diff --git a/lib/wayback_machine_downloader.rb b/lib/wayback_machine_downloader.rb
index ac43178..b33dfa5 100644
--- a/lib/wayback_machine_downloader.rb
+++ b/lib/wayback_machine_downloader.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# encoding: UTF-8
+
 require 'open-uri'
 require 'fileutils'
 require_relative 'wayback_machine_downloader/tidy_bytes'
@@ -27,11 +29,6 @@ class WaybackMachineDownloader
     file_list_curated = Hash.new
     [index_file_list_raw, all_file_list_raw].each do |file|
       file.each_line do |line|
-        line = line.tidy_bytes
-        unless line
-          puts "Malformed line, ignoring."
-          next
-        end
         line = line.split(' ')
         file_timestamp = line[1].to_i
         file_url = line[2]