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diff --git a/src/java/azkaban/database/DataSourceUtils.java b/src/java/azkaban/database/DataSourceUtils.java
index 7a7ed19..a18f1cf 100644
--- a/src/java/azkaban/database/DataSourceUtils.java
+++ b/src/java/azkaban/database/DataSourceUtils.java
@@ -124,7 +124,9 @@ public class DataSourceUtils {
 		private MySQLBasicDataSource(String host, int port, String dbName, String user, String password, int numConnections) {
 			super();
 			
-			String url = "jdbc:mysql://" + (host + ":" + port + "/" + dbName + "?useUnicode=yes&characterEncoding=UTF-8");
+			String url = "jdbc:mysql://" + (host + ":" + port + "/" + dbName);
+			addConnectionProperty("useUnicode","yes");
+			addConnectionProperty("characterEncoding","UTF-8");
 			setDriverClassName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
 			setUsername(user);
 			setPassword(password);