diff --git a/inc/dbstructure.sql b/inc/dbstructure.sql
index 92cd3b8f..39335384 100644
--- a/inc/dbstructure.sql
+++ b/inc/dbstructure.sql
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `accUsers` (
   `accuser_userId` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (`accuser_id`),
   KEY `idx_account` (`accuser_accountId`)
-) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=3 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
+) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=3 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
 
 --
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `categories` (
   `category_name` varchar(50) NOT NULL,
   `category_description` varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (`category_id`)
-) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=20 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf16;
+) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=20 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
 
 --