diff --git a/gns3server/controller/node.py b/gns3server/controller/node.py
index 796c08aa..fb91c815 100644
--- a/gns3server/controller/node.py
+++ b/gns3server/controller/node.py
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class Node:
         if not os.path.isabs(path):
             path = os.path.join(self.project.controller.configs_path(), path)
         try:
-            with open(path, encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            with open(path, encoding="utf-8", errors="ignore") as f:
                 return f.read()
         except OSError:
             return None