1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Hotline/Utility/TextDocument.swift b/Hotline/Utility/TextDocument.swift
index 3904a21..82727de 100644
--- a/Hotline/Utility/TextDocument.swift
+++ b/Hotline/Utility/TextDocument.swift
@@ -16,14 +16,16 @@ struct TextFile: FileDocument {
   
   // this initializer loads data that has been saved previously
   init(configuration: ReadConfiguration) throws {
+    
     if let data = configuration.file.regularFileContents {
-      text = String(decoding: data, as: UTF8.self)
+      if let str = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) {
+        self.text = str
+      }
     }
   }
   
   // this will be called when the system wants to write our data to disk
   func fileWrapper(configuration: WriteConfiguration) throws -> FileWrapper {
-    let data = Data(text.utf8)
-    return FileWrapper(regularFileWithContents: data)
+    return FileWrapper(regularFileWithContents: self.text.data(using: .utf8)!)
   }
 }