1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/encoding.js b/encoding.js
index 263ca88..1370eb7 100644
--- a/encoding.js
+++ b/encoding.js
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@ function decode_charsets( str, encoding ) {
   var outstring = outchars.join( '' );
 
   if( encoding == "utf8" || encoding == "utf-8" ) {
-    return decodeURIComponent( escape( outstring ) );
+    try {
+      return decodeURIComponent( escape( outstring ) );
+    } catch( err ) {
+      return outstring;
+    }
   } else if ( encoding == "ibm864" ) {
     return outstring.replace( "%", String.fromCharCode( 0x66a ) );
   }