diff --git a/urbackup_api/__init__.py b/urbackup_api/__init__.py
index 0443a6f..d931fb9 100644
--- a/urbackup_api/__init__.py
+++ b/urbackup_api/__init__.py
@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ class urbackup_server:
                 logger.error("API call failed. Retrying...")
         
         data = response.read();
-        
+                
         response.close()
             
-        return json.loads(data.decode("utf-8"))
+        return json.loads(data.decode("utf-8","ignore"))
     
     def _download_file(self, action, outputfn, params):