diff --git a/fdroidserver/common.py b/fdroidserver/common.py
index 1d2275f1..b8a506a5 100644
--- a/fdroidserver/common.py
+++ b/fdroidserver/common.py
@@ -1798,7 +1798,7 @@ def FDroidPopen(commands, cwd=None, output=True, stderr_to_stdout=True):
     :returns: A PopenResult.
     """
     result = FDroidPopenBytes(commands, cwd, output, stderr_to_stdout)
-    result.output = result.output.decode('utf-8')
+    result.output = result.output.decode('utf-8', 'ignore')
     return result