diff --git a/osp/live.env.tpl b/osp/live.env.tpl
index c73454a..dbbaf77 100644
--- a/osp/live.env.tpl
+++ b/osp/live.env.tpl
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ REDIS_HOST_PASSWORD=password_redis
 
 # osp
 OSP_ROOT=/home/compute/services/osp
-DB_URL=mysql://osp:password_db@osp-db:3306/osp # Change these according to above set parameters following this schema mysql://username:password@host:port/database
+DB_URL=mysql+pymysql://osp:password_db@osp-db/osp?charset=utf8mb4 # Change these according to above set parameters following this schema mysql+pymysql://username:password@localhost/osp?charset=utf8mb4
 FLASK_SECRET=very_secret_key_change_me
 FLASK_SALT=very_secret_salt_key_change_me
 REDIS_PASSWORD=password_redis