diff --git a/ChangeLog.txt b/ChangeLog.txt
index faedc89c..18e7934c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+3.7.4 - 20/12/2019
+Fixed:
+-Bugfix: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte
+
 3.7.3 - 11/12/2019
 FIxed:
 - Bugfix: Slackware-current from Alien Bob 20191130 #119
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f298616b..49b36041 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# slpkg 3.7.3
+# slpkg 3.7.4
 
 Slpkg is a powerful software package manager that installs, updates, and removes packages on
 [Slackware](http://www.slackware.com/) based systems. It automatically computes dependencies and
diff --git a/slpkg/__metadata__.py b/slpkg/__metadata__.py
index 0f7f19d6..0b0bb668 100644
--- a/slpkg/__metadata__.py
+++ b/slpkg/__metadata__.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class MetaData:
 
     __all__ = "slpkg"
     __author__ = "dslackw"
-    __version_info__ = (3, 7, 3)
+    __version_info__ = (3, 7, 4)
     __version__ = "{0}.{1}.{2}".format(*__version_info__)
     __license__ = "GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)"
     __email__ = "d.zlatanidis@gmail.com"
diff --git a/slpkg/url_read.py b/slpkg/url_read.py
index ba26139a..993630c6 100644
--- a/slpkg/url_read.py
+++ b/slpkg/url_read.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class URL:
         """
         try:
             f = self.http.request('GET', self.link)
-            return f.data.decode("utf-8")
+            return f.data.decode("utf-8", "ignore")
         except urllib3.exceptions.NewConnectionError:
             print("\n{0}Can't read the file '{1}'{2}".format(
                 self.meta.color["RED"], self.link.split("/")[-1],