diff --git a/rhodecode/config/deployment.ini_tmpl b/rhodecode/config/deployment.ini_tmpl
--- a/rhodecode/config/deployment.ini_tmpl
+++ b/rhodecode/config/deployment.ini_tmpl
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ sqlalchemy.db1.url = sqlite:///%(here)s/
 
 sqlalchemy.db1.echo = false
 sqlalchemy.db1.pool_recycle = 3600
-sqlalchemy.convert_unicode = true
+sqlalchemy.db1.convert_unicode = true
 
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