diff --git a/bootstrap/app.php b/bootstrap/app.php
index c2e983d..6a51221 100644
--- a/bootstrap/app.php
+++ b/bootstrap/app.php
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Application;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Configuration\Exceptions;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Configuration\Middleware;
-use Mchev\Banhammer\Middleware\IPBanned;
 
 return Application::configure(basePath: dirname(__DIR__))
     ->withRouting(
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ return Application::configure(basePath: dirname(__DIR__))
         health: '/up',
     )
     ->withMiddleware(function (Middleware $middleware) {
-        $middleware->append(IPBanned::class);
+        //$middleware->append(IPBanned::class);
     })
     ->withExceptions(function (Exceptions $exceptions) {
         //
diff --git a/config/database.php b/config/database.php
index d548da4..ca005a5 100644
--- a/config/database.php
+++ b/config/database.php
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ return [
             'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD', ''),
             'unix_socket' => env('DB_SOCKET', ''),
             'charset' => env('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8mb4'),
-            'collation' => env('DB_COLLATION', 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci'),
+            'collation' => env('DB_COLLATION', 'utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci'),
             'prefix' => '',
             'prefix_indexes' => true,
             'strict' => true,