django/core/db/backends/postgresql.py

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class DatabaseWrapper:
         self.queries = []
 
     def cursor(self):
-        from django.conf.settings import DATABASE_USER, DATABASE_NAME, DATABASE_HOST, DATABASE_PORT, DATABASE_PASSWORD, DEBUG, TIME_ZONE
+        from django.conf.settings import DATABASE_USER, DATABASE_NAME, DATABASE_HOST, DATABASE_PORT, DATABASE_PASSWORD, DEBUG, DEFAULT_CHARSET, TIME_ZONE
         if self.connection is None:
             if DATABASE_NAME == '':
                 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class DatabaseWrapper:
             self.connection.set_isolation_level(1) # make transactions transparent to all cursors
         cursor = self.connection.cursor()
         cursor.execute("SET TIME ZONE %s", [TIME_ZONE])
-        cursor = UnicodeCursorWrapper(cursor, settings.DEFAULT_CHARSET)
+        cursor = UnicodeCursorWrapper(cursor, DEFAULT_CHARSET)
         if DEBUG:
             return base.CursorDebugWrapper(cursor, self)
         return cursor