diff --git a/api/tacticalrmm/tacticalrmm/settings.py b/api/tacticalrmm/tacticalrmm/settings.py
index db322667..e95dd08d 100644
--- a/api/tacticalrmm/tacticalrmm/settings.py
+++ b/api/tacticalrmm/tacticalrmm/settings.py
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ LOGGING = {
 }
 
 if "AZPIPELINE" in os.environ:
+    print("PIPELINE")
     DATABASES = {
         "default": {
             "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.postgresql",
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 8f2a9160..86b474fd 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo -u postgres psql -c 'DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS pipeline'
           sudo -u postgres psql -c 'DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS test_pipeline'
           sudo -u postgres psql -c 'CREATE DATABASE pipeline'
+          sudo -u postgres psql -c "SET client_encoding = 'UTF8'" pipeline
           SETTINGS_FILE="/myagent/_work/1/s/api/tacticalrmm/tacticalrmm/settings.py"
           rm -rf /myagent/_work/1/s/api/env
           cd /myagent/_work/1/s/api