diff --git a/database/entity/0046-messages_tables/Message.ts b/database/entity/0046-messages_tables/Message.ts
index 375088201..383c5eadb 100644
--- a/database/entity/0046-messages_tables/Message.ts
+++ b/database/entity/0046-messages_tables/Message.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { BaseEntity, Column, Entity, JoinColumn, ManyToOne, PrimaryGeneratedColu
 import { Contribution } from '../Contribution'
 import { User } from '../User'
 
-@Entity('messages')
+@Entity('messages', { engine: 'InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci' })
 export class Message extends BaseEntity {
   @PrimaryGeneratedColumn('increment', { unsigned: true })
   id: number
diff --git a/database/migrations/0046-messages_tables.ts b/database/migrations/0046-messages_tables.ts
index d1b36054d..eeacd7c6e 100644
--- a/database/migrations/0046-messages_tables.ts
+++ b/database/migrations/0046-messages_tables.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export async function upgrade(queryFn: (query: string, values?: any[]) => Promis
       \`id\` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
       \`contribution_id\` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
       \`user_id\` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
-      \`message\` varchar(2000) NOT NULL,
+      \`message\` varchar(2000) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci NOT NULL,
       \`created_at\` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
       PRIMARY KEY (\`id\`),
     ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci;