diff --git a/root/usr/bin/samba-db-logd b/root/usr/bin/samba-db-logd
index 577ff77..d6583dd 100755
--- a/root/usr/bin/samba-db-logd
+++ b/root/usr/bin/samba-db-logd
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ sub db_connect {
     my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:database=$opts{dbname};host=$opts{dbhost}",
                   $opts{dbuser}, $opts{dbpass}, {RaiseError => 1});
     die "Couldn't connect to database\n" unless ($dbh);
+    $dbh->do("SET NAMES 'UTF8';") or die "Couldn't set names to UTF-8: ".DBI::errstr;
     return $dbh;
 }