diff --git a/sql.go b/sql.go
index 0de24bc..20be03f 100644
--- a/sql.go
+++ b/sql.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func initDB() {
 							name 		VARCHAR(80) NOT NULL,
 							guild_id    SMALLINT(5),
 							PRIMARY KEY (id),
-						  ) ENGINE = InnoDB ROW_FORMAT = DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4_unicode_ci;`)
+						  ) ENGINE = InnoDB CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci;`)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func initDB() {
 							direction ENUM('incoming', 'outgoing'),
 							text      VARCHAR(4096) NOT NULL,
 							FOREIGN KEY (user_id) REFERENCES user(id) ON DELETE CASCADE
-						  ) ENGINE = InnoDB ROW_FORMAT = DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4_unicode_ci;`)
+						  ) ENGINE = InnoDB CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci;`)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}