diff --git a/sql/002_monitoring.sql b/sql/002_monitoring.sql
index e5a21682..99d44c2f 100644
--- a/sql/002_monitoring.sql
+++ b/sql/002_monitoring.sql
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `monitoring` (
   `value` varchar(25) NOT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
   UNIQUE KEY `name` (`name`)
-) ENGINE=InnoDB  DEFAULT CHARSET=utf32 COMMENT='Monitoring events from cronjobs';
+) ENGINE=InnoDB  DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COMMENT='Monitoring events from cronjobs';
 
 /*!40101 SET CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */;
 /*!40101 SET CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS */;