diff --git a/cicd/dbinit/init.sql b/cicd/dbinit/init.sql
index 5b2f928..4d13934 100644
--- a/cicd/dbinit/init.sql
+++ b/cicd/dbinit/init.sql
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `app` CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;
+CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `app` CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;
 GRANT ALL ON `app`.* TO 'app'@'%' identified by 'app';
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cicd/docker-compose.yml b/cicd/docker-compose.yml
index aacc327..286e170 100644
--- a/cicd/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/cicd/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 version: '3'
 services:
   mysql:
-    image: mysql
+    image: mysql:5.6
     hostname: "mysql"
     container_name: mysql
     command: --default-authentication-plugin=mysql_native_password
diff --git a/internal/application/application.go b/internal/application/application.go
index ebda9fd..e13e108 100755
--- a/internal/application/application.go
+++ b/internal/application/application.go
@@ -60,13 +60,13 @@ func dbInit(db *sql.DB) error {
 			City varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL,
 			Interests varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL,
 			PRIMARY KEY (Id)
-		) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci`); err != nil {
+		) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8`); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	if _, err := db.Exec(`CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS relations (
 		userId int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
 		friendId int(11) DEFAULT NULL
-	) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci`); err != nil {
+	) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8`); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	log.Println("All tables exists")