diff --git a/natnet/nat_net_client.py b/natnet/nat_net_client.py
index 0f6bf56..61fabe3 100644
--- a/natnet/nat_net_client.py
+++ b/natnet/nat_net_client.py
@@ -141,7 +141,10 @@ def __process_socket(
         try:
             data, addr = in_socket.recvfrom(recv_buffer_size)
             if len(data) > 0:
-                self.__process_message(PacketBuffer(data))
+                try:
+                    self.__process_message(PacketBuffer(data))
+                except Exception as e:
+                    print(f"Warning: Failed to process packet: {e}")
                 return True
         except (BlockingIOError, socket.timeout):
             pass
diff --git a/natnet/packet_buffer.py b/natnet/packet_buffer.py
index a270cd5..61b5e46 100644
--- a/natnet/packet_buffer.py
+++ b/natnet/packet_buffer.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def read_string(
         else:
             data_slice = self.__data[self.pointer : self.pointer + max_length]
         str_enc, separator, remainder = bytes(data_slice).partition(b"\0")
-        str_dec = str_enc.decode("utf-8")
+        str_dec = str_enc.decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
         if static_length:
             assert max_length is not None
             self.pointer += max_length