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@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ mkdir -p /data_store_hdd/apps/megapixels/faiss/indexes
 mkdir -p /data_store_hdd/apps/megapixels/faiss/metadata
 ```
 
+### MySQL note
+
+You may need to set the database charset to `utf8mb4` in order to import the CSVs:
+
+```
+ALTER DATABASE megapixels CHARACTER SET = utf8mb4 COLLATE = utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
+```
+
 ## Building the site
 
 ```