diff --git a/BotConfig.py b/BotConfig.py
index 2f5f2ed..aebdef0 100644
--- a/BotConfig.py
+++ b/BotConfig.py
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ def get_engine_arg(config):
     port = config['SQL']['port']
     database_name = config['SQL']['database']
 
-    engine_args = '{}://{}:{}@{}:{}/{}'
+    engine_args = '{}://{}:{}@{}:{}/{}?charset=utf8mb4&use_unicode=1'
 
     return engine_args.format(driver, username, password, host, port, database_name)
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