diff --git a/photoprism/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh b/photoprism/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
index eeb0d4fae..b28fec7af 100644
--- a/photoprism/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
+++ b/photoprism/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ case $(bashio::config 'DB_TYPE') in
         bashio::log.warning "Please ensure this is included in your backups"
         bashio::log.warning "Uninstalling the MariaDB addon will remove any data"
 
-        mysql --host="$(bashio::services 'mysql' 'host')" --port="$(bashio::services 'mysql' 'port')" --user="$PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_USER" --password="$PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_PASSWORD" -e"CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS $PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_NAME; CHARACTER SET = utf8mb4; COLLATE = utf8mb4_unicode_ci;" || true
+        mysql --host="$(bashio::services 'mysql' 'host')" --port="$(bashio::services 'mysql' 'port')" --user="$PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_USER" --password="$PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_PASSWORD" -e"CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS $PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_NAME;"
+        #mysql --host="$(bashio::services 'mysql' 'host')" --port="$(bashio::services 'mysql' 'port')" --user="$PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_USER" --password="$PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_PASSWORD" -e"CHARACTER SET = utf8mb4;" || true
+        #mysql --host="$(bashio::services 'mysql' 'host')" --port="$(bashio::services 'mysql' 'port')" --user="$PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_USER" --password="$PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_PASSWORD" -e"COLLATE = utf8mb4_unicode_ci;" || true
         ;;
 esac