diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a31b976..1306b20 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
+## Unreleased
+- client: Ignore messages other than UTF-8
+
 ## 0.8.0 - 2017-10-02
 - parser: Merged function 'parse_aprs' and 'parse_ogn_beacon' to 'parse'
 - parser: Added support for OGNSDR (receiver), OGNTRK (ogn tracker), OGNFLR (flarm) and OGNAV (Naviter) beacons
diff --git a/ogn/client/client.py b/ogn/client/client.py
index c484e5e..63dc253 100644
--- a/ogn/client/client.py
+++ b/ogn/client/client.py
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ class AprsClient:
                 self.logger.error('BrokenPipeError', exc_info=True)
             except socket.error:
                 self.logger.error('socket.error', exc_info=True)
+            except UnicodeDecodeError:
+                self.logger.error('UnicodeDecodeError', exc_info=True)
 
             if autoreconnect and not self._kill:
                 self.connect()
diff --git a/tests/client/test_AprsClient.py b/tests/client/test_AprsClient.py
index 66e839e..081c16d 100644
--- a/tests/client/test_AprsClient.py
+++ b/tests/client/test_AprsClient.py
@@ -44,6 +44,32 @@ class AprsClientTest(unittest.TestCase):
         client.sock.close.assert_called_once_with()
         self.assertTrue(client._kill)
 
+    @mock.patch('ogn.client.client.socket')
+    def test_run(self, mock_socket):
+        import socket
+        mock_socket.error = socket.error
+
+        client = AprsClient(aprs_user='testuser', aprs_filter='')
+        client.connect()
+
+        client.sock_file.readline = mock.MagicMock()
+        client.sock_file.readline.side_effect = ['Normal text blabla',
+                                                 'my weird character ¥',
+                                                 UnicodeDecodeError('funnycodec', b'\x00\x00', 1, 2, 'This is just a fake reason!'),
+                                                 '... show must go on',
+                                                 BrokenPipeError(),
+                                                 '... and on',
+                                                 socket.error(),
+                                                 '... and on',
+                                                 KeyboardInterrupt()]
+
+        try:
+            client.run(callback=lambda msg: print("got: {}".format(msg)), autoreconnect=True)
+        except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            pass
+        finally:
+            client.disconnect()
+
     def test_reset_kill_reconnect(self):
         client = AprsClient(aprs_user='testuser', aprs_filter='')
         client.connect()