From 5f8e10691dbef6a37cdc6a4a95928b0ea698fa3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yostra <straya@chia.net>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2020 17:56:34 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] timelord catch exception on decode

---
 src/timelord.py | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/timelord.py b/src/timelord.py
index 4ca7305b788a4..fa772eb79219e 100644
--- a/src/timelord.py
+++ b/src/timelord.py
@@ -261,7 +261,14 @@ class Timelord:
                         self.done_discriminants.append(challenge_hash)
                 break
 
-            if data.decode() == "STOP":
+            msg = ""
+            try:
+                msg = data.decode()
+            except Exception as e:
+                log.error(f"Exception while decoding data {e}")
+                pass
+
+            if msg == "STOP":
                 log.info(f"Stopped client running on ip {ip}.")
                 async with self.lock:
                     writer.write(b"ACK")