diff --git a/dev.cfg b/dev.cfg
index b187ed4..30446d5 100644
--- a/dev.cfg
+++ b/dev.cfg
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # oxdbarchive/config/app.cfg
 
 # DATABASE
-sqlobject.dburi="notrans_mysql://root@localhost/oxdbarchive?sqlobject_encoding=utf-8&use_unicode=1&charset=utf8"
+sqlobject.dburi="notrans_mysql://root@localhost/oxdbarchive?use_unicode=1&charset=utf8"
 
 # SERVER
 server.socket_port=8081
diff --git a/oxdbarchive/model.py b/oxdbarchive/model.py
index 607f34d..46a7977 100644
--- a/oxdbarchive/model.py
+++ b/oxdbarchive/model.py
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ class Archive(SQLObject):
   name = UnicodeCol(length=255, alternateID=True)
   basePath = UnicodeCol()
   baseUrlFrontend = UnicodeCol(default = '')
-  published = DateTimeCol(defalut=datetime.now)
-  modified = DateTimeCol(defalut=datetime.now)
+  published = DateTimeCol(default=datetime.now)
+  modified = DateTimeCol(default=datetime.now)
 
   def _get_basePath(self):
     basePath = self._SO_get_basePath()
@@ -243,8 +243,8 @@ class ArchiveFile(SQLObject):
   pixels = IntCol(default = 0)
 
   date_added = DateTimeCol(default=datetime.now)
-  published = DateTimeCol(defalut=datetime.now)
-  modified = DateTimeCol(defalut=datetime.now)
+  published = DateTimeCol(default=datetime.now)
+  modified = DateTimeCol(default=datetime.now)
 
   height = IntCol(default = -1)
   width = IntCol(default = -1)