diff --git a/includes/types/profile.class.php b/includes/types/profile.class.php
index 59e6fa2c..5c258eba 100644
--- a/includes/types/profile.class.php
+++ b/includes/types/profile.class.php
@@ -324,8 +324,8 @@ class ProfileListFilter extends Filter
         // name [str] - the table is case sensitive. Since i down't want to destroy indizes, lets alter the search terms
         if (!empty($_v['na']))
         {
-            $lower  = $this->modularizeString([$k.'.name'], Util::lower($_v['na']),   !empty($_v['ex']) && $_v['ex'] == 'on');
-            $proper = $this->modularizeString([$k.'.name'], Util::ucWords($_v['na']), !empty($_v['ex']) && $_v['ex'] == 'on');
+            $lower  = $this->modularizeString([$k.'.name'], Util::lower($_v['na']),   !empty($_v['ex']) && $_v['ex'] == 'on', true);
+            $proper = $this->modularizeString([$k.'.name'], Util::ucWords($_v['na']), !empty($_v['ex']) && $_v['ex'] == 'on', true);
 
             $parts[] = ['OR', $lower, $proper];
         }
diff --git a/setup/db_structure.sql b/setup/db_structure.sql
index 733d54d5..ad1c08e3 100644
--- a/setup/db_structure.sql
+++ b/setup/db_structure.sql
@@ -1827,7 +1827,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `aowow_profiler_profiles` (
   `copy` int(10) unsigned DEFAULT NULL,
   `icon` varchar(50) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci DEFAULT NULL,
   `user` int(11) unsigned DEFAULT NULL,
-  `name` varchar(50) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci NOT NULL,
+  `name` varchar(50) COLLATE utf8mb4_bin NOT NULL,
   `race` tinyint(3) unsigned NOT NULL,
   `class` tinyint(3) unsigned NOT NULL,
   `level` tinyint(3) unsigned NOT NULL,
diff --git a/setup/updates/1524907872_01.sql b/setup/updates/1524907872_01.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cb36cb0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup/updates/1524907872_01.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ALTER TABLE `aowow_profiler_profiles` CHANGE COLUMN `name` `name` VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL COLLATE 'utf8mb4_bin' AFTER `user`;