diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 9ef3aba..1a07a4e 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ services:
                 -Ddb.driver=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
                 -Ddb.username=alfresco
                 -Ddb.password=alfresco
-                -Ddb.url=jdbc:mysql://mysql-acs:3306/alfresco
+                -Ddb.url=jdbc:mysql://mysql-acs:3306/alfresco?useUnicode=yes\\&characterEncoding=UTF-8\\&useSSL=false
                 -Dindex.subsystem.name=solr6
                 -Dsolr.host=search
                 -Dsolr.port=8983