diff --git a/applyProdDatabaseToDev.sh b/applyProdDatabaseToDev.sh
index c0b1a64..c075b80 100755
--- a/applyProdDatabaseToDev.sh
+++ b/applyProdDatabaseToDev.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ echo '-------'
 BACKUPDIR="/home/mab/databaseBackupSolidScribe"
 #DEVDBPASS="Crama!Lama*Jamma###88383!!!!!345345956245i"
 DEVDBPASS="***REMOVED***"
+# LazaLinga&33Can't!Do!That34
 
 cd $BACKUPDIR
 
@@ -28,8 +29,12 @@ gunzip -dkv $LASTZIPPEDFILE
 BACKUPFILE=$(ls -At *.sql | head -n1)
 
 #Fix to replace incompatible DB type
-echo "Updating table name in $BACKUPFILE"
-sed -i $BACKUPFILE -e 's/utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci/utf8mb4_unicode_ci/g'
+echo "Updating table name in -> $BACKUPFILE"
+#sed -i $BACKUPFILE -e 's/utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci/utf8mb4_unicode_ci/g'
+
+#Fix encoding for dev DB and exclude system tables
+sed -i 's/utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci/utf8mb4_general_ci/g' $BACKUPFILE
+sed -r '/INSERT INTO `(sys|mysql)`/d' $BACKUPFILE > $BACKUPFILE
 
 echo "Removing and syncing static files"
 rm -r /home/mab/ss/staticFiles/*
@@ -38,8 +43,20 @@ rsync -e 'ssh -p 13328' -hazC --update mab@solidscribe.com:/home/mab/pi/staticFi
 echo "Updating Database"
 mysql -u root --password="$DEVDBPASS" < $BACKUPFILE
 
+## Optimize Database Tables
+# mysqlcheck --all-databases
+mysqlcheck --all-databases -o -u root --password="$DEVDBPASS" --silent
+# mysqlcheck --all-databases --auto-repair
+# mysqlcheck --all-databases --analyze
+
+# Fix an issues with DB after messing around with it
+mysql_upgrade -u root --password="$DEVDBPASS"
+
+#clean up extracted and modified SQL dumps
 rm *.sql
 
+
+
 echo '-------'
 echo "Applied Prod database to Dev. LastFile: $BACKUPFILE"
 echo '-------'
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