1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/rcal/db.py b/rcal/db.py
index dffe98f..12fcd88 100644
--- a/rcal/db.py
+++ b/rcal/db.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import json
 from os import path
 
+import sqlalchemy.engine.url as url
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine
 from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
 
@@ -13,9 +14,15 @@ class Session(object):
         config = json.load(
             open(path.join(path.dirname(
                 path.realpath(__file__)), '..', 'conf', 'db.json')))
-        db_str = "{0[type]}://{0[user]}:{0[pass]}@{0[host]}/{0[name]}".format(
-            config)
-        self.engine = create_engine(db_str)
+        db_str = url.URL(
+            drivername=config['type'],
+            host=config['host'],
+            username=config['user'],
+            password=config['pass'],
+            database=config['name'],
+            query={'charset': config['cset']}
+        )
+        self.engine = create_engine(db_str, encoding=config['cset'])
 
     def get_maker(self):
         return sessionmaker(bind=self.engine)