diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 52ab630b..4d09d748 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,4 +7,6 @@ requests>=2,<=3,
 sqlparse>=0.1,<0.2,
 Jinja2>=2.7,<3,
 autopep8>=1,<2
+rawes>=5,<6
 pytz==2014.2
+pyeqs>=0.8.1,<1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index baa5c3d7..a38609b8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
         'sqlparse>=0.1,<0.2',
         'Jinja2>=2.7,<3',
         'autopep8>=1,<2',
-        'pytz==2014.2'
+        'rawes>=5,<6',
+        'pytz==2014.2',
+        'pyeqs>=0.8.1<1'
     ]
 )
diff --git a/silk/model_factory.py b/silk/model_factory.py
index 64546849..f4caee6d 100644
--- a/silk/model_factory.py
+++ b/silk/model_factory.py
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ def body(self):
                     raw_body = raw_body.decode('UTF-8')
                 except AttributeError:
                     pass
+                except UnicodeDecodeError:
+                    raw_body = ''
             except Exception as e:
                 Logger.error('Unable to decode request body using char_set %s due to error: %s. Will ignore. Stacktrace:' % (char_set, e))
                 traceback.print_exc()
@@ -112,6 +114,8 @@ def body(self):
                 raw_body = raw_body.decode('UTF-8')
             except AttributeError:
                 pass
+            except UnicodeDecodeError:
+                raw_body = ''
         max_size = SilkyConfig().SILKY_MAX_REQUEST_BODY_SIZE
         body = ''
         if raw_body:
@@ -188,6 +192,8 @@ def body(self):
                     content = content.decode('UTF-8')
                 except AttributeError:
                     pass
+                except UnicodeDecodeError:
+                    content = ''
             except Exception as e:
                 Logger.error('Unable to decode response body using char_set %s due to error: %s. Will ignore. Stacktrace:' % (char_set, e))
                 traceback.print_exc()
@@ -197,6 +203,8 @@ def body(self):
                 content = content.decode('UTF-8')
             except AttributeError:
                 pass
+            except UnicodeDecodeError:
+                content = ''
         if content:
             max_body_size = SilkyConfig().SILKY_MAX_RESPONSE_BODY_SIZE
             if max_body_size > -1:
@@ -220,7 +228,6 @@ def body(self):
         return body, content
 
     def construct_response_model(self):
-
         assert self.request, 'Cant construct a response model if there is no request model'
         Logger.debug('Creating response model for request model with pk %s' % self.request.pk)
         b, content = self.body()
@@ -243,4 +250,4 @@ def construct_response_model(self):
             silky_response.raw_body = content
         except UnicodeDecodeError:
             Logger.debug('NYI: Saving of binary response body')  # TODO
-        return silky_response
\ No newline at end of file
+        return silky_response