diff --git a/src/main/java/de/diddiz/LogBlock/LogBlock.java b/src/main/java/de/diddiz/LogBlock/LogBlock.java
index 57cd09e..756575b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/diddiz/LogBlock/LogBlock.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/diddiz/LogBlock/LogBlock.java
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public class LogBlock extends JavaPlugin {
             if (rs.next()) {
                 Config.mb4 = true;
                 // Allegedly JDBC driver since 2010 hasn't needed this. I did.
-                st.executeQuery("SET NAMES utf8mb4;");
+                st.executeUpdate("SET NAMES utf8mb4;");
             }
             conn.close();
             Updater updater = new Updater(this);
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/diddiz/LogBlock/util/MySQLConnectionPool.java b/src/main/java/de/diddiz/LogBlock/util/MySQLConnectionPool.java
index c5b7882..3a0f854 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/diddiz/LogBlock/util/MySQLConnectionPool.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/diddiz/LogBlock/util/MySQLConnectionPool.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class MySQLConnectionPool implements Closeable {
     public Connection getConnection() throws SQLException {
         Connection connection = ds.getConnection();
         if (Config.mb4) {
-            connection.createStatement().executeQuery("SET NAMES utf8mb4");
+            connection.createStatement().executeUpdate("SET NAMES utf8mb4");
         }
         return connection;
     }