diff --git a/db/db.update.58.sql b/db/db.update.58.sql
index bc02219a..cfbe560f 100644
--- a/db/db.update.58.sql
+++ b/db/db.update.58.sql
@@ -1 +1 @@
-UPDATE languages SET `langname`='Français' WHERE `lang`='fr';
+UPDATE languages SET `langname`='Français' WHERE `lang`='fr';
diff --git a/db/db_update.php b/db/db_update.php
index 66af2e63..6b511475 100644
--- a/db/db_update.php
+++ b/db/db_update.php
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ if($dbcodeversion && $dbdbversion)
 				echo "db.update.$ver.sql detected - running...\n";
 				readfile("db.update.$ver.sql");
 				echo "\n";
-				system("mysql -h$DBHOST -u$DBUSER -p$DBPASS $DBNAME <db.update.$ver.sql");
+				system("mysql --default-character-set=latin1 -h$DBHOST -u$DBUSER -p$DBPASS $DBNAME <db.update.$ver.sql");
 			}
 			else
 			{
diff --git a/install2.php b/install2.php
index daad3901..db8a3555 100644
--- a/install2.php
+++ b/install2.php
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ mysql_select_db($DBNAME);
 
 			echo "Setting up database tables... ";
 
-			system("mysql -h$DBHOST -u$DBUSER -p$DBPASS $DBNAME <db/db.full.$dbcodeversion.sql");
+			system("mysql --default-character-set=latin1 -h$DBHOST -u$DBUSER -p$DBPASS $DBNAME <db/db.full.$dbcodeversion.sql");
 
 			echo "<b>Done! installed database version $dbcodeversion</b><br />\n";
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ mysql_select_db($DBNAME);
 					echo "<b>db/db.full.$x.sql found</b><br />";
 					echo "Setting up database tables... ";
 
-					system("mysql -h$DBHOST -u$DBUSER -p$DBPASS $DBNAME <db/db.full.$x.sql");
+					system("mysql --default-character-set=latin1 -h$DBHOST -u$DBUSER -p$DBPASS $DBNAME <db/db.full.$x.sql");
 
 					echo "<b>Done! installed database version $x</b><br />\n";