diff --git a/install/mysql.sql b/install/mysql.sql
index cb232a842..9b01e32cf 100644
--- a/install/mysql.sql
+++ b/install/mysql.sql
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `config` (
   `name` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
   `value` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
-) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `entries` (
   `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `entries` (
   `content` blob NOT NULL,
   `user_id` int(11) NOT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
-) ENGINE=InnoDB  DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
+) ENGINE=InnoDB  DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `users` (
   `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `users` (
   `name` int(255) NOT NULL,
   `email` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
-) ENGINE=InnoDB  DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
+) ENGINE=InnoDB  DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `users_config` (
   `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `users_config` (
   `name` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
   `value` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
-) ENGINE=InnoDB  DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
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+) ENGINE=InnoDB  DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
\ No newline at end of file