diff --git a/gvamysql/mysqltasks/tasks.py b/gvamysql/mysqltasks/tasks.py
index 7b39a2b..ff108ca 100644
--- a/gvamysql/mysqltasks/tasks.py
+++ b/gvamysql/mysqltasks/tasks.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ def create_mysql_database(dbname, username):
     curs = conn.cursor()
     curs.execute(
         """
-        CREATE DATABASE `%(dbname)s` CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_german_ci
+        CREATE DATABASE `%(dbname)s` CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci
         """ % {'dbname': dbname})
     curs.execute(
         """