diff --git a/tools/docker/usr/local/share/magento2/development/install_database.sh b/tools/docker/usr/local/share/magento2/development/install_database.sh
index b1a4eec..b700ad6 100644
--- a/tools/docker/usr/local/share/magento2/development/install_database.sh
+++ b/tools/docker/usr/local/share/magento2/development/install_database.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ set -e
 
 if [ "$DATABASE_EXISTS" -ne 0 ]; then
   echo 'Create Magento database'
-  echo "CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS $DATABASE_NAME ; GRANT ALL ON $DATABASE_NAME.* TO $DATABASE_USER@'%' IDENTIFIED BY '$DATABASE_PASSWORD' ; FLUSH PRIVILEGES" |  mysql -uroot -p"$DATABASE_ROOT_PASSWORD" -h"$DATABASE_HOST"
+  echo "CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS $DATABASE_NAME CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci; GRANT ALL ON $DATABASE_NAME.* TO $DATABASE_USER@'%' IDENTIFIED BY '$DATABASE_PASSWORD' ; FLUSH PRIVILEGES" |  mysql -uroot -p"$DATABASE_ROOT_PASSWORD" -h"$DATABASE_HOST"
 
   echo 'Install Magento 2 Database'