--- html2text-2019.9.26/html2text/cli.py.orig	2020-12-04 21:03:13.896696602 +0100
+++ html2text-2019.9.26/html2text/cli.py	2020-12-06 01:29:03.649034019 +0100
@@ -260,6 +260,8 @@
 
     try:
         data = data.decode(args.encoding, args.decode_errors)
+    except AttributeError:
+        pass
     except UnicodeDecodeError as err:
         warning = bcolors.WARNING + "Warning:" + bcolors.ENDC
         warning += " Use the " + bcolors.OKGREEN
@@ -303,4 +305,8 @@
     h.open_quote = args.open_quote
     h.close_quote = args.close_quote
 
-    sys.stdout.write(h.handle(data))
+    handled_data = h.handle(data)
+    try:
+        sys.stdout.write(handled_data)
+    except UnicodeEncodeError:
+        sys.stdout.buffer.write(handled_data.encode('utf-8'))