diff --git a/server/backend/migration/20240317000000.go b/server/backend/migration/20240317000000.go
index 354275a3..c3bf39ab 100644
--- a/server/backend/migration/20240317000000.go
+++ b/server/backend/migration/20240317000000.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func tablesWithWrongCOLLATE() []string {
-	return []string{"crontab", "devices", "dish", "files", "kino", "news", "newsSource", "notifications", "notification_types"}
+	return []string{"crontab", "devices", "dish", "files", "kino", "news", "newsSource", "notification_types"}
 }
 
 // migrate20240317000000
diff --git a/server/utils/db.go b/server/utils/db.go
index 35cf56d4..3904cd96 100644
--- a/server/utils/db.go
+++ b/server/utils/db.go
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ func SetupDB() *gorm.DB {
 	if err != nil {
 		log.WithError(err).Fatal("failed to connect database")
 	}
+	// without this comment, the `COLLATE` will not be set correctly
+	db = db.Set("gorm:table_options", "ENGINE=InnoDB CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci")
 
 	// Migrate the schema
 	// currently not activated as
@@ -33,6 +35,5 @@ func SetupDB() *gorm.DB {
 		log.Info("Exiting after migration")
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
-	db = db.Set("gorm:table_options", "ENGINE=InnoDB CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci")
 	return db
 }