diff --git a/scripts/code.py b/scripts/code.py
index 73589c1..b394e9c 100755
--- a/scripts/code.py
+++ b/scripts/code.py
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ def collect(paths, **args):
         proc = sp.Popen(cmd,
             stdout=sp.PIPE,
             stderr=sp.PIPE if not args.get('verbose') else None,
-            universal_newlines=True)
+            universal_newlines=True,
+            errors='replace')
         for line in proc.stdout:
             m = pattern.match(line)
             if m:
diff --git a/scripts/data.py b/scripts/data.py
index ba87fac..4b8e00d 100755
--- a/scripts/data.py
+++ b/scripts/data.py
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ def collect(paths, **args):
         proc = sp.Popen(cmd,
             stdout=sp.PIPE,
             stderr=sp.PIPE if not args.get('verbose') else None,
-            universal_newlines=True)
+            universal_newlines=True,
+            errors='replace')
         for line in proc.stdout:
             m = pattern.match(line)
             if m:
diff --git a/scripts/structs.py b/scripts/structs.py
index 2ec166b..e56ce9d 100755
--- a/scripts/structs.py
+++ b/scripts/structs.py
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ def collect(paths, **args):
         proc = sp.Popen(cmd,
             stdout=sp.PIPE,
             stderr=sp.PIPE if not args.get('verbose') else None,
-            universal_newlines=True)
+            universal_newlines=True,
+            errors='replace')
         for line in proc.stdout:
             # state machine here to find structs
             m = pattern.match(line)