diff --git a/ecu.py b/ecu.py
index 8b529d32..a1f38c39 100644
--- a/ecu.py
+++ b/ecu.py
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ def getDisplayValue(self, elm_data, dataitem, ecu_endian):
             return None
 
         if self.bytesascii:
-            return bytes.fromhex(value).decode('utf-8')
+            return bytes.fromhex(value).decode('utf-8',errors="ignore")
 
         # I think we want Hex format for non scaled values
         if not self.scaled: