diff --git a/inc/database.php b/inc/database.php
index a0edd1fb..3dc0f0ce 100644
--- a/inc/database.php
+++ b/inc/database.php
@@ -51,12 +51,16 @@ function sql_open() {
 	try {
 		$options = array(
 			PDO::ATTR_TIMEOUT => $config['db']['timeout'],
-			PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND => 'SET NAMES utf8',
 			PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_USE_BUFFERED_QUERY => true
 		);
 		if ($config['db']['persistent'])
 			$options[PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT] = true;
-		return $pdo = new PDO($dsn, $config['db']['user'], $config['db']['password'], $options);
+		$pdo = new PDO($dsn, $config['db']['user'], $config['db']['password'], $options);
+		if (mysql_version() >= 50503)
+			query('SET NAMES utf8mb4') or error(db_error());
+		else
+			query('SET NAMES utf8') or error(db_error());
+		return $pdo;
 	} catch(PDOException $e) {
 		$message = $e->getMessage();
 		
@@ -65,10 +69,21 @@ function sql_open() {
 		$message = str_replace($config['db']['password'], '<em>hidden</em>', $message);
 		
 		// Print error
-		error('Database error: ' . $message);
+		error(_('Database error: ') . $message);
 	}
 }
 
+// 5.6.10 becomes 50610
+function mysql_version() {
+	global $pdo;
+	
+	$version = $pdo->getAttribute(PDO::ATTR_SERVER_VERSION);
+	$v = explode('.', $version);
+	if (count($v) != 3)
+		return false;
+	return (int) sprintf("%02d%02d%02d", $v[0], $v[1], $v[2]);
+}
+
 function prepare($query) {
 	global $pdo, $debug, $config;
 	
diff --git a/inc/functions.php b/inc/functions.php
index 4af7891a..d5692be5 100644
--- a/inc/functions.php
+++ b/inc/functions.php
@@ -1399,6 +1399,9 @@ function markup(&$body, $track_cites = false) {
 	$body = str_replace("\r", '', $body);
 	$body = utf8tohtml($body);
 	
+	if (mysql_version() < 50503)
+		$body = mb_encode_numericentity($body, array(0x010000, 0xffffff, 0, 0xffffff), 'UTF-8');
+	
 	foreach ($config['markup'] as $markup) {
 		if (is_string($markup[1])) {
 			$body = preg_replace($markup[0], $markup[1], $body);
@@ -1523,7 +1526,7 @@ function markup(&$body, $track_cites = false) {
 }
 
 function utf8tohtml($utf8) {
-	return mb_encode_numericentity(htmlspecialchars($utf8, ENT_NOQUOTES, 'UTF-8'), array(0x010000, 0xffffff, 0, 0xffffff), 'UTF-8');
+	return htmlspecialchars($utf8, ENT_NOQUOTES, 'UTF-8');
 }
 
 function ordutf8($string, &$offset) {
diff --git a/install.php b/install.php
index 08e8046a..c2fe1a55 100644
--- a/install.php
+++ b/install.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
 // Installation/upgrade file	
-define('VERSION', 'v0.9.6-dev-9');
+define('VERSION', 'v0.9.6-dev-10');
 
 require 'inc/functions.php';
 
@@ -248,6 +248,100 @@ if (file_exists($config['has_installed'])) {
 					$_query->execute() or error(db_error($_query));
 				}
 			}
+		case 'v0.9.6-dev-9':
+			function __query($sql) {
+				if (mysql_version() >= 50503)
+					return query($sql);
+				else
+					return query(str_replace('utf8mb4', 'utf8', $sql));
+			}
+			
+			foreach ($boards as &$board) {
+				__query(sprintf("ALTER TABLE `posts_%s`
+					CHANGE `subject` `subject` VARCHAR(100) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci NULL DEFAULT NULL,
+					CHANGE `email` `email` VARCHAR(30) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci NULL DEFAULT NULL,
+					CHANGE `name` `name` VARCHAR(35) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci NULL DEFAULT NULL,
+					CHANGE `trip` `trip` VARCHAR(15) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci NULL DEFAULT NULL,
+					CHANGE `capcode` `capcode` VARCHAR(50) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci NULL DEFAULT NULL,
+					CHANGE `body` `body` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci NOT NULL,
+					CHANGE `body_nomarkup` `body_nomarkup` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci NULL DEFAULT NULL,
+					CHANGE `thumb` `thumb` VARCHAR(50) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci NULL DEFAULT NULL,
+					CHANGE `thumbwidth` `thumbwidth` INT(11) NULL DEFAULT NULL,
+					CHANGE `thumbheight` `thumbheight` INT(11) NULL DEFAULT NULL,
+					CHANGE `file` `file` VARCHAR(50) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci NULL DEFAULT NULL,
+					CHANGE `filename` `filename` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci NULL DEFAULT NULL,
+					CHANGE `filehash` `filehash` TEXT CHARACTER SET ascii COLLATE ascii_general_ci NULL DEFAULT NULL,
+					CHANGE `password` `password` VARCHAR(20) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci NULL DEFAULT NULL,
+					CHANGE `ip` `ip` VARCHAR(39) CHARACTER SET ascii COLLATE ascii_general_ci NOT NULL,
+					CHANGE `embed` `embed` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci NULL DEFAULT NULL,
+					DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;", $board['uri'])) or error(db_error());
+			}
+			
+			__query("ALTER TABLE  `antispam`
+				CHANGE  `board`  `board` VARCHAR( 120 ) CHARACTER SET ASCII COLLATE ascii_general_ci NOT NULL ,
+				CHANGE  `hash`  `hash` CHAR( 40 ) CHARACTER SET ASCII COLLATE ascii_bin NOT NULL ,
+				DEFAULT CHARACTER SET ASCII COLLATE ascii_bin;") or error(db_error());
+			__query("ALTER TABLE  `bans`
+				CHANGE  `ip`  `ip` VARCHAR( 39 ) CHARACTER SET ASCII COLLATE ascii_general_ci NOT NULL ,
+				CHANGE  `reason`  `reason` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci NULL DEFAULT NULL ,
+				CHANGE  `board`  `board` VARCHAR( 120 ) CHARACTER SET ASCII COLLATE ascii_general_ci NULL DEFAULT NULL,
+				DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;") or error(db_error());
+			__query("ALTER TABLE  `boards`
+				CHANGE  `uri`  `uri` VARCHAR( 120 ) CHARACTER SET ASCII COLLATE ascii_general_ci NOT NULL ,
+				CHANGE  `title`  `title` TINYTEXT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci NOT NULL ,
+				CHANGE  `subtitle`  `subtitle` TINYTEXT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci NULL DEFAULT NULL,
+				DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;") or error(db_error());
+			__query("ALTER TABLE  `cites`
+				CHANGE  `board`  `board` VARCHAR( 120 ) CHARACTER SET ASCII COLLATE ascii_general_ci NOT NULL ,
+				CHANGE  `target_board`  `target_board` VARCHAR( 120 ) CHARACTER SET ASCII COLLATE ascii_general_ci NOT NULL ,
+				DEFAULT CHARACTER SET ASCII COLLATE ascii_general_ci;") or error(db_error());
+			__query("ALTER TABLE  `ip_notes`
+				CHANGE  `ip`  `ip` VARCHAR( 39 ) CHARACTER SET ASCII COLLATE ascii_general_ci NOT NULL ,
+				CHANGE  `body`  `body` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci NOT NULL ,
+				DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;") or error(db_error());
+			__query("ALTER TABLE  `ip_notes`
+				CHANGE  `ip`  `ip` VARCHAR( 39 ) CHARACTER SET ASCII COLLATE ascii_general_ci NOT NULL ,
+				CHANGE  `body`  `body` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci NOT NULL ,
+				DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;") or error(db_error());
+			__query("ALTER TABLE  `modlogs`
+				CHANGE  `ip`  `ip` VARCHAR( 39 ) CHARACTER SET ASCII COLLATE ascii_general_ci NOT NULL ,
+				CHANGE  `board`  `board` VARCHAR( 120 ) CHARACTER SET ASCII COLLATE ascii_general_ci NULL DEFAULT NULL ,
+				CHANGE  `text`  `text` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci NOT NULL ,
+				DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;") or error(db_error());
+			__query("ALTER TABLE  `mods`
+				CHANGE  `username`  `username` VARCHAR( 30 ) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci NOT NULL ,
+				CHANGE  `password`  `password` CHAR( 64 ) CHARACTER SET ASCII COLLATE ascii_general_ci NOT NULL COMMENT 'SHA256',
+				CHANGE  `salt`  `salt` CHAR( 32 ) CHARACTER SET ASCII COLLATE ascii_general_ci NOT NULL ,
+				CHANGE  `boards`  `boards` TEXT CHARACTER SET ASCII COLLATE ascii_general_ci NOT NULL ,
+				DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;") or error(db_error());
+			__query("ALTER TABLE  `mutes`
+				CHANGE  `ip`  `ip` VARCHAR( 39 ) CHARACTER SET ASCII COLLATE ascii_general_ci NOT NULL ,
+				DEFAULT CHARACTER SET ASCII COLLATE ascii_general_ci;") or error(db_error());
+			__query("ALTER TABLE  `news`
+				CHANGE  `name`  `name` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci NOT NULL ,
+				CHANGE  `subject`  `subject` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci NOT NULL ,
+				CHANGE  `body`  `body` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci NOT NULL ,
+				DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;") or error(db_error());
+			__query("ALTER TABLE  `noticeboard`
+				CHANGE  `subject`  `subject` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci NOT NULL ,
+				CHANGE  `body`  `body` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci NOT NULL ,
+				DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;") or error(db_error());
+			__query("ALTER TABLE  `pms`
+				CHANGE  `message`  `message` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci NOT NULL ,
+				DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;") or error(db_error());
+			__query("ALTER TABLE  `reports`
+				CHANGE  `ip`  `ip` VARCHAR( 39 ) CHARACTER SET ASCII COLLATE ascii_general_ci NOT NULL ,
+				CHANGE  `board`  `board` VARCHAR( 120 ) CHARACTER SET ASCII COLLATE ascii_general_ci NULL DEFAULT NULL ,
+				CHANGE  `reason`  `reason` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci NOT NULL ,
+				DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;") or error(db_error());
+			__query("ALTER TABLE  `robot`
+				CHANGE  `hash`  `hash` VARCHAR( 40 ) CHARACTER SET ASCII COLLATE ascii_bin NOT NULL COMMENT  'SHA1',
+				DEFAULT CHARACTER SET ASCII COLLATE ascii_bin;") or error(db_error());
+			__query("ALTER TABLE  `theme_settings`
+				CHANGE  `theme`  `theme` VARCHAR( 40 ) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci NOT NULL ,
+				CHANGE  `name`  `name` VARCHAR( 40 ) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci NULL DEFAULT NULL ,
+				CHANGE  `value`  `value` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci NULL DEFAULT NULL ,
+				DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;") or eror(db_error());
 		case false:
 			// Update version number
 			file_write($config['has_installed'], VERSION);
@@ -547,6 +641,10 @@ if ($step == 0) {
 	
 	$sql = @file_get_contents('install.sql') or error("Couldn't load install.sql.");
 	
+	sql_open();
+	if (mysql_version() < 50503)
+		$sql = str_replace('utf8', 'utf8mb4', $sql);
+	
 	// This code is probably horrible, but what I'm trying
 	// to do is find all of the SQL queires and put them
 	// in an array.
diff --git a/install.sql b/install.sql
index ee2ca8a9..c4e82820 100644
--- a/install.sql
+++ b/install.sql
@@ -1,25 +1,20 @@
 -- phpMyAdmin SQL Dump
--- version 3.4.2
+-- version 4.0.4.1
 -- http://www.phpmyadmin.net
 --
 -- Host: localhost
--- Generation Time: Apr 12, 2012 at 11:22 PM
--- Server version: 5.1.61
--- PHP Version: 5.3.3-7+squeeze8
+-- Generation Time: Jul 30, 2013 at 09:45 PM
+-- Server version: 5.6.10
+-- PHP Version: 5.3.15
 
-SET SQL_MODE="NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO";
+SET SQL_MODE = "NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO";
 SET time_zone = "+00:00";
 
-
 /*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@@CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */;
 /*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@@CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS */;
 /*!40101 SET @OLD_COLLATION_CONNECTION=@@COLLATION_CONNECTION */;
 /*!40101 SET NAMES utf8 */;
 
---
--- Database: `tinyboard`
---
-
 -- --------------------------------------------------------
 
 --
@@ -27,15 +22,15 @@ SET time_zone = "+00:00";
 --
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `antispam` (
-  `board` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
+  `board` varchar(120) CHARACTER SET ascii NOT NULL,
   `thread` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
-  `hash` char(40) NOT NULL,
+  `hash` char(40) COLLATE ascii_bin NOT NULL,
   `created` int(11) NOT NULL,
   `expires` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
   `passed` smallint(6) NOT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (`hash`),
   KEY `board` (`board`,`thread`)
-) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
+) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=ascii COLLATE=ascii_bin;
 
 -- --------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -44,17 +39,17 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `antispam` (
 --
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `bans` (
-  `id` int(11) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
-  `ip` varchar(45) NOT NULL,
+  `id` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+  `ip` varchar(39) CHARACTER SET ascii NOT NULL,
   `mod` int(11) NOT NULL COMMENT 'which mod made the ban',
   `set` int(11) NOT NULL,
   `expires` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
   `reason` text,
-  `board` varchar(120) DEFAULT NULL,
+  `board` varchar(120) CHARACTER SET ascii DEFAULT NULL,
   `seen` tinyint(1) NOT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
   FULLTEXT KEY `ip` (`ip`)
-) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
+) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
 
 -- --------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -63,18 +58,18 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `bans` (
 --
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `boards` (
-  `uri` varchar(120) NOT NULL,
+  `uri` varchar(120) CHARACTER SET ascii NOT NULL,
   `title` tinytext NOT NULL,
   `subtitle` tinytext,
   PRIMARY KEY (`uri`)
-) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
+) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4;
 
 --
 -- Dumping data for table `boards`
 --
 
-INSERT INTO `boards` (`uri`, `title`, `subtitle`) VALUES
-('b', 'Beta', 'In development.');
+INSERT INTO `boards` VALUES
+('b', 'Random', NULL);
 
 -- --------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -83,13 +78,13 @@ INSERT INTO `boards` (`uri`, `title`, `subtitle`) VALUES
 --
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `cites` (
-  `board` varchar(8) NOT NULL,
+  `board` varchar(120) NOT NULL,
   `post` int(11) NOT NULL,
-  `target_board` varchar(8) NOT NULL,
+  `target_board` varchar(120) NOT NULL,
   `target` int(11) NOT NULL,
   KEY `target` (`target_board`,`target`),
   KEY `post` (`board`,`post`)
-) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
+) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=ascii;
 
 -- --------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -98,14 +93,14 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `cites` (
 --
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `ip_notes` (
-  `id` int(11) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
-  `ip` varchar(45) NOT NULL,
+  `id` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+  `ip` varchar(39) CHARACTER SET ascii NOT NULL,
   `mod` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
   `time` int(11) NOT NULL,
   `body` text NOT NULL,
   UNIQUE KEY `id` (`id`),
   KEY `ip` (`ip`)
-) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
+) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
 
 -- --------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -115,12 +110,12 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `ip_notes` (
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `modlogs` (
   `mod` int(11) NOT NULL,
-  `ip` varchar(45) NOT NULL,
-  `board` varchar(120) DEFAULT NULL,
+  `ip` varchar(39) CHARACTER SET ascii NOT NULL,
+  `board` varchar(120) CHARACTER SET ascii DEFAULT NULL,
   `time` int(11) NOT NULL,
   `text` text NOT NULL,
   KEY `time` (`time`)
-) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
+) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4;
 
 -- --------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -131,19 +126,19 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `modlogs` (
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `mods` (
   `id` smallint(6) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
   `username` varchar(30) NOT NULL,
-  `password` char(64) NOT NULL COMMENT 'SHA256',
-  `salt` char(32) NOT NULL,
+  `password` char(64) CHARACTER SET ascii NOT NULL COMMENT 'SHA256',
+  `salt` char(32) CHARACTER SET ascii NOT NULL,
   `type` smallint(1) NOT NULL COMMENT '0: janitor, 1: mod, 2: admin',
-  `boards` text NOT NULL,
+  `boards` text CHARACTER SET ascii NOT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
   UNIQUE KEY `id` (`id`,`username`)
-) ENGINE=MyISAM  DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 AUTO_INCREMENT=2 ;
+) ENGINE=MyISAM  DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 AUTO_INCREMENT=4 ;
 
 --
 -- Dumping data for table `mods`
 --
 
-INSERT INTO `mods` (`id`, `username`, `password`, `salt`, `type`, `boards`) VALUES
+INSERT INTO `mods` VALUES
 (1, 'admin', 'cedad442efeef7112fed0f50b011b2b9bf83f6898082f995f69dd7865ca19fb7', '4a44c6c55df862ae901b413feecb0d49', 2, '*');
 
 -- --------------------------------------------------------
@@ -153,10 +148,10 @@ INSERT INTO `mods` (`id`, `username`, `password`, `salt`, `type`, `boards`) VALU
 --
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `mutes` (
-  `ip` varchar(45) NOT NULL,
+  `ip` varchar(39) NOT NULL,
   `time` int(11) NOT NULL,
   KEY `ip` (`ip`)
-) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
+) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=ascii;
 
 -- --------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -165,14 +160,14 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `mutes` (
 --
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `news` (
-  `id` int(11) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+  `id` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
   `name` text NOT NULL,
   `time` int(11) NOT NULL,
   `subject` text NOT NULL,
   `body` text NOT NULL,
   UNIQUE KEY `id` (`id`),
   KEY `time` (`time`)
-) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
+) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
 
 -- --------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -181,13 +176,13 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `news` (
 --
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `noticeboard` (
-  `id` int(11) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+  `id` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
   `mod` int(11) NOT NULL,
   `time` int(11) NOT NULL,
   `subject` text NOT NULL,
   `body` text NOT NULL,
   UNIQUE KEY `id` (`id`)
-) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
+) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
 
 -- --------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -196,14 +191,14 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `noticeboard` (
 --
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `pms` (
-  `id` int(11) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+  `id` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
   `sender` int(11) NOT NULL,
   `to` int(11) NOT NULL,
   `message` text NOT NULL,
   `time` int(11) NOT NULL,
   `unread` tinyint(1) NOT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
-) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
+) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
 
 -- --------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -212,14 +207,14 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `pms` (
 --
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `reports` (
-  `id` int(11) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+  `id` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
   `time` int(11) NOT NULL,
-  `ip` varchar(45) NOT NULL,
-  `board` varchar(120) DEFAULT NULL,
+  `ip` varchar(39) CHARACTER SET ascii NOT NULL,
+  `board` varchar(120) CHARACTER SET ascii DEFAULT NULL,
   `post` int(11) NOT NULL,
   `reason` text NOT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
-) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
+) ENGINE=MyISAM  DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 AUTO_INCREMENT=3 ;
 
 -- --------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -228,9 +223,9 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `reports` (
 --
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `robot` (
-  `hash` varchar(40) NOT NULL COMMENT 'SHA1',
+  `hash` varchar(40) COLLATE ascii_bin NOT NULL COMMENT 'SHA1',
   PRIMARY KEY (`hash`)
-) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
+) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=ascii COLLATE=ascii_bin;
 
 -- --------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -243,7 +238,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `theme_settings` (
   `name` varchar(40) DEFAULT NULL,
   `value` text,
   KEY `theme` (`theme`)
-) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
+) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4;
 
 /*!40101 SET CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */;
 /*!40101 SET CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS */;
diff --git a/post.php b/post.php
index e9041ce8..d1749fd1 100644
--- a/post.php
+++ b/post.php
@@ -378,7 +378,10 @@ if (isset($_POST['delete'])) {
 		
 	wordfilters($post['body']);
 	
-	$post['body_nomarkup'] = preg_replace('/[\x{010000}-\x{ffffff}]/u', '', $post['body']);
+	if (mysql_version() >= 50503)
+		$post['body_nomarkup'] = $post['body']; // Assume we're using the utf8mb4 charset
+	else
+		$post['body_nomarkup'] = preg_replace('/[\x{010000}-\x{ffffff}]/u', '', $post['body']); // MySQL's `utf8` charset only supports up to 3-byte symbols
 	
 	if (!($mod && isset($post['raw']) && $post['raw']))
 		$post['tracked_cites'] = markup($post['body'], true);
diff --git a/templates/posts.sql b/templates/posts.sql
index c766d38e..0a1dc92a 100644
--- a/templates/posts.sql
+++ b/templates/posts.sql
@@ -1,32 +1,33 @@
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `posts_{{ board }}` (
-  `id` int(11) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
-  `thread` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
-  `subject` varchar(100) DEFAULT NULL,
-  `email` varchar(30) DEFAULT NULL,
-  `name` varchar(35) DEFAULT NULL,
-  `trip` varchar(15) DEFAULT NULL,
-  `capcode` varchar(50) DEFAULT NULL,
-  `body` text NOT NULL,
-  `body_nomarkup` text DEFAULT NULL,
-  `time` int(11) NOT NULL,
-  `bump` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
-  `thumb` varchar(50) DEFAULT NULL,
-  `thumbwidth` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
-  `thumbheight` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
-  `file` varchar(50) DEFAULT NULL,
-  `filewidth` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
-  `fileheight` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
-  `filesize` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
-  `filename` text DEFAULT NULL,
-  `filehash` text DEFAULT NULL,
-  `password` varchar(20) DEFAULT NULL,
-  `ip` varchar(45) NOT NULL,
-  `sticky` int(1) NOT NULL,
-  `locked` int(1) NOT NULL,
-  `sage` int(1) NOT NULL,
-  `embed` text,
-  UNIQUE KEY `id` (`id`),
-  KEY `thread_id` (`thread`, `id`),
-  KEY `time` (`time`),
-  FULLTEXT KEY `body` (`body`)
-) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
+   `id` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+   `thread` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
+   `subject` varchar(100) DEFAULT NULL,
+   `email` varchar(30) DEFAULT NULL,
+   `name` varchar(35) DEFAULT NULL,
+   `trip` varchar(15) DEFAULT NULL,
+   `capcode` varchar(50) DEFAULT NULL,
+   `body` text NOT NULL,
+   `body_nomarkup` text,
+   `time` int(11) NOT NULL,
+   `bump` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
+   `thumb` varchar(50) DEFAULT NULL,
+   `thumbwidth` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
+   `thumbheight` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
+   `file` varchar(50) DEFAULT NULL,
+   `filewidth` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
+   `fileheight` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
+   `filesize` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
+   `filename` text,
+   `filehash` text CHARACTER SET ascii,
+   `password` varchar(20) DEFAULT NULL,
+   `ip` varchar(39) CHARACTER SET ascii NOT NULL,
+   `sticky` int(1) NOT NULL,
+   `locked` int(1) NOT NULL,
+   `sage` int(1) NOT NULL,
+   `embed` text,
+   UNIQUE KEY `id` (`id`),
+   KEY `thread_id` (`thread`,`id`),
+   KEY `time` (`time`),
+   FULLTEXT KEY `body` (`body`)
+ ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
+ 
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