diff --git a/etc/reddwarf/reddwarf-guestagent.conf.sample b/etc/reddwarf/reddwarf-guestagent.conf.sample
index 1a4ccf7bea..9dab76def6 100644
--- a/etc/reddwarf/reddwarf-guestagent.conf.sample
+++ b/etc/reddwarf/reddwarf-guestagent.conf.sample
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ rabbit_password=f7999d1955c5014aa32c
 # registry server. Any valid SQLAlchemy connection string is fine.
 # See: http://www.sqlalchemy.org/docs/05/reference/sqlalchemy/connections.html#sqlalchemy.create_engine
 #sql_connection = sqlite:///reddwarf_test.sqlite
-sql_connection = mysql://root:e1a2c042c828d3566d0a@10.0.0.1/reddwarf
-#sql_connection = postgresql://reddwarf:reddwarf@localhost/reddwarf
+sql_connection = mysql://root:e1a2c042c828d3566d0a@10.0.0.1/reddwarf?charset=utf8
+#sql_connection = postgresql://reddwarf:reddwarf@10.0.0.1/reddwarf
 
 # Period in seconds after which SQLAlchemy should reestablish its connection
 # to the database.