diff --git a/mysql-create-superuser.sh b/mysql-create-superuser.sh
index 4f01656..0e44c9c 100755
--- a/mysql-create-superuser.sh
+++ b/mysql-create-superuser.sh
@@ -1,19 +1,24 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-PWGEN=`which pwgen`
-if [ -z "${PWGEN}" ];
-then
-	echo "Could not find \"pwgen\" binary"
-	exit 1
+# Function to generate a random password
+generate_password() {
+    openssl rand -base64 30 | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | head -c 40
+}
+
+# Check if pwgen is available
+PWGEN=$(which pwgen 2>/dev/null)
+if [ -z "${PWGEN}" ]; then
+    echo "pwgen not found, using openssl for password generation"
+    AUTOGEN_PASSWORD=$(generate_password)
+else
+    AUTOGEN_PASSWORD=$(${PWGEN} -n1 -v 40)
 fi
 
-AUTOGEN_PASSWORD=`pwgen -n1 -v 40`
 USERNAME="$1"
 
-if [ -z "${USERNAME}" ];
-then
-	echo "Missing username"
-	exit 1
+if [ -z "${USERNAME}" ]; then
+    echo "Missing username"
+    exit 1
 fi
 
 cat <<EOF
@@ -21,7 +26,6 @@ CREATE USER '${USERNAME}'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '${AUTOGEN_PASSWORD}';
 GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO '${USERNAME}'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
 CREATE USER '${USERNAME}'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY '${AUTOGEN_PASSWORD}';
 GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO '${USERNAME}'@'%' WITH GRANT OPTION;
-SHOW GRANTS FOR ${USERNAME};
+SHOW GRANTS FOR '${USERNAME}';
 FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
 EOF
-