diff --git a/priv/repo/migrations/20170717094445_update_posting_text.exs b/priv/repo/migrations/20170717094445_update_posting_text.exs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d91d2f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/priv/repo/migrations/20170717094445_update_posting_text.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+defmodule ElixirStatus.Repo.Migrations.UpdatePostingText do
+  use Ecto.Migration
+
+  def change do
+    alter table(:postings) do
+      modify :text, :"TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4"
+      modify :title, :"TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4"
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/controllers/posting_controller_test.exs b/test/controllers/posting_controller_test.exs
index 8a52a5e..4bbad84 100644
--- a/test/controllers/posting_controller_test.exs
+++ b/test/controllers/posting_controller_test.exs
@@ -54,6 +54,18 @@ defmodule ElixirStatus.PostingControllerTest do
     assert redirected_to(conn) == posting_path(conn, :index)
   end
 
+  @tag posting_create: true
+  test "creates resource and redirects when data is includes emojies", _ do
+    attrs_with_emoji = %{text: "🗜🐳📦 some [content](http://github.com/) on the [web](http://google.com/)", title: "🗜🐳📦 some content"}
+    conn = logged_in_conn()
+    conn =
+      conn
+      |> post(posting_path(conn, :create), posting: attrs_with_emoji)
+
+    assert Repo.get_by(Posting, attrs_with_emoji)
+    assert redirected_to(conn) == posting_path(conn, :index)
+  end
+
   @tag posting_create: true
   test "when NOT logged in -> does not create resource and renders errors when data is invalid",
        _ do