diff --git a/config.yml b/config.yml
index 8ed958c..0165604 100644
--- a/config.yml
+++ b/config.yml
@@ -47,4 +47,4 @@ logging:
 
 alembic:
   script_location: migrations
-  sqlalchemy.url: 'mysql+pymysql://pyjeeves:jeeves@localhost/pyjeeves'
+  sqlalchemy.url: 'mysql+pymysql://pyjeeves:jeeves@localhost/pyjeeves?charset=utf8mb4'