diff --git a/src/main/resources/database_mysql.conf b/src/main/resources/database_mysql.conf
index 59bafeb..8ee62db 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/database_mysql.conf
+++ b/src/main/resources/database_mysql.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 db {
-  url = "jdbc:mysql://192.168.99.100/gitbucket"
+  url = "jdbc:mysql://192.168.99.100/gitbucket?useUnicode=true&characterEncoding=utf8"
   user = "root"
   password = "root"
 }