diff --git a/lib/vos/drivers/ssh_vfs_storage.rb b/lib/vos/drivers/ssh_vfs_storage.rb
index e3d5e6f..f8e1e9e 100644
--- a/lib/vos/drivers/ssh_vfs_storage.rb
+++ b/lib/vos/drivers/ssh_vfs_storage.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ def initialize out
         end
 
         def write data
+          data = data.force_encoding(Encoding::ASCII_8BIT)
           @out.write data
         end
       end
@@ -182,4 +183,4 @@ def with_root path
         end
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end