diff --git a/hashtoc.py b/hashtoc.py
index 25d3522d5484d4562173b3f95d69a985b7af0b58..ee66d2eb41a9f33a0ca4ba43278ee715ca5dd77b 100644
--- a/hashtoc.py
+++ b/hashtoc.py
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ class HashTOC:
                 tmp = [ s.strip().decode('utf8') for s in l.split(b':') ]
                 if tmp[0].startswith('#fields'):
                     fields = [ rename.get(f) or f for f in tmp[1:] ]
-                    print(fields, file=sys.stderr)
                     tocEntry = collections.namedtuple('TOCEntry', fields)
                     N = len(tmp) - 1
                     pass
diff --git a/loghandler.py b/loghandler.py
index 9d522bab70c6eeb62b6239862005812ff1444fb5..eb2f3e5326c561a769ba077937c9de6e8eb9e6e7 100644
--- a/loghandler.py
+++ b/loghandler.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class LOG:
                     if encoding == None:
                         return b
                     else:
-                        return b.decode(encoding)
+                        return b.decode(encoding, errors='surrogateescape')
                 self.decode = decode