diff --git a/lib/solr_pivot_facets.rb b/lib/solr_pivot_facets.rb
index c25e553..379cfcf 100644
--- a/lib/solr_pivot_facets.rb
+++ b/lib/solr_pivot_facets.rb
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def solr_facets_url
   end
 
   def solr_connection
-    Faraday.new(solr_facets_url) do |f|
+    Faraday.new(solr_facets_url, request: {timeout: 120}) do |f|
       f.headers["Accept"] = "application/json"
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/title_summary_table.rb b/lib/title_summary_table.rb
index 9149e30..909621b 100644
--- a/lib/title_summary_table.rb
+++ b/lib/title_summary_table.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def create(temp: false)
         publication_place VARCHAR(128),
         us_gov_doc_flag tinyint(4),
         total_unique_titles bigint(21)
-      );
+      ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_general_ci;
     SQL
   end