diff --git a/devicetypes/smartthings/wemo-light-switch.src/wemo-light-switch.groovy b/devicetypes/smartthings/wemo-light-switch.src/wemo-light-switch.groovy
index 94e2715..ad72065 100644
--- a/devicetypes/smartthings/wemo-light-switch.src/wemo-light-switch.groovy
+++ b/devicetypes/smartthings/wemo-light-switch.src/wemo-light-switch.groovy
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def parse(String description) {
 	def bodyString = msg.body
 	if (bodyString) {
 		unschedule("setOffline")
-		def body = new XmlSlurper().parseText(bodyString)
+        def body = new XmlSlurper().parseText(bodyString.replaceAll("[^\\x20-\\x7e]", ""))
 
 		if (body?.property?.TimeSyncRequest?.text()) {
 			log.trace "Got TimeSyncRequest"
diff --git a/devicetypes/smartthings/wemo-motion.src/wemo-motion.groovy b/devicetypes/smartthings/wemo-motion.src/wemo-motion.groovy
index b7fbee1..dd5f1fa 100644
--- a/devicetypes/smartthings/wemo-motion.src/wemo-motion.groovy
+++ b/devicetypes/smartthings/wemo-motion.src/wemo-motion.groovy
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def parse(String description) {
 	def bodyString = msg.body
 	if (bodyString) {
     	unschedule("setOffline")
-		def body = new XmlSlurper().parseText(bodyString)
+        def body = new XmlSlurper().parseText(bodyString.replaceAll("[^\\x20-\\x7e]", ""))
 		if (body?.property?.TimeSyncRequest?.text()) {
 			log.trace "Got TimeSyncRequest"
 			result << timeSyncResponse()
diff --git a/devicetypes/smartthings/wemo-switch.src/wemo-switch.groovy b/devicetypes/smartthings/wemo-switch.src/wemo-switch.groovy
index 6ac3939..fcda9ec 100644
--- a/devicetypes/smartthings/wemo-switch.src/wemo-switch.groovy
+++ b/devicetypes/smartthings/wemo-switch.src/wemo-switch.groovy
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def parse(String description) {
     def bodyString = msg.body
     if (bodyString) {
     	unschedule("setOffline")
-        def body = new XmlSlurper().parseText(bodyString)
+        def body = new XmlSlurper().parseText(bodyString.replaceAll("[^\\x20-\\x7e]", ""))
  		if (body?.property?.TimeSyncRequest?.text()) {
         	log.trace "Got TimeSyncRequest"
         	result << timeSyncResponse()
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ def subscribe(ip, port) {
     def existingIp = getDataValue("ip")
     def existingPort = getDataValue("port")
     if (ip && ip != existingIp) {
-         log.debug "Updating ip from $existingIp to $ip"    
+         log.debug "Updating ip from $existingIp to $ip"
     	 updateDataValue("ip", ip)
     	 def ipvalue = convertHexToIP(getDataValue("ip"))
          sendEvent(name: "currentIP", value: ipvalue, descriptionText: "IP changed to ${ipvalue}")
@@ -291,4 +291,4 @@ User-Agent: CyberGarage-HTTP/1.0
 </u:GetBinaryState>
 </s:Body>
 </s:Envelope>""", physicalgraph.device.Protocol.LAN)
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}