diff --git a/cicd/dbinit/init.sql b/cicd/dbinit/init.sql
index 9037269..4d13934 100644
--- a/cicd/dbinit/init.sql
+++ b/cicd/dbinit/init.sql
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `app`;
+CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `app` CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;
 GRANT ALL ON `app`.* TO 'app'@'%' identified by 'app';
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