diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8d43f24..74f0218 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 ##### Removed
 ##### Fixed
 - Description-List: Buchstaben in FMS-Kennungen werden nun erkannt und zugelassen [#409](https://github.com/Schrolli91/BOSWatch/issues/409)
+- MySQL-Plugin: Volle UTF-8 Kompatibilität für Datenbankstruktur, Verbindung und Darstellung im WebUI [#398](https://github.com/Schrolli91/BOSWatch/issues/398)
 ##### Security
 
 
diff --git a/exampleAddOns/simpleWeb/mysql.class.php b/exampleAddOns/simpleWeb/mysql.class.php
index a74b4b6..8aa1445 100644
--- a/exampleAddOns/simpleWeb/mysql.class.php
+++ b/exampleAddOns/simpleWeb/mysql.class.php
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ Simple Database Class (C) by Bastian Schroll
             $this->error("Datenbank nicht gefunden!", mysqli_error($this->conn));
             return false;
         }
+        
+        /* Set character set for database connection to utf8mb4 */
+        mysqli_query($this->conn, "SET NAMES 'utf8mb4'");
+        
         return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/plugins/MySQL/MySQL.py b/plugins/MySQL/MySQL.py
index 489dbe6..04a8d08 100644
--- a/plugins/MySQL/MySQL.py
+++ b/plugins/MySQL/MySQL.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def run(typ,freq,data):
 				# Connect to MySQL
 				#
 				logging.debug("connect to MySQL")
-				connection = mysql.connector.connect(host = globalVars.config.get("MySQL","dbserver"), port = globalVars.config.get("MySQL","dbport"), user = globalVars.config.get("MySQL","dbuser"), passwd = globalVars.config.get("MySQL","dbpassword"), db = globalVars.config.get("MySQL","database"), charset='utf8')
+				connection = mysql.connector.connect(host = globalVars.config.get("MySQL","dbserver"), port = globalVars.config.get("MySQL","dbport"), user = globalVars.config.get("MySQL","dbuser"), passwd = globalVars.config.get("MySQL","dbpassword"), db = globalVars.config.get("MySQL","database"), charset='utf8mb4')
 				cursor = connection.cursor()
 			except:
 				logging.error("cannot connect to MySQL")
diff --git a/plugins/MySQL/boswatch.sql b/plugins/MySQL/boswatch.sql
index 77f35c8..cd044a8 100644
--- a/plugins/MySQL/boswatch.sql
+++ b/plugins/MySQL/boswatch.sql
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ SET time_zone = "+00:00";
 /*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@@CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */;
 /*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@@CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS */;
 /*!40101 SET @OLD_COLLATION_CONNECTION=@@COLLATION_CONNECTION */;
-/*!40101 SET NAMES utf8 */;
+/*!40101 SET NAMES utf8mb4 */;
 
 -- --------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ SET time_zone = "+00:00";
 -- Datenbank anlegen `boswatch`
 --
 
-CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS boswatch;
-USE boswatch;
+CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS 'boswatch' DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
+USE 'boswatch';
 
 -- --------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `bos_fms` (
     `tsi` VARCHAR(3) NOT NULL,
     `description` TEXT NOT NULL,
     PRIMARY KEY (`ID`)
-)  ENGINE=MYISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=UTF8 AUTO_INCREMENT=1;
+)  ENGINE=MYISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci AUTO_INCREMENT=1;
 
 -- --------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `bos_pocsag` (
     `description` TEXT NOT NULL,
     PRIMARY KEY (`ID`),
     KEY `POCSAG_RIC_IDX` (`ric`)
-)  ENGINE=MYISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=UTF8 AUTO_INCREMENT=1;
+)  ENGINE=MYISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci AUTO_INCREMENT=1;
 
 -- rename old columns including little error-prevention
 #ALTER IGNORE TABLE `bos_pocsag` change `funktion` `function` INT(1);
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `bos_zvei` (
     `zvei` VARCHAR(5) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
     `description` TEXT NOT NULL,
     PRIMARY KEY (`ID`)
-)  ENGINE=MYISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=UTF8 AUTO_INCREMENT=1;
+)  ENGINE=MYISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci AUTO_INCREMENT=1;
 
 -- --------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `bos_signal` (
     `time` DATETIME NOT NULL,
     `ric` VARCHAR(7) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
     PRIMARY KEY (`ID`)
-)  ENGINE=MYISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=UTF8 AUTO_INCREMENT=1;
+)  ENGINE=MYISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci AUTO_INCREMENT=1;
 
 
 /*!40101 SET CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */;