diff --git a/src-tauri/src/watcher/inotify.rs b/src-tauri/src/watcher/inotify.rs
index 3013ad2..577b6be 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/watcher/inotify.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/watcher/inotify.rs
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ pub async fn watch(log_paths: HashMap<String, String>, tx: mpsc::Sender<SystemEv
                 }
             }
         }
-    });
+    })
+    .await
+    .ok();
 }
 
 pub fn expand_tilde(path: &str) -> String {
@@ -77,9 +79,10 @@ pub fn read_new_lines(path: &str, from_byte: u64) -> (Vec<String>, u64) {
     if file.seek(std::io::SeekFrom::Start(from_byte)).is_err() {
         return (vec![], from_byte);
     }
-    let mut content = String::new();
-    let _ = file.read_to_string(&mut content);
-    let new_pos = from_byte + content.len() as u64;
+    let mut raw = Vec::new();
+    let bytes_read = file.read_to_end(&mut raw).unwrap_or(0);
+    let content = String::from_utf8_lossy(&raw).into_owned();
+    let new_pos = from_byte + bytes_read as u64;
     let lines: Vec<String> = content
         .lines()
         .filter(|l| !l.is_empty())