diff --git a/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/storage/methods/MySQLDatastore.java b/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/storage/methods/MySQLDatastore.java
index 3e9a24565..7c527959b 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/storage/methods/MySQLDatastore.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/storage/methods/MySQLDatastore.java
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ import java.sql.SQLException;
 
 public class MySQLDatastore extends SQLDatastore {
 
-    private static final String CREATETABLE_UUID = "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `lp_uuid` (`name` VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL, `uuid` VARCHAR(36) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`name`)) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;";
-    private static final String CREATETABLE_USERS = "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `lp_users` (`uuid` VARCHAR(36) NOT NULL, `name` VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL, `primary_group` VARCHAR(36) NOT NULL, `perms` TEXT NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`uuid`)) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;";
-    private static final String CREATETABLE_GROUPS = "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `lp_groups` (`name` VARCHAR(36) NOT NULL, `perms` TEXT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`name`)) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;";
-    private static final String CREATETABLE_TRACKS = "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `lp_tracks` (`name` VARCHAR(36) NOT NULL, `groups` TEXT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`name`)) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;";
-    private static final String CREATETABLE_ACTION = "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `lp_actions` (`id` INT AUTO_INCREMENT NOT NULL, `time` BIG INT NOT NULL, `actor_uuid` VARCHAR(36) NOT NULL, `actor_name` VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL, `type` CHAR(1) NOT NULL, `acted_uuid` VARCHAR(36) NOT NULL, `acted_name` VARCHAR(36) NOT NULL, `action` VARCHAR(256) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`id`)) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;";
+    private static final String CREATETABLE_UUID = "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `lp_uuid` (`name` VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL, `uuid` VARCHAR(36) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`name`)) DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;";
+    private static final String CREATETABLE_USERS = "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `lp_users` (`uuid` VARCHAR(36) NOT NULL, `name` VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL, `primary_group` VARCHAR(36) NOT NULL, `perms` TEXT NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`uuid`)) DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;";
+    private static final String CREATETABLE_GROUPS = "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `lp_groups` (`name` VARCHAR(36) NOT NULL, `perms` TEXT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`name`)) DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;";
+    private static final String CREATETABLE_TRACKS = "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `lp_tracks` (`name` VARCHAR(36) NOT NULL, `groups` TEXT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`name`)) DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;";
+    private static final String CREATETABLE_ACTION = "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `lp_actions` (`id` INT AUTO_INCREMENT NOT NULL, `time` BIG INT NOT NULL, `actor_uuid` VARCHAR(36) NOT NULL, `actor_name` VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL, `type` CHAR(1) NOT NULL, `acted_uuid` VARCHAR(36) NOT NULL, `acted_name` VARCHAR(36) NOT NULL, `action` VARCHAR(256) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`id`)) DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;";
 
     private final MySQLConfiguration configuration;
     private HikariDataSource hikari;