diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index f255ca4..c241c9b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Changes since beta1
 - fixes existing non-html ressources marked a to_fetch even when not needed (simple and/or confusion)
 - attempt at hiding XMLparsedAsHTMLWarning from BS4 library
 - chafa now used by default everywhere if version > 1.10
+- ignoring encoding error in ansicat
 
 ## 2.0-beta1 - September 05th 2023
 This is an an experimental release. Bug reports and feedbacks are welcome on the offpunk-devel list.
diff --git a/ansicat.py b/ansicat.py
index 84a9cb9..e0d88d0 100755
--- a/ansicat.py
+++ b/ansicat.py
@@ -1247,7 +1247,7 @@ def renderer_from_file(path,url=None,theme=None):
         url = path
     if os.path.exists(path):
         if mime.startswith("text/") or mime in _FORMAT_RENDERERS:
-            with open(path) as f:
+            with open(path,errors="ignore") as f:
                 content = f.read()
                 f.close()
         else: