diff --git a/src/ntrip_client/ntrip_client.py b/src/ntrip_client/ntrip_client.py
index 8b40a48..d9dd5ce 100644
--- a/src/ntrip_client/ntrip_client.py
+++ b/src/ntrip_client/ntrip_client.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def connect(self):
     # Get the response from the server
     response = ''
     try:
-      response = self._server_socket.recv(_CHUNK_SIZE).decode('utf-8')
+      response = self._server_socket.recv(_CHUNK_SIZE).decode('ISO-8859-1')
     except Exception as e:
       self._logerr(
         'Unable to read response from server at http://{}:{}'.format(self._host, self._port))