diff --git a/scripts/src/deploy.ts b/scripts/src/deploy.ts
index 7a6af7a1..d7cae578 100644
--- a/scripts/src/deploy.ts
+++ b/scripts/src/deploy.ts
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ async function launchRemoteBackground(
 async function pollRemoteBackground(config: UniDeskConfig, service: UniDeskMicroserviceConfig, cwd: string, logFile: string, sentinelFile: string): Promise<BackgroundPoll> {
   const command = [
     `if [ -f ${shellQuote(sentinelFile)} ]; then printf 'SENTINEL:%s\\n' "$(cat ${shellQuote(sentinelFile)} 2>/dev/null || true)"; else echo RUNNING; fi`,
-    `tail -n 100 ${shellQuote(logFile)} 2>/dev/null || true`,
+    `tail -n 100 ${shellQuote(logFile)} 2>/dev/null | tr -d '\\000' | LC_ALL=C sed 's/[^[:print:]\t]//g' || true`,
   ].join("; ");
   const result = await runTargetCommand(config, service, command, cwd, shortDispatchWaitMs, shortRemoteTimeoutMs);
   const stdout = result.stdout.trimEnd();