diff --git a/components/sql/scripts/mysql.sql b/components/sql/scripts/mysql.sql
index 6faa728..5eceeb7 100644
--- a/components/sql/scripts/mysql.sql
+++ b/components/sql/scripts/mysql.sql
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `active` (
   `path` text NOT NULL,
   `position` varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL,
   `focused` varchar(255) NOT NULL
-) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
 
 --
 -- Table structure for table `access`
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `access` (
   `user` int NOT NULL,
   `project` int NOT NULL,
   `level` int NOT NULL
-) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
 
 -- --------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `options` (
   `id` int PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT NOT NULL,
   `name` varchar(255) UNIQUE NOT NULL,
   `value` text NOT NULL
-) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
 
 -- --------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `projects` (
   `name` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
   `path` text NOT NULL,
   `owner` int NOT NULL,
-) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
 
 
 -- --------------------------------------------------------
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `users` (
   `access` int NOT NULL,
   `token` varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL,
   UNIQUE KEY `username` ( `username` )
-) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
 
 -- --------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -76,4 +76,4 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `user_options` (
   `user` int NOT NULL,
   `value` text NOT NULL,
   UNIQUE KEY `name_user` (`name`,`user`)
-) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;