diff --git a/Source/Framework/Database/DatabaseLoader.cs b/Source/Framework/Database/DatabaseLoader.cs
index f048e1f4d..2330f36ee 100644
--- a/Source/Framework/Database/DatabaseLoader.cs
+++ b/Source/Framework/Database/DatabaseLoader.cs
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ namespace Framework.Database
             try
             {
                 using BinaryWriter binaryWriter = new(File.Open(temp, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write));
-                binaryWriter.Write($"CREATE DATABASE `{connectionObject.Database}` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci");
+                binaryWriter.Write($"CREATE DATABASE `{connectionObject.Database}` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci");
             }
             catch (Exception)
             {