diff --git a/db/migrate/027_create_descriptions.rb b/db/migrate/027_create_descriptions.rb
--- a/db/migrate/027_create_descriptions.rb
+++ b/db/migrate/027_create_descriptions.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-class CreateDescriptions < ActiveRecord::Migration
+class CreateDescriptions < ActiveRecord::Migration[4.2]
   def self.up
-    create_table :descriptions do |t|
+    create_table :descriptions, options: "ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci" do |t|
       t.column :body, :text
       t.column :markdowned, :boolean
       t.timestamps