diff --git a/plugins/exec/PyStand.cpp b/plugins/exec/PyStand.cpp
index c3c62c73..8c9e992b 100644
--- a/plugins/exec/PyStand.cpp
+++ b/plugins/exec/PyStand.cpp
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ const auto init_script =
 	L"    sys.stderr = fp\n"
 	L"    attached = True\n"
 	L"except Exception as e:\n"
-	L"    fp = open(os.devnull, 'w', encoding='utf8')\n"
+	L"    fp = open(os.devnull, 'w', errors='ignore')\n"
 	L"    sys.stdout = fp\n"
 	L"    sys.stderr = fp\n"
 	L"    attached = False\n"