mysql on artix linux gives the 'ERROR 2002 (HY000)'

I'm using artix linux with runit init system and I've stumbled upon this issue where I can't login into mariadb by using

sudo mysql -u root -p

because it gives me the following error:

ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local server through socket '/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)

Have anyone had a problem like this before? I think it has something to do with runit not picking up the path to the mariadb.