diff --git a/lib/channel/playlist.js b/lib/channel/playlist.js
index ae9c12f1..4d8ffff0 100644
--- a/lib/channel/playlist.js
+++ b/lib/channel/playlist.js
@@ -1243,6 +1243,8 @@ PlaylistModule.prototype.handleClonePlaylist = function (user, data) {
         });
     }
 
+    data.name = data.name.replace(/[^\u0000-\uffff]/g, "?");
+
     var pl = this.items.toArray();
     var self = this;
     db.saveUserPlaylist(pl, user.getName(), data.name, function (err) {
diff --git a/lib/database.js b/lib/database.js
index 1faecbac..b77b68f8 100644
--- a/lib/database.js
+++ b/lib/database.js
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ module.exports.init = function () {
         user: Config.get("mysql.user"),
         password: Config.get("mysql.password"),
         database: Config.get("mysql.database"),
-        multipleStatements: true
+        multipleStatements: true,
+        charset: "UTF8MB4_GENERAL_CI" // Needed for emoji and other non-BMP unicode
     });
 
     // Test the connection
diff --git a/lib/database/tables.js b/lib/database/tables.js
index 4fbd7a09..0b4cb841 100644
--- a/lib/database/tables.js
+++ b/lib/database/tables.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const TBL_USERS = "" +
         "`password` VARCHAR(64) NOT NULL," +
         "`global_rank` INT NOT NULL," +
         "`email` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL," +
-        "`profile` TEXT NOT NULL," +
+        "`profile` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 NOT NULL," +
         "`ip` VARCHAR(39) NOT NULL," + "`time` BIGINT NOT NULL," +
         "PRIMARY KEY(`id`)," +
         "UNIQUE(`name`)) " +
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const TBL_CHANNELS = "" +
 const TBL_GLOBAL_BANS = "" +
     "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `global_bans` (" +
         "`ip` VARCHAR(39) NOT NULL," +
-        "`reason` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL," +
+        "`reason` VARCHAR(255) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 NOT NULL," +
     "PRIMARY KEY (`ip`)) " +
     "CHARACTER SET utf8";
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ const TBL_META = "" +
 const TBL_LIBRARIES = "" +
     "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `channel_libraries` (" +
         "`id` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL," +
-        "`title` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL," +
+        "`title` VARCHAR(255) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 NOT NULL," +
         "`seconds` INT NOT NULL," +
         "`type` VARCHAR(2) NOT NULL," +
         "`meta` TEXT NOT NULL," +
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ const TBL_BANS = "" +
         "`ip` VARCHAR(39) NOT NULL," +
         "`name` VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL," +
         "`bannedby` VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL," +
-        "`reason` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL," +
+        "`reason` VARCHAR(255) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 NOT NULL," +
         "`channel` VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL," +
     "PRIMARY KEY (`id`, `channel`), UNIQUE (`name`, `ip`, `channel`), " +
     "INDEX (`ip`, `channel`), INDEX (`name`, `channel`)" +