Index: battie/lib/WWW/Battie/Module/Model.pm
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--- battie/lib/WWW/Battie/Module/Model.pm       (revision 3052)
+++ battie/lib/WWW/Battie/Module/Model.pm       (working copy)
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
                     on_connect_do => [
 #                "SET sql_mode='STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,STRICT_ALL_TABLES'",
                     ],
-                    mysql_enable_utf8 => 1,
+                    mysql_enable_utf8mb4 => 1,
                     AutoCommit => 1,
                     # has to be 0 otherwise a begin_work dies after a
                     # connection timeout. let DBIC handle it