diff --git a/bin/config-include/storage/SQLiteLegacyStandalone.ini b/bin/config-include/storage/SQLiteLegacyStandalone.ini
index 1d4dd29d60..facbbd6bcd 100644
--- a/bin/config-include/storage/SQLiteLegacyStandalone.ini
+++ b/bin/config-include/storage/SQLiteLegacyStandalone.ini
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 [DatabaseService]
     StorageProvider = "OpenSim.Data.SQLiteLegacy.dll"
+    ConnectionString = "URI=file:OpenSim.db,version=3,UseUTF16Encoding=True"
 
 [AvatarService]
     ConnectionString = "URI=file:avatars.db,version=3"
diff --git a/bin/config-include/storage/SQLiteStandalone.ini b/bin/config-include/storage/SQLiteStandalone.ini
index fe814d7022..10e6991954 100644
--- a/bin/config-include/storage/SQLiteStandalone.ini
+++ b/bin/config-include/storage/SQLiteStandalone.ini
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 [DatabaseService]
     StorageProvider = "OpenSim.Data.SQLite.dll"
+    ConnectionString = "URI=file:OpenSim.db,version=3,UseUTF16Encoding=True"
 
 [InventoryService]
     ;ConnectionString = "URI=file:inventory.db,version=3"