diff --git a/functions.inc.php b/functions.inc.php
index 2a2c819a..bb9dc989 100644
--- a/functions.inc.php
+++ b/functions.inc.php
@@ -1198,6 +1198,7 @@ function db_connect ()
       if (function_exists ("mysql_connect"))
       {
          $link = @mysql_connect ($CONF['database_host'], $CONF['database_user'], $CONF['database_password']) or die ("<p />DEBUG INFORMATION:<br />Connect: " .  mysql_error () . "$DEBUG_TEXT");
+         @mysql_query("SET CHARACTER SET utf8",$link);
          $succes = @mysql_select_db ($CONF['database_name'], $link) or die ("<p />DEBUG INFORMATION:<br />MySQL Select Database: " .  mysql_error () . "$DEBUG_TEXT");
       }
       else
@@ -1212,6 +1213,7 @@ function db_connect ()
       if (function_exists ("mysqli_connect"))
       {
          $link = @mysqli_connect ($CONF['database_host'], $CONF['database_user'], $CONF['database_password']) or die ("<p />DEBUG INFORMATION:<br />Connect: " .  mysqli_connect_error () . "$DEBUG_TEXT");
+         @mysqli_query($link,"SET CHARACTER SET utf8");
          $succes = @mysqli_select_db ($link, $CONF['database_name']) or die ("<p />DEBUG INFORMATION:<br />MySQLi Select Database: " .  mysqli_error () . "$DEBUG_TEXT");
       }
       else
@@ -1227,6 +1229,7 @@ function db_connect ()
       {
          $connect_string = "host=" . $CONF['database_host'] . " dbname=" . $CONF['database_name'] . " user=" . $CONF['database_user'] . " password=" . $CONF['database_password'];
          $link = @pg_pconnect ($connect_string) or die ("<p />DEBUG INFORMATION:<br />Connect: " .  pg_last_error () . "$DEBUG_TEXT");
+         pg_set_client_encoding($link, UNICODE);
       }
       else
       {