diff --git a/config/mariadb.ini.template b/config/mariadb.ini.template
index 42d595e..2928386 100644
--- a/config/mariadb.ini.template
+++ b/config/mariadb.ini.template
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ port={{PORT}}
 datadir="{{DATADIR}}"
 tmpdir="{{DATADIR}}"
 socket="{{SOCKET}}"
-character-set-server=utf8mb4
-collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci
+character-set-server=utf8
+collation-server=utf8_unicode_ci
 log-error="{{LOG_FILE}}"
 
 # Performance & Scale Optimizations
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ innodb_default_row_format=DYNAMIC
 [client]
 port={{PORT}}
 socket="{{SOCKET}}"
-default-character-set=utf8mb4
+default-character-set=utf8
 max_allowed_packet=1G
diff --git a/src/main/services/MariaDbOperationService.ts b/src/main/services/MariaDbOperationService.ts
index 38eb113..84c9a35 100644
--- a/src/main/services/MariaDbOperationService.ts
+++ b/src/main/services/MariaDbOperationService.ts
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ export class MariaDbOperationService {
 
     async createDatabaseAndUser(config: MariaDbConfig, dbName: string, user: string, pass: string): Promise<{ success: boolean; message: string }> {
         const queries = [
-            `CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS \`${dbName}\` CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;`,
+            `CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS \`${dbName}\` CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci;`,
             `CREATE USER IF NOT EXISTS '${user}'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY '${pass}';`,
             `GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON \`${dbName}\`.* TO '${user}'@'%';`,
             `FLUSH PRIVILEGES;`