diff --git a/hate_crack.py b/hate_crack.py
index 3c4de01..b84fd42 100755
--- a/hate_crack.py
+++ b/hate_crack.py
@@ -1018,7 +1018,10 @@ def convert_hex(working_file):
         for line in f:
             match = re.search(regex, line.rstrip('\n'))
             if match:
-                processed_words.append(binascii.unhexlify(match.group(1)).decode('utf-8'))
+                try:
+                    processed_words.append(binascii.unhexlify(match.group(1)).decode('utf-8'))
+                except UnicodeDecodeError:
+                    pass
             else:
                 processed_words.append(line.rstrip('\n'))