diff --git a/lib/ood_core/job/adapters/slurm.rb b/lib/ood_core/job/adapters/slurm.rb
index fa7d6cc79..72f111210 100644
--- a/lib/ood_core/job/adapters/slurm.rb
+++ b/lib/ood_core/job/adapters/slurm.rb
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ def get_jobs(id: "", owner: nil, attrs: nil)
                 # jobs << job
                 #
                 # assuming keys and values are same length! if not we have an error!
+                line = line.encode('UTF-8', invalid: :replace, undef: :replace)
                 values = line.chomp(RECORD_SEPARATOR).strip.split(UNIT_SEPARATOR)
                 jobs << Hash[fields.keys.zip(values)] unless values.empty?
               end
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/output/slurm/non_utf8_job_name.txt b/spec/fixtures/output/slurm/non_utf8_job_name.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53e4e5064
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/output/slurm/non_utf8_job_name.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ACCOUNTJOBIDEXEC_HOSTMIN_CPUSCPUSMIN_TMP_DISKNODESEND_TIMEDEPENDENCYFEATURESARRAY_JOB_IDGROUPGROUPOVER_SUBSCRIBESOCKETS_PER_NODEJOBIDCORES_PER_SOCKETNAMETHREADS_PER_CORECOMMENTARRAY_TASK_IDTIME_LIMITTIME_LEFTMIN_MEMORYTIMEREQ_NODESNODELISTCOMMANDCONTIGUOUSQOSPARTITIONPRIORITYREASONSTART_TIMESTSTATEUSERUIDRESERVATIONSUBMIT_TIMEWCKEYLICENSESEXC_NODESCORE_SPECNICESCHEDNODESS:C:TWORK_DIRTRES_PER_NODE
+pas1960123p0220140012024-06-26T14:19:40(null)(null)29471683PAS06544067OK*29471683_9*� non-utf8*stdout=/tmp/job.output930:0026:554556M3:05p0220/tmp/job.sh0pitzer-defaultcondo-ccapp-backfill-serial100072289None2024-06-26T14:16:35CDCOMPLETEDannie.oakley23327(null)2024-06-26T14:01:13(null)(null)N/A0(null)*:*:*/tmpgres/gpfs:ess:1
diff --git a/spec/job/adapters/slurm_spec.rb b/spec/job/adapters/slurm_spec.rb
index 4bdde1e7b..d4c707fd9 100644
--- a/spec/job/adapters/slurm_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/job/adapters/slurm_spec.rb
@@ -770,6 +770,29 @@ def job_info(opts = {})
         is_expected.to eql(job_info)
       end
     end
+
+    context "when job name has non utf8 characters" do
+
+      let(:squeue_args) {[
+        "squeue",
+        "--all",
+        "--states=all",
+        "--noconvert",
+        "-o",
+        "\u001E%a\u001F%A\u001F%B\u001F%c\u001F%C\u001F%d\u001F%D\u001F%e\u001F%E\u001F%f\u001F%F\u001F%g\u001F%G\u001F%h\u001F%H\u001F%i\u001F%I\u001F%j\u001F%J\u001F%k\u001F%K\u001F%l\u001F%L\u001F%m\u001F%M\u001F%n\u001F%N\u001F%o\u001F%O\u001F%q\u001F%P\u001F%Q\u001F%r\u001F%S\u001F%t\u001F%T\u001F%u\u001F%U\u001F%v\u001F%V\u001F%w\u001F%W\u001F%x\u001F%X\u001F%y\u001F%Y\u001F%z\u001F%Z\u001F%b",
+        "-j",
+        "123"
+      ]}
+
+      it "correctly handles non utf8 characters" do
+        stdout = File.read('spec/fixtures/output/slurm/non_utf8_job_name.txt')
+        stdout.force_encoding(Encoding::ASCII)
+        allow(Open3).to receive(:capture3).with({}, *squeue_args, stdin_data: "").and_return([stdout, '', double("success?" => true)])
+        job = OodCore::Job::Factory.build_slurm({}).info('123')
+        expect(job.job_owner).to eq('annie.oakley')
+        expect(job.job_name).to eq('��� non-utf8')
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   describe "#status" do