diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 1e6e625..248aa52 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ group :development do
   gem 'sqlite3'
 end
 group :production do
-  gem 'sqlite3'
-  gem 'mysql'
+  gem 'ruby-mysql'
 end
 
 gem 'jquery-rails'
@@ -68,3 +67,5 @@ gem 'whenever'
 
 # database export
 gem 'yaml_db'
+gem 'mysql'
+
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 915fae2..e3a4e54 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ GEM
       json (~> 1.4)
     rest-client (1.6.7)
       mime-types (>= 1.16)
+    ruby-mysql (2.9.8)
     sass (3.1.15)
     sass-rails (3.2.5)
       railties (~> 3.2.0)
@@ -190,6 +191,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   mysql
   rails (= 3.2.2)
   rake
+  ruby-mysql
   sass-rails (~> 3.2.3)
   sqlite3
   thin
diff --git a/config/environment.rb b/config/environment.rb
index ad16ce3..b7ffdcc 100644
--- a/config/environment.rb
+++ b/config/environment.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Load the rails application
 require File.expand_path('../application', __FILE__)
 
+Encoding.default_external = Encoding::UTF_8
+Encoding.default_internal = Encoding::UTF_8
+
 # Initialize the rails application
 RssYeah::Application.initialize!
diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index 127dbf5..3179878 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   config.assets.compress = true
 
   # Don't fallback to assets pipeline if a precompiled asset is missed
-  config.assets.compile = false
+  config.assets.compile = true 
 
   # Generate digests for assets URLs
   config.assets.digest = true