diff --git a/Finder/gitfinder.py b/Finder/gitfinder.py
index d0188ee..d41c3d9 100755
--- a/Finder/gitfinder.py
+++ b/Finder/gitfinder.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def findgitrepo(output_file, domains):
     try:
         # Try to download http://target.tld/.git/HEAD
         with urlopen(''.join(['http://', domain, '/.git/HEAD']), timeout=5) as response:
-            answer = response.read(200).decode()
+            answer = response.read(200).decode('utf-8', 'ignore')
 
     except HTTPError:
         return