diff --git a/src/configfile_finder/configfile-finder.js b/src/configfile_finder/configfile-finder.js
index fa56a53..971b464 100644
--- a/src/configfile_finder/configfile-finder.js
+++ b/src/configfile_finder/configfile-finder.js
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ function readChildrenFrom(dirPath, configFilename) {
     var childPath = path.join(dirPath, childrenPaths[i]);
     var child = readProjectInfoAndKeepSearching(childPath, configFilename, false);
 
-    children.push(child);
+    if(child) {
+      children.push(child);      
+    }
   }
 
   return children;
diff --git a/src/configfile_finder/configfile-reader.js b/src/configfile_finder/configfile-reader.js
index 7d2fd76..8762930 100644
--- a/src/configfile_finder/configfile-reader.js
+++ b/src/configfile_finder/configfile-reader.js
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ function readFrom(path) {
 
 function parseFileContent(path) {
   try{
-    var fileContent = fs.readFileSync(path);
-
+    var fileContent = fs.readFileSync(path, {encoding: 'UTF-8'});
     return JSON.parse(fileContent);
   }catch(err) {
     console.error(err);