diff --git a/cli/src/commands/showFile.ts b/cli/src/commands/showFile.ts
index 28e8f65..9ebf269 100644
--- a/cli/src/commands/showFile.ts
+++ b/cli/src/commands/showFile.ts
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ export const showFileCommand = new Command('show')
     console.log('Targeting website at address', sc.address)
 
     const fileContent = await getFileFromAddress(provider, sc.address, filePath)
-    const decoder = new TextDecoder()
-    const fileContentString = decoder.decode(fileContent)
+    const fileContentString = Array.from(new Uint8Array(fileContent))
+      .map((byte) => String.fromCharCode(byte))
+      .join('')
 
     console.log(fileContentString)
   })
diff --git a/cli/src/lib/index/read.ts b/cli/src/lib/index/read.ts
index 6461f08..1b50500 100644
--- a/cli/src/lib/index/read.ts
+++ b/cli/src/lib/index/read.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export async function getWebsiteOwner(
 
   const keys = await provider.getStorageKeys(scAddress, prefix)
   if (keys.length === 0) {
-    return ''
+    throw new Error('Website not found in the index')
   }
 
   const ownerKey = keys[0]
diff --git a/cli/src/lib/website/read.ts b/cli/src/lib/website/read.ts
index b6aa30d..2915307 100644
--- a/cli/src/lib/website/read.ts
+++ b/cli/src/lib/website/read.ts
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ export async function listFiles(
   )
   const fileLocations = await provider.readStorage(scAddress, allStorageKeys)
 
-  const textDecoder = new TextDecoder()
-
-  return fileLocations.map((location) => textDecoder.decode(location))
+  return fileLocations.map((location) =>
+    String.fromCharCode(...new Uint8Array(location))
+  )
 }
 
 /**