diff --git a/geval.cabal b/geval.cabal
index 677acce..0df7320 100644
--- a/geval.cabal
+++ b/geval.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                geval
-version:             0.2.5.0
+version:             0.2.6.0
 synopsis:            Machine learning evaluation tools
 description:         Please see README.md
 homepage:            http://github.com/name/project
diff --git a/src/GEval/Core.hs b/src/GEval/Core.hs
index 9b357ee..dd5ca2b 100644
--- a/src/GEval/Core.hs
+++ b/src/GEval/Core.hs
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ averageC = getZipSink
 items :: MonadResource m => String -> (Text -> a) -> Source m (SourceItem a)
 items filePath parser =
   (CB.sourceFile filePath
-   $= (CT.decode CT.utf8
+   $= (CT.decodeUtf8Lenient
        =$= CT.lines
        =$= CL.map ((\x -> Got x) . parser))) >> yield Done