diff --git a/google_assistant/CHANGELOG.md b/google_assistant/CHANGELOG.md
index 3ec0c88..ae0d046 100644
--- a/google_assistant/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/google_assistant/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2.1
+- Add error handling for decoding UTF-8
+
 ## 2.0
 - Update Google Assistant SDK 0.5.0
 - Update Google Assistant Library 1.0.0
diff --git a/google_assistant/config.json b/google_assistant/config.json
index 9fc7529..92b1db8 100644
--- a/google_assistant/config.json
+++ b/google_assistant/config.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "Google Assistant SDK",
-  "version": "2.0",
+  "version": "2.1",
   "slug": "google_assistant",
   "description": "A virtual personal assistant developed by Google",
   "url": "https://home-assistant.io/addons/google_assistant/",
diff --git a/google_assistant/hassio_gassistant.py b/google_assistant/hassio_gassistant.py
index 8dabbce..1b7f060 100644
--- a/google_assistant/hassio_gassistant.py
+++ b/google_assistant/hassio_gassistant.py
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ def process_event(event):
     if event.type == EventType.ON_CONVERSATION_TURN_STARTED:
         print()
 
-    print(event)
+    try:
+        print(event)
+    except UnicodeEncodeError as err:
+        print("Can't print event: {}".format(err))
 
     if (event.type == EventType.ON_CONVERSATION_TURN_FINISHED and event.args and not event.args['with_follow_on_turn']):
         print()
@@ -42,7 +45,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     else:
         device_model_id = sys.argv[3]
         last_device_id = None
-    
+
     # run assistant
     print("Run Google Assistant SDK")
     with Assistant(credentials, device_model_id) as assistant: