diff --git a/docker/setup.base.sql b/docker/setup.base.sql
index ba4f3b43..a3daa8bb 100644
--- a/docker/setup.base.sql
+++ b/docker/setup.base.sql
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 CREATE USER 'aauth'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'authpass';
 CREATE USER 'grafana'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'grafanapass';
-CREATE DATABASE alliance_auth CHARACTER SET utf8mb4;
+CREATE DATABASE alliance_auth CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
 GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON alliance_auth.* TO 'aauth'@'%';
 GRANT
 SELECT,
diff --git a/docs/installation/allianceauth.md b/docs/installation/allianceauth.md
index dd033b61..9560597c 100644
--- a/docs/installation/allianceauth.md
+++ b/docs/installation/allianceauth.md
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ and create them as follows, replacing `PASSWORD` with an actual secure password:
 
 ```sql
 CREATE USER 'allianceserver'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'PASSWORD';
-CREATE DATABASE alliance_auth CHARACTER SET utf8mb4;
+CREATE DATABASE alliance_auth CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
 GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON alliance_auth . * TO 'allianceserver'@'localhost';
 ```