diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/Test.php b/app/Console/Commands/Test.php
index ba10f477..933667bb 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/Test.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/Test.php
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ use App\Repositories\ExamRepository;
 use App\Repositories\SearchBoxRepository;
 use App\Repositories\TorrentRepository;
 use Carbon\Carbon;
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Schema;
 use Illuminate\Console\Command;
 use Illuminate\Encryption\Encrypter;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
@@ -51,14 +50,7 @@ class Test extends Command
      */
     public function handle()
     {
-//        $r = \Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema::getColumnListing('torrents');
-//        $r = urldecode('%b5%8f%7c%a9%85%ed%e2%bb%09%fd1%ab%8d%11%e5%11%bb%18%deD');
-//        $r = bin2hex($r);
-        $str = 'passkey=bef88d0cbe4ccbc1569b8404d09c4c5a&info_hash=%cd%8d%5b%09%08%d7%1d%01_o8%c0%e1Wd%ff%95%84J%e1&peer_id=-TR3000-zxcl8rs3my5o&port=51416&uploaded=0&downloaded=0&left=0&numwant=80&key=2d2ebd37&compact=1&supportcrypto=1&ipv6=240e%3A3b1%3A6400%3Ac20%3A211%3A32ff%3Afebb%3A9fb1';
-        $firstNeedle = "info_hash=";
-        $start = strpos($str, $firstNeedle) + strlen($firstNeedle);
-        $end = strpos($str, "&", $start);
-        $r = substr($str, $start, $end - $start);
+        $r = \Nexus\Database\DB::getConnection();
         dd($r);
     }
 
diff --git a/nexus/Database/DB.php b/nexus/Database/DB.php
index 8261b76f..69c96a63 100644
--- a/nexus/Database/DB.php
+++ b/nexus/Database/DB.php
@@ -53,9 +53,6 @@ class DB
         if (!$result) {
             throw new DatabaseException(sprintf('[%s]: %s', $this->errno(), $this->error()));
         }
-        $this->driver->query("SET NAMES UTF8");
-        $this->driver->query("SET collation_connection = 'utf8_general_ci'");
-        $this->driver->query("SET sql_mode=''");
         $this->isConnected = true;
         return true;
     }
@@ -233,5 +230,21 @@ class DB
         return Capsule::table($table);
     }
 
+    public static function getMysqlColumnInfo($table, $column)
+    {
+        static $driver;
+        $config = nexus_config('nexus.mysql');
+        if (is_null($driver)) {
+            $driver = new DBMysqli();
+            $driver->connect($config['host'], $config['username'], $config['password'], 'information_schema', $config['port']);
+        }
+        $sql = sprintf(
+            "select * from COLUMNS where TABLE_SCHEMA = '%s' and TABLE_NAME = '%s' and COLUMN_NAME = '%s'",
+            $config['database'], $table, $column
+        );
+        $res = $driver->query($sql);
+        return $driver->fetchAssoc($res);
+    }
+
 
 }
diff --git a/nexus/Database/DBMysqli.php b/nexus/Database/DBMysqli.php
index cb6b94a7..298d4cf8 100644
--- a/nexus/Database/DBMysqli.php
+++ b/nexus/Database/DBMysqli.php
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ class DBMysqli implements DBInterface
         if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
             throw new DatabaseException(mysqli_connect_error());
         }
+        $mysqli->query("SET NAMES UTF8");
+        $mysqli->query("SET collation_connection = 'utf8_general_ci'");
+        $mysqli->query("SET sql_mode=''");
+
         /* activate reporting */
         $driver = new \mysqli_driver();
         $driver->report_mode = MYSQLI_REPORT_ALL & ~MYSQLI_REPORT_INDEX;
@@ -82,4 +86,4 @@ class DBMysqli implements DBInterface
         return $mysqliResult->free_result();
     }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/nexus/Install/Update.php b/nexus/Install/Update.php
index 8e19ed14..16fba8d9 100644
--- a/nexus/Install/Update.php
+++ b/nexus/Install/Update.php
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ namespace Nexus\Install;
 
 use App\Models\Category;
 use App\Models\Icon;
+use App\Models\Setting;
+use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use Nexus\Database\DB;
 
 class Update extends Install
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ class Update extends Install
             $id = DB::insert($table, $insert);
             $this->doLog("[ADD CUSTOM FIELD MENU] insert: " . json_encode($insert) . " to table: $table, id: $id");
         }
+        //since beta8
         if (WITH_LARAVEL && DB::schema()->hasColumn('categories', 'icon_id')) {
             $this->doLog('[INIT CATEGORY ICON_ID]');
             $icon = Icon::query()->orderBy('id', 'asc')->first();
@@ -71,11 +74,24 @@ class Update extends Install
                 Category::query()->where('icon_id', 0)->update(['icon_id' => $icon->id]);
             }
         }
+        //fix base url, since beta8
+        if (WITH_LARAVEL && DB::schema()->hasTable('settings')) {
+            $settingBasic = get_setting('basic');
+            if (isset($settingBasic['BASEURL']) && Str::startsWith($settingBasic['BASEURL'], 'localhost')) {
+                $this->doLog('[RESET CONFIG basic.BASEURL]');
+                Setting::query()->where('name', 'basic.BASEURL')->update(['value' => '']);
+            }
+            if (isset($settingBasic['announce_url']) && Str::startsWith($settingBasic['announce_url'], 'localhost')) {
+                $this->doLog('[RESET CONFIG basic.announce_url]');
+                Setting::query()->where('name', 'basic.announce_url')->update(['value' => '']);
+            }
+        }
+
         //torrent support sticky second level
         if (WITH_LARAVEL) {
-            $columnType = DB::schema()->getColumnType('torrents', 'pos_state');
-            $this->doLog("[TORRENT POS_STATE], column type: $columnType");
-            if ($columnType == 'enum') {
+            $columnInfo = DB::getMysqlColumnInfo('torrents', 'pos_state');
+            $this->doLog("[TORRENT POS_STATE], column info: " . json_encode($columnInfo));
+            if ($columnInfo['DATA_TYPE'] == 'enum') {
                 $sql = "alter table torrents modify `pos_state` varchar(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'normal'";
                 $this->doLog("[ALTER TORRENT POS_STATE TYPE TO VARCHAR], $sql");
                 sql_query($sql);
diff --git a/nexus/Install/update/update.php b/nexus/Install/update/update.php
index e1d35b73..026a4217 100644
--- a/nexus/Install/update/update.php
+++ b/nexus/Install/update/update.php
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ if ($currentStep == 3) {
 
             $update->nextStep();
         } catch (\Exception $exception) {
+            $update->doLog($exception->getMessage() . $exception->getTraceAsString());
             $error = $exception->getMessage();
             break;
         }