diff --git a/examples/low_level_api/low_level_api_chat_cpp.py b/examples/low_level_api/low_level_api_chat_cpp.py
index 90b2fcb..6fced65 100644
--- a/examples/low_level_api/low_level_api_chat_cpp.py
+++ b/examples/low_level_api/low_level_api_chat_cpp.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ specified) expect poor results""", file=sys.stderr)
 
 		print(file=sys.stderr)
 		print(f"system_info: n_threads = {self.params.n_threads} / {cpu_count()} \
-| {llama_cpp.llama_print_system_info().decode('utf8', errors='ignore')}", file=sys.stderr)
+| {llama_cpp.llama_print_system_info().decode('utf8')}", file=sys.stderr)
 
 		# determine the required inference memory per token:
 		if (self.params.mem_test):
diff --git a/llama_cpp/llama.py b/llama_cpp/llama.py
index 41e8c0a..630af18 100644
--- a/llama_cpp/llama.py
+++ b/llama_cpp/llama.py
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ class Llama:
                 )
 
         if self.verbose:
-            print(llama_cpp.llama_print_system_info().decode("utf-8", errors="ignore"), file=sys.stderr)
+            print(llama_cpp.llama_print_system_info().decode("utf-8"), file=sys.stderr)
 
     def tokenize(self, text: bytes) -> List[llama_cpp.llama_token]:
         """Tokenize a string.
@@ -446,6 +446,7 @@ class Llama:
             self.load_state(self.cache[prompt_tokens])
 
         finish_reason = "length"
+        multibyte_fix = 0
         for token in self.generate(
             prompt_tokens,
             top_k=top_k,
@@ -458,6 +459,12 @@ class Llama:
                 finish_reason = "stop"
                 break
 
+            # Contains multi-byte UTF8
+            for num,pattern in [(2, 192), (3, 224), (4, 240)]:
+                # Bitwise AND check
+                if (pattern & token == pattern):
+                    multibyte_fix = num
+
             if self.cache and len(completion_tokens) == 0:
                 if prompt_tokens not in self.cache:
                     if self.verbose:
@@ -466,6 +473,11 @@ class Llama:
 
             completion_tokens.append(token)
 
+            # Stop incomplete bytes from passing
+            if (multibyte_fix > 0):
+                multibyte_fix -= 1
+                continue
+
             all_text = self.detokenize(completion_tokens)
             any_stop = [s for s in stop_sequences if s in all_text]
             if len(any_stop) > 0: