diff --git a/db/spiderflow.sql b/db/spiderflow.sql
index 09045d54..b183954d 100644
--- a/db/spiderflow.sql
+++ b/db/spiderflow.sql
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0;
 
-CREATE DATABASE spiderflow;
+CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS spiderflow  CHARACTER SET UTF8;
 USE spiderflow;
 
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `sp_flow`;