@@ -, +, @@ --- Koha/Database.pm | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/Koha/Database.pm +++ a/Koha/Database.pm @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ sub _new_schema { my $tz = $ENV{TZ}; if ( $db_driver eq 'mysql' ) { %encoding_attr = ( mysql_enable_utf8 => 1 ); - $encoding_query = "set NAMES 'utf8'"; + $encoding_query = "set NAMES 'utf8mb4'"; $tz_query = qq(SET time_zone = "$tz") if $tz; } elsif ( $db_driver eq 'Pg' ) { --