diff --git a/.gitlab/scripts/install_db.sh b/.gitlab/scripts/install_db.sh
index 4befdcca3c887363f625ed49b2a5c643e8d001fa..b3d71114501ff99cdfe093f4514fe4474d01f424 100644
--- a/.gitlab/scripts/install_db.sh
+++ b/.gitlab/scripts/install_db.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ set -e
 
 importSQLFile() {
     mysql --default-character-set=utf8mb4\
+        --init-command="SET NAMES UTF8;"\
         -u $MYSQL_USER\
         -h $MYSQL_HOST\
         -p$MYSQL_PASSWORD\