diff --git a/pyircbot/irccore.py b/pyircbot/irccore.py
index 3648541..6af8aca 100644
--- a/pyircbot/irccore.py
+++ b/pyircbot/irccore.py
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ class IRCCore(object):
                 except (ConnectionResetError, asyncio.streams.IncompleteReadError):
                     traceback.print_exc()
                     break
+                except (UnicodeDecodeError, ):
+                    traceback.print_exc()
             self.fire_hook("_DISCONNECT")
             self.writer.close()
             if self.alive:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5284e53..8ff4c7d 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 from setuptools import setup
 
-__version__ = "4.0.0-r02"
+__version__ = "4.0.0-r03"
 
 setup(name='pyircbot',
-      version='4.0.0-r02',
+      version='4.0.0-r03',
       description='A modular python irc bot',
       url='http://gitlab.xmopx.net/dave/pyircbot3/tree/master',
       author='dpedu',