diff --git a/canapGEST/Documentation/DB/create_db_script.sql b/canapGEST/Documentation/DB/create_db_script.sql
index ab44b19052bbb61d69ea9bcecf8c10c58be96c7c..11fd7786452618fd407c0cb8a47e5bfa03ea2fbf 100644
--- a/canapGEST/Documentation/DB/create_db_script.sql
+++ b/canapGEST/Documentation/DB/create_db_script.sql
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `canap_db`.`status` (
   `status_value` VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (`status_value`),
   UNIQUE INDEX `value_UNIQUE` (`status_value` ASC))
-ENGINE = InnoDB;
+ENGINE = InnoDB
+DEFAULT CHARACTER SET = utf8;
 
 
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