diff --git a/install_mysql.sh b/install_mysql.sh
index 59d956c..7e65b7e 100755
--- a/install_mysql.sh
+++ b/install_mysql.sh
@@ -3153,6 +3153,8 @@ if ! $UPDATE_MYSQL || $_new_cnf_needed ; then
 port		   = $MYSQL_PORT
 socket		= $MYSQL_UNIX_SOCKET
 
+default-character-set = utf8mb4
+
 # Here follows entries for some specific programs
 # The following values assume you have at least 32M ram
 
@@ -3212,11 +3214,13 @@ pid-file      = ${SYSTEMD_PID_DIR}/mysqld.pid
 ## -       -DDEFAULT_COLLATION=latin1_german1_ci
 ## -
 #character-set-server = utf8
+character-set-server = utf8mb4
 
 ## - collation-server
 ## -
 ## - The server's default collation. See Section 10.14, “Character Set Configuration. 
 #collation-server = utf8_general_ci
+collation-server = utf8mb4_general_ci
 
 " >> ${logdir}/main.log
 
@@ -4172,6 +4176,18 @@ query_cache_size = 1024M
 [mariadb-10.3]
 
 
+[mariadb-10.4]
+
+
+[mariadb-10.6]
+
+## - innodb_read_only_compressed
+## -
+## - Make ROW_FORMAT=COMPRESSED tables read-only (ON by default)
+## -
+innodb_read_only_compressed = OFF
+
+
 ## - angepasste Einstellungen 
 ## ------------------------------------------
 
@@ -4179,6 +4195,7 @@ query_cache_size = 1024M
 [mysqldump]
 quick
 max-allowed-packet = 32M
+default-character-set = utf8mb4
 
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@@ -4270,6 +4287,8 @@ EOF" >> ${logdir}/main.log
 port		   = $MYSQL_PORT
 socket		= $MYSQL_UNIX_SOCKET
 
+default-character-set = utf8mb4
+
 # Here follows entries for some specific programs
 # The following values assume you have at least 32M ram
 
@@ -4327,11 +4346,13 @@ EOF
 ## -       -DDEFAULT_COLLATION=latin1_german1_ci
 ## -
 #character-set-server = utf8
+character-set-server = utf8mb4
 
 ## - collation-server
 ## -
 ## - The server's default collation. See Section 10.14, “Character Set Configuration. 
 #collation-server = utf8_general_ci
+collation-server = utf8mb4_general_ci
 
 EOF
    if [[ "$MYSQL_MAJOR_VERSION" -gt 8 ]] \
@@ -5293,10 +5314,22 @@ query_cache_size = 128M
 [mariadb-10.3]
 
 
+[mariadb-10.4]
+
+
+[mariadb-10.6]
+
+## - innodb_read_only_compressed
+## -
+## - Make ROW_FORMAT=COMPRESSED tables read-only (ON by default)
+## -
+innodb_read_only_compressed = OFF
+
 
 [mysqldump]
 quick
 max-allowed-packet = 32M
+default-character-set = utf8mb4
 
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