diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 001e71c..a9692cd 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -51,10 +51,13 @@ def relay():
         received = ""
         while True:
             gemresponse = gemsocket.recv(2048)
-            if gemresponse.decode() != "":
-                received += gemresponse.decode()
-            else:
-                break
+            try:
+                if gemresponse.decode() != "":
+                    received += gemresponse.decode()
+                else:
+                    break
+            except:
+                return f'<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css"><title>Something went wrong...</title></head><body><h1>Something went wrong...</h1><p>The file that the Gemini server sent couldn\' be decoded by Gem2Browser.</p></body></html>'
         received = received.replace("\r", "")
         firstline = True
         redirected = False
