diff --git a/db/laconica.sql b/db/laconica.sql
index fe19180459..3e8361bc67 100644
--- a/db/laconica.sql
+++ b/db/laconica.sql
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ create table user_openid (
 
 create table oid_associations (
     server_url BLOB,
-    handle VARCHAR(255),
+    handle VARCHAR(255) character set latin1,
     secret BLOB,
     issued INTEGER,
     lifetime INTEGER,