diff --git a/database.yml.tmpl b/database.yml.tmpl
index 1614a24..bf64dc7 100644
--- a/database.yml.tmpl
+++ b/database.yml.tmpl
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 production:
-  adapter: mysql2
-  database: "{{ env "MYSQL_NAME" }}"
-  encoding: utf8
-  host: "{{ env "MYSQL_HOST" }}"
-  password: "{{ secret "db_password" }}"
-  pool: 5
-  port: "{{ env "MYSQL_PORT" }}"
-  reconnect: false
+  adapter: "mysql2"
+  encoding: "utf8mb4"
+  collation: "utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci"
   username: "{{ env "MYSQL_USER" }}"
+  password: "{{ secret "db_password" }}"
+  database: "{{ env "MYSQL_DB" }}"
+  host: "{{ env "MYSQL_HOST" }}"
+  port: "{{ env "MYSQL_PORT" }}"