diff --git a/mysql/Makefile b/mysql/Makefile
index 7baad90..45f34f1 100644
--- a/mysql/Makefile
+++ b/mysql/Makefile
@@ -14,15 +14,22 @@ endif
 
 mysqld.manifest: mysqld.manifest.template
 	gramine-manifest \
-                -Dlog_level=$(GRAMINE_LOG_LEVEL) \
-                -Darch_libdir=$(ARCH_LIBDIR) \
-		-Dentrypoint=$(realpath $(shell sh -c "command -v mysqld")) \
-                $< >$@
+        -Dlog_level=$(GRAMINE_LOG_LEVEL) \
+        -Darch_libdir=$(ARCH_LIBDIR) \
+        -Dentrypoint=$(realpath $(shell sh -c "command -v mysqld")) \
+         $< >$@
 
-mysqld.manifest.sgx: mysqld.manifest
+# Make on Ubuntu <= 20.04 doesn't support "Rules with Grouped Targets" (`&:`),
+# for details on this workaround see
+# https://github.com/gramineproject/gramine/blob/e8735ea06c/CI-Examples/helloworld/Makefile
+mysqld.manifest.sgx mysqld.sig: sgx_sign
+	@:
+
+.INTERMEDIATE: sgx_sign
+sgx_sign: mysqld.manifest
 	gramine-sgx-sign \
-                --manifest $< \
-                --output $@
+        --manifest $< \
+        --output $<.sgx
 
 mysqld.token: mysqld.sig
 	gramine-sgx-get-token --output $@ --sig $<
diff --git a/mysql/README.md b/mysql/README.md
index df49ae7..7999858 100644
--- a/mysql/README.md
+++ b/mysql/README.md
@@ -1,59 +1,52 @@
-# Mysql example
-# This example is tested with mysql Ver 8.0.29
+# MySQL example
+This example is tested with MySQL version 8.0.29.
 
-This directory contains an example for running Mysql-Server in Gramine, including
+This directory contains an example for running Mysql server in Gramine, including
 the Makefile and a template for generating the manifest.
 
-# Prerequisites Steps
+# Pre-requisites
 
-## Install mysql-server on baremetal:
-    sudo apt-get install mysql-server
+- `sudo apt-get install mysql-server` to install MySQL server.
+- Comment out the log line `log_error = /var/log/mysql/error.log` in the config file 
+ `/etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf` to see the log on console.
+- `systemctl stop mysql.service` to stop the default MySQL service .We will manually
+ run MySQL process.
+- `sudo mkdir /var/run/mysqld && sudo chown -R <current_user>:<current_user> /var/run/mysqld` 
+to allow MySQL server to create socket file `mysqld.sock`.
+- `sudo chown -R <current_user>:<current_user> /var/lib/mysql-files` to allow MySQL server for 
+internal usage.
+- `sudo chown -R <current_user>:<current_user> /var/lib/mysql-keyring` to allow MySQL server for 
+internal usage.
+- `mysqld --initialize-insecure --datadir=mysql-data/` to initialize data directory.
 
-## Comment log in /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf to see the logs on console:
-    #log_error = /var/log/mysql/error.log
+# Build
 
-## Stop mysql service, we need to manually run mysql with mysqld:
-    systemctl stop mysql.service
-    sudo mkdir /var/run/mysqld && sudo chown -R <current_user>:<current_user> /var/run/mysqld
-    sudo chown -R <current_user>:<current_user> /var/lib/mysql-files
-    sudo chown -R <current_user>:<current_user> /var/lib/mysql-keyring
+Run `make` to build the non-SGX version and `make SGX=1` to build the SGX
+version.
 
-## Prepare new data directory:
-    sudo mkdir /tmp/mysql && sudo chown -R <current_user>:<current_user> /tmp/mysql
+# Run
 
-## Add the following 2 lines to /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.mysqld:
-    /tmp/mysql r,
-    /tmp/mysql/** rwk,
+Execute any one of the following commands to run the workload:
 
-## Restart apparmor:
-    sudo service apparmor restart
+- Natively: `mysqld --datadir /tmp/mysql`.
+- Gramine w/o SGX: `gramine-direct mysqld -u root --datadir /tmp/mysql`.
+- Gramine with SGX: `gramine-sgx mysqld -u root --datadir /tmp/mysql`.
 
-## Initialize mysql:
-    mysqld --initialize-insecure --datadir=/tmp/mysql
-    sudo rm /tmp/mysql/undo*
+# Testing client connection and running sysbench benchmarking
 
-# Generating the manifest
+Run below command from new terminal:
 
-## Installing prerequisites
+- `mysql -P 3306 --protocol=tcp -uroot` to connect a client to MySQL server.
+- `mysql> exit` to disconnect the client.
 
-## Building for Linux
+Run Sysbench benchmarking:
 
-Run `make` (non-debug) or `make DEBUG=1` (debug) in the directory.
+- `sudo apt install -y sysbench` to install sysbench.
+- `sudo mysqladmin -h 127.0.0.1 -P 3306 create sbtest` to create test database.
 
-## Building for SGX
-
-Run `make SGX=1` (non-debug) or `make SGX=1 DEBUG=1` (debug) in the directory.
-
-# Run Mysql with Gramine
-
-Here's an example of running Mysql under Gramine:
-
-Without SGX:
-```
-gramine-direct mysqld -u root --datadir /tmp/mysql
-```
-
-With SGX:
-```
-gramine-sgx mysqld -u root --datadir /tmp/mysql
-```
+- `sysbench --db-driver=mysql --mysql-host=127.0.0.1 --mysql-port=3306 --mysql-user=root --mysql-db=sbtest --time=20 --report-interval=5 oltp_read_write --tables=2 --table_size=100000 --threads=32 prepare` to
+ create records in test database.
+- `sysbench --db-driver=mysql --mysql-host=127.0.0.1 --mysql-port=3306 --mysql-user=root --mysql-db=sbtest --time=20 --report-interval=5 oltp_read_write --tables=2 --table_size=100000 --threads=32 run` to
+ run the sysbench benchmarks.
+- `sysbench --db-driver=mysql --mysql-host=127.0.0.1 --mysql-port=3306 --mysql-user=root --mysql-db=sbtest --time=20 --report-interval=5 oltp_read_write --tables=2 --table_size=100000 --threads=32 cleanup` to
+delete the records from test database.
diff --git a/mysql/mysqld.manifest.template b/mysql/mysqld.manifest.template
index a6a29a7..18e29ea 100644
--- a/mysql/mysqld.manifest.template
+++ b/mysql/mysqld.manifest.template
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-# mysql manifest example
-loader.preload = "file:{{ gramine.libos }}" # for compatibility with v1.0
+# MySQL manifest example
 
 loader.entrypoint = "file:{{ gramine.libos }}"
 libos.entrypoint = "{{ entrypoint }}"
@@ -7,21 +6,21 @@ libos.entrypoint = "{{ entrypoint }}"
 loader.log_level = "{{ log_level }}"
 
 loader.env.LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/lib:{{ arch_libdir }}:/usr/lib:/usr/{{ arch_libdir }}"
-loader.env.PATH = "/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
+loader.PATH = "/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
 
 loader.insecure__use_cmdline_argv = true
 sys.enable_sigterm_injection = true
 
 sgx.nonpie_binary = true
-sgx.enclave_size = "4G"
-sys.stack.size = "16M"
-sgx.thread_num = 64
+sgx.enclave_size = "8G"
+sgx.thread_num = 128
 
 fs.mounts = [
   { path = "/lib", uri = "file:{{ gramine.runtimedir() }}" },
   { path = "{{ arch_libdir }}", uri = "file:{{ arch_libdir }}" },
   { path = "/usr/{{ arch_libdir }}", uri = "file:/usr/{{ arch_libdir }}" },
-  { path = "/usr", uri = "file:/usr" },
+  { path = "/usr/sbin/mysqld", uri = "file:/usr/sbin/mysqld" },
+  { path = "/usr/lib/mysql", uri = "file:/usr/lib/mysql" },
   { path = "/var/lib/mysql-files", uri = "file:/var/lib/mysql-files" },
   { path = "/var/lib/mysql-keyring", uri = "file:/var/lib/mysql-keyring" },
   { path = "/var/run/mysqld", uri = "file:/var/run/mysqld" },
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ sgx.trusted_files = [
   "file:{{ arch_libdir }}/",
   "file:/usr/{{ arch_libdir }}/",
   "file:/usr/lib/mysql/",
-  "file:/usr/share/mysql-8.0/",
 ]
 
 sgx.allowed_files = [