diff --git a/BackupManager/Program.cs b/BackupManager/Program.cs
index 54b0f79..495ddb2 100644
--- a/BackupManager/Program.cs
+++ b/BackupManager/Program.cs
@@ -110,12 +110,15 @@ namespace BackupManager {
             using (MySqlConnection conn = new MySqlConnection(connStr.ToString())) {
                 conn.Open();
 
-                using (MySqlCommand comm = new MySqlCommand(@"SHOW DATABASES;", conn))
-                using (MySqlDataReader read = comm.ExecuteReader()) {
-                    while (read.Read()) {
+                using(MySqlCommand comm = new(@"SET NAMES 'utf8mb4';"))
+                    comm.ExecuteNonQuery();
+
+                using(MySqlCommand comm = new MySqlCommand(@"SHOW DATABASES;", conn))
+                using(MySqlDataReader read = comm.ExecuteReader()) {
+                    while(read.Read()) {
                         string database = read.GetString(0);
 
-                        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(database) || exclude.Contains(database))
+                        if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(database) || exclude.Contains(database))
                             continue;
 
                         databases.Add(database);