diff --git a/src/bank_node/bank_worker.py b/src/bank_node/bank_worker.py
index c09e60a..a70b0d9 100644
--- a/src/bank_node/bank_worker.py
+++ b/src/bank_node/bank_worker.py
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ class BankWorker(multiprocessing.Process):
                     self.client_socket.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
                     self.client_socket.close()
                     break
+                except UnicodeDecodeError:
+                    self.logger.warning("Received a non utf-8 message")
+                    response = "ER Not utf-8 message"
+                    self.client_socket.sendall(response.encode("utf-8"))
+                    break
                 except BankNodeError as e:
                     response = "ER " + e.message + "\n\r"
                     self.client_socket.sendall(response.encode("utf-8"))
diff --git a/src/bank_protocol/commands/account_deposit_command.py b/src/bank_protocol/commands/account_deposit_command.py
index 78a2de8..6716bbf 100644
--- a/src/bank_protocol/commands/account_deposit_command.py
+++ b/src/bank_protocol/commands/account_deposit_command.py
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ from utils.constants import MONEY_AMOUNT_MAXIMUM
 
 
 def account_deposit(request: Request, config: BankNodeConfig):
+    if request.body is None:
+        raise InvalidRequest("Invalid request format")
+
     try:
         split_body = request.body.split("/")
         split_ip = split_body[1].split(" ")