diff --git a/routeros_api/api_structure.py b/routeros_api/api_structure.py
index 7899956..ea66488 100644
--- a/routeros_api/api_structure.py
+++ b/routeros_api/api_structure.py
@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@
 import collections
 import datetime
 import ipaddress
+import os
 import re
 
 
+ROUTEROS_ENCODING = os.environ.get('ROUTEROS_ENCODING', 'utf-8')
+
+
 class Field(object):
     __metaclass__ = abc.ABCMeta
 
@@ -28,7 +32,7 @@ def get_mikrotik_value(self, string):
         return string.encode()
 
     def get_python_value(self, bytes):
-        return bytes.decode()
+        return bytes.decode(encoding=ROUTEROS_ENCODING, errors='ignore')
 
 
 class BytesField(Field):