diff --git a/lib/FronkDB/FronkDB.php b/lib/FronkDB/FronkDB.php
index 2ea152a32..4c8322307 100644
--- a/lib/FronkDB/FronkDB.php
+++ b/lib/FronkDB/FronkDB.php
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ class FronkDB {
 		}
 		mysqli_select_db($this->link,$this->db) or die("Error connecting to database...".mysqli_error($this->link));
 		if(function_exists("mysqli_set_charset")) {
-			mysqli_set_charset($this->link,'utf8');
+			mysqli_set_charset($this->link,'utf8mb4');
 		} else {
-			$this->query("SET NAMES utf8");
+			$this->query("SET NAMES utf8mb4");
 		}
 	}