diff --git a/functions b/functions
index 2a72189..9392f79 100755
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ service_connect() {
   local SERVICE_TTY_OPTS
   has_tty && SERVICE_TTY_OPTS="-t"
 
-  docker exec -i $SERVICE_TTY_OPTS "$SERVICE_NAME" mysql --user=mysql --password="$PASSWORD" --database="$DATABASE_NAME"
+  docker exec --env=LANG=C.UTF-8 --env=LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 -i $SERVICE_TTY_OPTS "$SERVICE_NAME" mysql --user=mysql --password="$PASSWORD" --database="$DATABASE_NAME"
 }
 
 service_create() {