diff --git a/monitoring/icingaweb2/resources.ini b/monitoring/icingaweb2/resources.ini
index 550b26c..2bcb533 100644
--- a/monitoring/icingaweb2/resources.ini
+++ b/monitoring/icingaweb2/resources.ini
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ port = ""
 dbname = "icinga2"
 username = "user"
 password = "pass"
-charset = ""
+charset = "utf8mb4"
 use_ssl = "0"