diff --git a/decode.py b/decode.py
index 1a4001e..a55ece0 100644
--- a/decode.py
+++ b/decode.py
@@ -2,7 +2,14 @@
 
 
 def fix_encoding(text):
-    fixed_text = text.encode("latin1").decode("windows-1251")
+    result = []
+    for ch in text:
+        try:
+            decoded = ch.encode("latin1").decode("windows-1251")
+            result.append(decoded)
+        except (UnicodeEncodeError, UnicodeDecodeError):
+            result.append(ch)
+    fixed_text = "".join(result)
     fixed_text = fixed_text.replace("ј", "ё")
     fixed_text = fixed_text.replace("ѕ", "<<")
     fixed_text = fixed_text.replace("ї", ">>")