diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ac1ca6a7..c749f7fc 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 sudo: required
 
 env:
-  - IMAGE=ubuntu:xenial
   - IMAGE=ubuntu:artful
-  - IMAGE=ubuntu-daily:bionic
+  - IMAGE=ubuntu:bionic
 
 language: bash
 
diff --git a/subiquitycore/utils.py b/subiquitycore/utils.py
index ec735f57..42fbba0f 100644
--- a/subiquitycore/utils.py
+++ b/subiquitycore/utils.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def _clean_env(env):
     return env
 
 
-def run_command(cmd, *, input=None, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, encoding='utf-8', env=None, **kw):
+def run_command(cmd, *, input=None, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, encoding='utf-8', errors='replace', env=None, **kw):
     """A wrapper around subprocess.run with logging and different defaults.
 
     We never ever want a subprocess to inherit our file descriptors!
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def run_command(cmd, *, input=None, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PI
         return cp
 
 
-def start_command(cmd, *, stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, encoding='utf-8', env=None, **kw):
+def start_command(cmd, *, stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, encoding='utf-8', errors='replace', env=None, **kw):
     """A wrapper around subprocess.Popen with logging and different defaults.
 
     We never ever want a subprocess to inherit our file descriptors!