diff --git a/src/DatabaseManager.php b/src/DatabaseManager.php
index bee904bc..745efddf 100644
--- a/src/DatabaseManager.php
+++ b/src/DatabaseManager.php
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class DatabaseManager
             return;
         }
 
-        return DB::statement("CREATE DATABASE `$name`");
+        return DB::statement("CREATE DATABASE `$name` CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci");
     }
 
     public function getDriver(): ?string