diff --git a/pica-etherpad/Dockerfile b/pica-etherpad/Dockerfile
index adf650df1db3414c498b6582bf6b9ac129100831..b7f9bfe933f02a04540943120f1a1222b6247f83 100644
--- a/pica-etherpad/Dockerfile
+++ b/pica-etherpad/Dockerfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ENV ETHERPAD_VERSION 1.6.1
 COPY add/entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
 
 #Installation de NodeJS + NPM
-RUN useradd -d /opt/etherpad-lite -u 1000 etherpad && \ 
+RUN useradd -d /opt/etherpad-lite -u 1000 etherpad && \
     curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | bash - && \
     apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y nodejs unzip mysql-client  && \
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ RUN useradd -d /opt/etherpad-lite -u 1000 etherpad && \
     curl -SL https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/archive/${ETHERPAD_VERSION}.zip > etherpad.zip && \
     unzip etherpad && \
     rm -Rf etherpad.zip etherpad-lite-${ETHERPAD_VERSION}/.git && \
-    mv etherpad-lite-${ETHERPAD_VERSION} /opt/etherpad-lite && \ 
+    mv etherpad-lite-${ETHERPAD_VERSION} /opt/etherpad-lite && \
     chown -R etherpad: /opt/etherpad-lite && \
     chmod +x /entrypoint.sh
 
-USER etherpad 
+USER etherpad
 WORKDIR /opt/etherpad-lite
 
 #First starting of services
diff --git a/pica-etherpad/add/entrypoint.sh b/pica-etherpad/add/entrypoint.sh
index efe85178cfda8de1174d54c63fd46b7465344e71..f7b8f35022deac6c568a26236c7447d32f1dd3b5 100644
--- a/pica-etherpad/add/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/pica-etherpad/add/entrypoint.sh
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ if [ ! -f settings.json ]; then
 			    "user"    : "${ETHERPAD_DB_USER}",
 			    "host"    : "${MYSQL_PORT_3306_TCP_ADDR}",
 			    "password": "${ETHERPAD_DB_PASSWORD}",
-			    "database": "${ETHERPAD_DB_NAME}"
+			    "database": "${ETHERPAD_DB_NAME}",
+			    "charset" : "utf8mb4"
 			  },
 	EOF