https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-bookstack/commits/master/root/defaults/nginx/site-confs/default.conf.sample
+## Version 2022/10/04 - Changelog: https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-bookstack/commits/master/root/defaults/nginx/site-confs/default.conf.sample
 
 server {
     listen 80 default_server;
     listen [::]:80 default_server;
 
-    listen 443 ssl http2;
-    listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
+    listen 443 ssl http2 default_server;
+    listen [::]:443 ssl http2 default_server;
 
     server_name _;
 
diff --git a/root/etc/cont-init.d/50-config b/root/etc/cont-init.d/50-config
index e4d3725..3a9ebea 100644
--- a/root/etc/cont-init.d/50-config
+++ b/root/etc/cont-init.d/50-config
@@ -63,11 +63,10 @@ fi
 if [ "${DB_USER}" ];
 	then
 	echo "Running config - db_user set"
-	ESCAPED_PASSWORD=$(sed -E 's/('\'')/\\\1/g' <<< $DB_PASS)
 	sed -i "s/^DB_HOST=.*/DB_HOST=${DB_HOST}/g" /config/www/.env
 	sed -i "s/^DB_DATABASE=.*/DB_DATABASE=${DB_DATABASE}/g" /config/www/.env
 	sed -i "s/^DB_USERNAME=.*/DB_USERNAME=${DB_USER}/g" /config/www/.env
-	sed -i "s/^DB_PASSWORD=.*/DB_PASSWORD=${ESCAPED_PASSWORD}/g" /config/www/.env
+	sed -i "s/^DB_PASSWORD=.*/DB_PASSWORD=${DB_PASS}/g" /config/www/.env
 
 	if [ -n "${DB_PORT}" ]; then
 		if ! grep -xq "^DB_PORT=.*" /config/www/.env; then