diff --git a/database/migrations/0006-login_users_collation.ts b/database/migrations/0006-login_users_collation.ts
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+/* MIGRATION TO ALIGN COLLATIONS
+ *
+ * in oder to be able to compare `login_users` with `state_users`
+ * when the databases default is not `utf8mb4_unicode_ci`, we need
+ * to also explicitly define it in the table
+ *
+ */
+
+export async function upgrade(queryFn: (query: string, values?: any[]) => Promise<Array<any>>) {
+  await queryFn(
+    'ALTER TABLE `login_users` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;',
+  )
+}
+
+export async function downgrade(queryFn: (query: string, values?: any[]) => Promise<Array<any>>) {
+  await queryFn('ALTER TABLE `login_users` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4;')
+}