diff --git a/src/META-INF/context.xml b/src/META-INF/context.xml
index aca0577..e7fe6fb 100644
--- a/src/META-INF/context.xml
+++ b/src/META-INF/context.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
                maxActive="50" maxIdle="30" maxWait="10000"
                username="kiwa-devdb-admin" password="12345678" 
                driverClassName="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"
-               url="jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/kiwa-devdb"/>
+               url="jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/kiwa-devdb?useUnicode=true&characterEncoding=UTF-8"/>
  
 </Context>