diff --git a/setup/tools/dbc.class.php b/setup/tools/dbc.class.php
index 9b302257..717c2b77 100644
--- a/setup/tools/dbc.class.php
+++ b/setup/tools/dbc.class.php
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ class DBC
         else
             $query = substr($query, 0, -2);
 
-        $query .=  ') COLLATE=\'utf8_general_ci\' ENGINE=MyISAM';
+        $query .=  ') COLLATE=\'utf8mb4_unicode_ci\' ENGINE=MyISAM';
 
         DB::Aowow()->query('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ?#', $this->tableName);
         DB::Aowow()->query($query);