diff --git a/apps/bookmarks/appinfo/database.xml b/apps/bookmarks/appinfo/database.xml
index f2fc68e4b5824ed8c4690a12f8cbd6ab936ad947..b03c1fb2c89c3a51ceb4fc5f5993d5e3b9bdf11b 100644
--- a/apps/bookmarks/appinfo/database.xml
+++ b/apps/bookmarks/appinfo/database.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<name>*dbname*</name>
 	<create>true</create>
 	<overwrite>false</overwrite>
-	<charset>latin1</charset>
+	<charset>utf8</charset>
 	<table>
 		<name>*dbprefix*bookmarks</name>
 		<declaration>
diff --git a/apps/files_sharing/appinfo/database.xml b/apps/files_sharing/appinfo/database.xml
index 3378b6b09e53c0756ae1da961cd4db00dabff086..c5cb632d4fe18186f0cdbb4ceb49d05c5e866721 100644
--- a/apps/files_sharing/appinfo/database.xml
+++ b/apps/files_sharing/appinfo/database.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	 <name>*dbname*</name>
 	 <create>true</create>
 	 <overwrite>false</overwrite>
-	 <charset>latin1</charset>
+	 <charset>utf8</charset>
 	 <table>
 		<name>*dbprefix*sharing</name>
 		<declaration>
diff --git a/apps/gallery/appinfo/database.xml b/apps/gallery/appinfo/database.xml
index d1ccd6b5a24b5b927f7ef23716f462bdb82c1f6e..1683e0ca2c77dd8e31a024fadf67c5a002c86039 100644
--- a/apps/gallery/appinfo/database.xml
+++ b/apps/gallery/appinfo/database.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	 <name>*dbname*</name>
 	 <create>true</create>
 	 <overwrite>false</overwrite>
-	 <charset>latin1</charset>
+	 <charset>utf8</charset>
 	 <table>
 		<name>*dbprefix*pictures_images_cache</name>
 		<declaration>
diff --git a/apps/media/appinfo/database.xml b/apps/media/appinfo/database.xml
index 702ae9c28b42a60194ba5bde6ab10cf4eb160826..9b942d282bb859cd143360f937c82b02e6f83ee9 100644
--- a/apps/media/appinfo/database.xml
+++ b/apps/media/appinfo/database.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  <create>true</create>
  <overwrite>false</overwrite>
 
- <charset>latin1</charset>
+ <charset>utf8</charset>
 
  <table>
 
diff --git a/apps/remoteStorage/appinfo/database.xml b/apps/remoteStorage/appinfo/database.xml
index 00ee49427444c079aca4330fa7217a45a62badc8..d48f9f747b1d7080e6e3a17495533f9b549b2dc9 100644
--- a/apps/remoteStorage/appinfo/database.xml
+++ b/apps/remoteStorage/appinfo/database.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	 <name>*dbname*</name>
 	 <create>true</create>
 	 <overwrite>false</overwrite>
-	 <charset>latin1</charset>
+	 <charset>utf8</charset>
 	 <table>
 		<name>*dbprefix*authtoken</name>
 		<declaration>