diff --git a/roles/sys-svc-rdbms/tasks/main.yml b/roles/sys-svc-rdbms/tasks/main.yml
index 5961544f..4b3fee67 100644
--- a/roles/sys-svc-rdbms/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/sys-svc-rdbms/tasks/main.yml
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
       path: "{{ docker_compose.directories.env }}"
       state: directory
       mode: "0755"
-  - name: "For '{{ application_id }}': Create {{database_env}}"
+  - name: "For '{{ application_id }}': Create {{ database_env }}"
     template: 
-      src: "env/{{database_type}}.env.j2"
-      dest: "{{database_env}}"
+      src: "env/{{ database_type }}.env.j2"
+      dest: "{{ database_env }}"
     notify: docker compose up
   when: not applications | get_app_conf(application_id, 'features.central_database', False)
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   # I don't know why this includes leads to that the application_id in vars/main.yml of the database role isn't used
   # This is the behaviour which I want, but I'm still wondering why ;)
   include_role:
-    name: "svc-db-{{database_type}}"
+    name: "svc-db-{{ database_type }}"
   when: applications | get_app_conf(application_id, 'features.central_database', False)
 
 - name: "For '{{ application_id }}': Add Entry for Backup Procedure"
diff --git a/roles/sys-svc-rdbms/templates/services/mariadb.yml.j2 b/roles/sys-svc-rdbms/templates/services/mariadb.yml.j2
index 2ab27fb4..3dc62c75 100644
--- a/roles/sys-svc-rdbms/templates/services/mariadb.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/sys-svc-rdbms/templates/services/mariadb.yml.j2
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
     container_name: {{ application_id | get_entity_name }}-database
     logging:
       driver: journald
-    image: mariadb
+    image: {{ database_image }}:{{ database_version }}
     restart: {{ DOCKER_RESTART_POLICY }}
     env_file:
-      - {{database_env}}
+      - {{ database_env }}
     command: "--transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --binlog-format=ROW"
     volumes:
       - database:/var/lib/mysql
diff --git a/roles/sys-svc-rdbms/templates/services/postgres.yml.j2 b/roles/sys-svc-rdbms/templates/services/postgres.yml.j2
index efd81466..f12390a2 100644
--- a/roles/sys-svc-rdbms/templates/services/postgres.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/sys-svc-rdbms/templates/services/postgres.yml.j2
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 {% if not applications | get_app_conf(application_id, 'features.central_database', False) %}  
   {{ database_host }}:
-    image: postgres:{{ applications['svc-db-postgres'].version}}-alpine
+    image: {{ database_image }}:{{ database_version }}
     container_name: {{ application_id | get_entity_name }}-database
     env_file:
-      - {{database_env}}
+      - {{ database_env }}
     restart: {{ DOCKER_RESTART_POLICY }}
     healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U {{ database_name }}"]
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U {{ database_user }}"]
       interval: 10s
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 6
diff --git a/roles/sys-svc-rdbms/vars/database.yml b/roles/sys-svc-rdbms/vars/database.yml
index a401a28e..84ac16df 100644
--- a/roles/sys-svc-rdbms/vars/database.yml
+++ b/roles/sys-svc-rdbms/vars/database.yml
@@ -1,20 +1,23 @@
 # Helper variables
-_dbtype:                          "{{ (database_type | d('') | trim) }}"
-_database_id:                     "{{ ('svc-db-' ~ _dbtype) if _dbtype else '' }}"
-_database_central_name:           "{{ (applications | get_app_conf(_database_id, 'docker.services.' ~ _dbtype ~ '.name', False, '')) if _dbtype else '' }}"
-_database_consumer_id:            "{{ database_application_id | d(application_id) }}"
-_database_consumer_entity_name:   "{{ _database_consumer_id | get_entity_name }}"
-_database_central_enabled:        "{{ (applications | get_app_conf(_database_consumer_id, 'features.central_database', False)) if _dbtype else False }}"
+_dbtype:                            "{{ (database_type | d('') | trim) }}"
+_database_id:                       "{{ ('svc-db-' ~ _dbtype) if _dbtype else '' }}"
+_database_central_name:             "{{ (applications | get_app_conf(_database_id, 'docker.services.' ~ _dbtype ~ '.name', False, '')) if _dbtype else '' }}"
+_database_consumer_id:              "{{ database_application_id | d(application_id) }}"
+_database_consumer_entity_name:     "{{ _database_consumer_id | get_entity_name }}"
+_database_central_enabled:          "{{ (applications | get_app_conf(_database_consumer_id, 'features.central_database', False)) if _dbtype else False }}"
+_database_default_version:          "{{ applications | get_app_conf(_database_id, 'docker.services.' ~ _dbtype ~ '.version') }}"
 
 # Definition
 
-database_name:      "{{ _database_consumer_entity_name }}"
-database_instance:  "{{ _database_central_name if _database_central_enabled else database_name }}" # This could lead to bugs at dedicated database @todo cleanup
-database_host:      "{{ _database_central_name if _database_central_enabled else 'database' }}"    # This could lead to bugs at dedicated database @todo cleanup
-database_username:  "{{ _database_consumer_entity_name }}"
-database_password:  "{{ applications | get_app_conf(_database_consumer_id, 'credentials.database_password', true) }}"
-database_port:      "{{ (ports.localhost.database[_database_id] | d('')) if _dbtype else '' }}"
-database_env:       "{{ docker_compose.directories.env }}{{ database_type }}.env"
-database_url_jdbc:  "jdbc:{{ database_type if database_type == 'mariadb' else 'postgresql' }}://{{ database_host }}:{{ database_port }}/{{ database_name }}"
-database_url_full:  "{{ database_type }}://{{ database_username }}:{{ database_password }}@{{ database_host }}:{{ database_port }}/{{ database_name }}"
-database_volume:    "{{ _database_consumer_entity_name ~ '_' if not _database_central_enabled }}{{ database_host }}"
+database_name:          "{{ _database_consumer_entity_name }}"
+database_instance:      "{{ _database_central_name if _database_central_enabled else database_name }}" # This could lead to bugs at dedicated database @todo cleanup
+database_host:          "{{ _database_central_name if _database_central_enabled else 'database' }}"    # This could lead to bugs at dedicated database @todo cleanup
+database_username:      "{{ _database_consumer_entity_name }}"
+database_password:      "{{ applications | get_app_conf(_database_consumer_id, 'credentials.database_password', true) }}"
+database_port:          "{{ (ports.localhost.database[_database_id] | d('')) if _dbtype else '' }}"
+database_env:           "{{ docker_compose.directories.env }}{{ database_type }}.env"
+database_url_jdbc:      "jdbc:{{ database_type if database_type == 'mariadb' else 'postgresql' }}://{{ database_host }}:{{ database_port }}/{{ database_name }}"
+database_url_full:      "{{ database_type }}://{{ database_username }}:{{ database_password }}@{{ database_host }}:{{ database_port }}/{{ database_name }}"
+database_volume:        "{{ _database_consumer_entity_name ~ '_' if not _database_central_enabled }}{{ database_host }}"
+database_image:         "{{ _dbtype }}"
+database_version:       "{{ applications | get_app_conf( _database_consumer_id, 'docker.services.' ~ _dbtype ~ '.version', False, _database_default_version) }}"