diff --git a/Manual.org b/Manual.org
index 4025d32..8236a8e 100644
--- a/Manual.org
+++ b/Manual.org
@@ -1874,7 +1874,7 @@ In order to achive a clean shutdown of the session, ~x@t7.service~ is set as a d
 - [X] read EDID from displays
 create a xorg.conf for
 - [X] nvidia
-- [ ] intel
+- [X] intel
 - [ ] amd gpus
 - [ ] allow overscan compensation in xorg.conf or via xrandr on startup
 
diff --git a/roles/epgd/tasks/main.yml b/roles/epgd/tasks/main.yml
index b4a8fc7..976f763 100644
--- a/roles/epgd/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/epgd/tasks/main.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 - name: Create a new database for epgd
   mysql_db:
     name: "{{ epgd_dbname }}"
+    encoding: utf8
     state: present
     login_unix_socket: /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock