diff --git a/root/defaults/my.cnf b/root/defaults/my.cnf
index aebd7fe..2c6e720 100644
--- a/root/defaults/my.cnf
+++ b/root/defaults/my.cnf
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 nice		= 0
 
 [mysqld]
+character-set-server	= utf8
 max_connections		= 100
 connect_timeout		= 5
 wait_timeout		= 600
@@ -137,6 +138,3 @@ max_allowed_packet	= 16M
 
 [isamchk]
 key_buffer_size		= 16M
-
-
-