diff --git a/global/scripts/bin/diary.py b/global/scripts/bin/diary.py
index 585d399..9c85d64 100755
--- a/global/scripts/bin/diary.py
+++ b/global/scripts/bin/diary.py
@@ -114,7 +114,11 @@ def fetch_data(url, headers={}, data=None, rjson=True, log=True):
             if response.status != 200:
                 logit.error(response.read())
                 sys.exit(f"HTTP error {response.status}")
-            response_data = response.read().decode("utf-8")
+            try:
+                response_data = response.read().decode("utf-8")
+            except UnicodeDecodeError as e:
+                logit.error(e)
+                response_data = response.read()
             logit.info(response_data) if log else None
             if not rjson:
                 return response_data