diff --git a/src/fenrir/screenDriver/linux.py b/src/fenrir/screenDriver/linux.py
index 954bed56..4c480412 100644
--- a/src/fenrir/screenDriver/linux.py
+++ b/src/fenrir/screenDriver/linux.py
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ class driver():
         self.env['screenData']['newCursor']['y'] = int( self.env['screenData']['newContentBytes'][3])
         # analyze content
         self.env['screenData']['newContentText'] = self.env['screenData']['newContentBytes'][4:][::2].decode(screenEncoding, "replace").encode('utf-8').decode('utf-8')
+        self.env['screenData']['newContentText'] = screen_utils.removeNonprintable(self.env['screenData']['newContentText'])
         self.env['screenData']['newContentAttrib'] = self.env['screenData']['newContentBytes'][5:][::2]
         self.env['screenData']['newContentText'] = screen_utils.insertNewlines(self.env['screenData']['newContentText'], self.env['screenData']['columns'])
 
diff --git a/src/fenrir/utils/screen_utils.py b/src/fenrir/utils/screen_utils.py
index 8efd4175..5de55a9d 100644
--- a/src/fenrir/utils/screen_utils.py
+++ b/src/fenrir/utils/screen_utils.py
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@
 
 from core import debug
 from collections import Counter
+import string
+    
+def removeNonprintable(text):
+    # Get the difference of all ASCII characters from the set of printable characters
+    nonprintable = set([chr(i) for i in range(128)]).difference(string.printable)
+    # Use translate to remove all non-printable characters
+    return text.translate({ord(character):None for character in nonprintable})
 
 def insertNewlines(string, every=64):
     return '\n'.join(string[i:i+every] for i in range(0, len(string), every))