diff --git a/src/LabsDao.php b/src/LabsDao.php
index 9304b21..f106a3a 100644
--- a/src/LabsDao.php
+++ b/src/LabsDao.php
@@ -1,75 +1,81 @@
 <?php
 /**
  * This file is part of Toolforge Admin
  * Copyright (C) 2016  Wikimedia Foundation and contributors
  *
  * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
  * Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option)
  * any later version.
  *
  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
  * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
  * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
  * more details.
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
  * with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
 namespace Tools\Admin;
 
 use Wikimedia\Slimapp\Dao\AbstractDao;
 
 /**
- * Data access objcet for Labs database
+ * Data access object for Labs database
  */
 class LabsDao extends AbstractDao {
 
+	public function __construct( $dsn, $user, $pass, $logger = null ) {
+		parent::__construct( $dsn, $user, $pass, $logger );
+		// FIXME: Horrible hack for T164971
+		$this->db->exec( 'set names latin1' );
+	}
+
 	public function getAllUsers() {
 		$users = [];
 		$records = $this->fetchAll( 'SELECT * FROM users' );
 		foreach ( $records as $idx => $row ) {
 			$users[$row['name']] = $row;
 		}
 		return $users;
 	}
 
 	public function getAllTools() {
 		$tools = [];
 		$records = $this->fetchAll( 'SELECT * FROM tools ORDER BY name ASC' );
 		foreach ( $records as $idx => $row ) {
 			$tools[$row['name']] = $this->toolsRowToArray( $row );
 		}
 		return $tools;
 	}
 
 	public function getTool( $name ) {
 		$row = $this->fetch(
 			'SELECT * FROM tools WHERE name = ?',
 			[ $name ]
 		);
 		if ( $row ) {
 			return $this->toolsRowToArray( $row );
 		} else {
 			return false;
 		}
 	}
 
 	protected function toolsRowToArray( $row ) {
 		$info = null;
 		if ( $row['toolinfo'] != '' ) {
 			$info = json_decode( $row['toolinfo'], true );
 		}
 		if ( $info === null ) {
 			$info = [ [ 'description' => $row['description'] ] ];
 		}
 		if ( !array_key_exists( 0, $info ) ) {
 			$info = [ $info ];
 		}
 		$row['toolinfo'] = $info;
 		$row['maintainers'] = explode( ' ', $row['maintainers'] );
 		sort( $row['maintainers'] );
 		return $row;
 	}
 }