diff --git a/packages/api/src/shell/importDatabase.js b/packages/api/src/shell/importDatabase.js
index b59f9d4b9..84d7b6e8c 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/shell/importDatabase.js
+++ b/packages/api/src/shell/importDatabase.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class ImportStream extends stream.Transform {
   }
   async _transform(chunk, encoding, cb) {
     try {
-      await this.driver.script(this.pool, chunk);
+      await this.driver.script(this.pool, chunk, { queryOptions: { importSqlDump: true } });
     } catch (err) {
       this.emit('error', err.message);
     }
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ async function importDatabase({ connection = undefined, systemConnection = undef
   const pool = systemConnection || (await connectUtility(driver, connection, 'write'));
   logger.info(`Connected.`);
 
+  logger.info(`Input file: ${inputFile}`);
   const downloadedFile = await download(inputFile);
+  logger.info(`Downloaded file: ${downloadedFile}`);
 
   const fileStream = fs.createReadStream(downloadedFile, 'utf-8');
   const splittedStream = splitQueryStream(fileStream, driver.getQuerySplitterOptions('script'));
diff --git a/packages/api/src/shell/runScript.js b/packages/api/src/shell/runScript.js
index 5ce4c1a80..0b90f12d8 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/shell/runScript.js
+++ b/packages/api/src/shell/runScript.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ async function runScript(func) {
     await func();
     process.exit(0);
   } catch (err) {
-    logger.error({ err }, `Error running script: ${err.message}`);
+    logger.error({ err }, `Error running script: ${err.message || err}`);
     process.exit(1);
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/tools/src/driverBase.ts b/packages/tools/src/driverBase.ts
index f3d892c73..f7c0bac18 100644
--- a/packages/tools/src/driverBase.ts
+++ b/packages/tools/src/driverBase.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export const driverBase = {
     }
     for (const sqlItem of splitQuery(sql, this.getQuerySplitterOptions('script'))) {
       try {
-        await this.query(pool, sqlItem, { discardResult: true });
+        await this.query(pool, sqlItem, { discardResult: true, ...options?.queryOptions });
       } catch (err) {
         if (options?.useTransaction && this.supportsTransactions) {
           runCommandOnDriver(pool, this, dmp => dmp.rollbackTransaction());
diff --git a/packages/types/engines.d.ts b/packages/types/engines.d.ts
index f100858b7..93ed005a9 100644
--- a/packages/types/engines.d.ts
+++ b/packages/types/engines.d.ts
@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@ export interface StreamOptions {
 
 export interface RunScriptOptions {
   useTransaction: boolean;
+  queryOptions?: QueryOptions;
 }
 
 export interface QueryOptions {
   discardResult?: boolean;
+  importSqlDump?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface WriteTableOptions {
diff --git a/plugins/dbgate-plugin-mysql/src/backend/drivers.js b/plugins/dbgate-plugin-mysql/src/backend/drivers.js
index 7aee2984d..6dfcd846d 100644
--- a/plugins/dbgate-plugin-mysql/src/backend/drivers.js
+++ b/plugins/dbgate-plugin-mysql/src/backend/drivers.js
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ const drivers = driverBases.map(driverBase => ({
   async close(dbhan) {
     return dbhan.client.close();
   },
-  query(dbhan, sql) {
+  query(dbhan, sql, options) {
     if (sql == null) {
       return {
         rows: [],
@@ -68,6 +68,14 @@ const drivers = driverBases.map(driverBase => ({
       };
     }
 
+    if (options?.importSqlDump && sql.trim().startsWith('/*!') && sql.includes('character_set_client')) {
+      // skip this in SQL dumps
+      return {
+        rows: [],
+        columns: [],
+      };
+    }
+
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       dbhan.client.query(sql, function (error, results, fields) {
         if (error) reject(error);