diff --git a/scripts/install b/scripts/install
index 9841458..6de7a6e 100644
--- a/scripts/install
+++ b/scripts/install
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ usermod -a -G ssl-cert $app
 ynh_script_progression --message="Creating a PostgreSQL database..." --weight=2
 
 ynh_psql_connect_as --user=$db_user --password="$db_pwd" --database=$db_name \
-        <<< "ALTER DATABASE $db_name ENCODING 'UTF8' LC_COLLATE='C' LC_CTYPE='C' template=template0;"
+        <<< "ALTER DATABASE $db_name CHARACTER SET='utf8mb3' COLLATE='utf8mb3_unicode_ci' LC_COLLATE='C' LC_CTYPE='C' template=template0;"
 
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 # DOWNLOAD, CHECK AND UNPACK SOURCE