diff --git a/install.sql b/install.sql
index a9160308..95dc6a89 100644
--- a/install.sql
+++ b/install.sql
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `cites` (
   `target` int(11) NOT NULL,
   KEY `target` (`target_board`,`target`),
   KEY `post` (`board`,`post`)
-) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;
 
 -- --------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `ip_notes` (
   `body` text NOT NULL,
   UNIQUE KEY `id` (`id`),
   KEY `ip_lookup` (`ip`, `time`)
-) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
 
 -- --------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `modlogs` (
   `text` text NOT NULL,
   KEY `time` (`time`),
   KEY `mod`(`mod`)
-) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4;
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;
 
 -- --------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `mods` (
   `boards` text CHARACTER SET utf8 NOT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
   UNIQUE KEY `id` (`id`,`username`)
-) ENGINE=InnoDB  DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
+) ENGINE=InnoDB  DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
 
 --
 -- Dumping data for table `mods`
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `news` (
   `body` text NOT NULL,
   UNIQUE KEY `id` (`id`),
   KEY `time` (`time`)
-) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
 
 -- --------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `noticeboard` (
   `body` text NOT NULL,
   UNIQUE KEY `id` (`id`),
   KEY `time` (`time`)
-) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
 
 -- --------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `pms` (
   `unread` tinyint(1) NOT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
   KEY `to` (`to`, `unread`)
-) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
 
 -- --------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `reports` (
   `post` int(11) NOT NULL,
   `reason` text NOT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
-) ENGINE=InnoDB  DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
+) ENGINE=InnoDB  DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
 
 -- --------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `search_queries` (
   `ip` varchar(39) NOT NULL,
   `time` int(11) NOT NULL,
   `query` text NOT NULL
-) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4;
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;
 
 -- --------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `theme_settings` (
   `name` varchar(40) DEFAULT NULL,
   `value` text,
   KEY `theme` (`theme`)
-) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4;
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;
 
 -- --------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `ban_appeals` (
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
   KEY `ban_id` (`ban_id`),
   CONSTRAINT `fk_ban_id` FOREIGN KEY (`ban_id`) REFERENCES `bans`(`id`) ON DELETE CASCADE
-) ENGINE=InnoDB  DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
+) ENGINE=InnoDB  DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
 
 -- --------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `pages` (
   `content` text,
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
   UNIQUE KEY `u_pages` (`name`,`board`)
-) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4;
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;
 
 -- --------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `nntp_references` (
   PRIMARY KEY (`message_id_digest`),
   UNIQUE KEY `message_id` (`message_id`),
   UNIQUE KEY `u_board_id` (`board`, `id`)
-) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4;
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;
 
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `calendar_events` (
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `calendar_events` (
 	  `start` datetime NOT NULL,
 	  `end` datetime NOT NULL,
 	  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
-) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4;
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;
 
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 /*!40101 SET CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS */;