diff --git a/utils/helperutils.py b/utils/helperutils.py
index c1413ed..33ed66b 100644
--- a/utils/helperutils.py
+++ b/utils/helperutils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
 def log(value):
+    value = value.encode('ascii', errors='ignore')
+    value = value.decode()
     print(str(datetime.now()) + ' ' + value)