diff --git a/modules/MegaHAL.py b/modules/MegaHAL.py
index 7cf02da..4ee5f5a 100644
--- a/modules/MegaHAL.py
+++ b/modules/MegaHAL.py
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ class MegaHAL(Module):
                 line = addressed_re.sub('', line)
                 append_nick = True
 
-            reply = self.megahal.get_reply(line)
+            try:
+                reply = self.megahal.get_reply(line)
+            except UnicodeDecodeError: pass
         elif re.search('^megahal$', line, re.IGNORECASE) is not None:
             reply = self.megahal.get_reply_nolearn('')
         else: