diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2fd7f5b..3c39fa3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-# Base template for Drupal 9 projects hosted on Lagoon
-
+# Base template for Drupal 9 projects hosted on Lagoon...........dd
+.......PR...........................dfsdfsdf.....ss....fgdfg...dd....dfdfdfdf....
 This template includes everything necessary to run on [Lagoon](https://www.github.com/uselagoon/lagoon) (in both the local development environments or on hosted Lagoon clusters.)
 
-This project template should provide a kickstart for managing your site
+This project template should provide a kickstart for dmanaging your site
 dependencies with [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/). It is based on the [original Drupal Composer Template](https://github.com/drupal-composer/drupal-project), 
 
 ## Included Services
diff --git a/assets/all.settings.php b/assets/all.settings.php
index c688430..b8406dd 100644
--- a/assets/all.settings.php
+++ b/assets/all.settings.php
@@ -14,6 +14,20 @@
 // folder outside this subfolder for an advanced security measure: '../config/sync'.
 $settings['config_sync_directory'] = '../config/sync';
 
+
+// Database connection settings to enforce utf8mb4_general_ci.
+$databases['default']['default'] = [
+    'driver' => 'mysql',
+    'database' => getenv('MARIADB_DATABASE'),
+    'username' => getenv('MARIADB_USERNAME'),
+    'password' => getenv('MARIADB_PASSWORD'),
+    'host' => getenv('MARIADB_HOST'),
+    'port' => getenv('MARIADB_PORT'),
+    'prefix' => '',
+    'charset' => 'utf8mb4',
+    'collation' => 'utf8mb4_general_ci',
+];
+
 if (getenv('LAGOON_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE') !== 'production') {
     /**
      * Skip file system permissions hardening.