Kudu can't startup when settings.xml file is corrupted

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Kudu will become inaccessible. We need to auto-recover from this.

System.InvalidOperationException: Unable to parse settings file ---> System.Xml.XmlException: '.', hexadecimal value 0x00, is an invalid character. Line 1, position 1.
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ThrowInvalidChar(Char[] data, Int32 length, Int32 invCharPos)
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseRootLevelWhitespace()
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDocumentContent()
   at System.Xml.Linq.XDocument.Load(XmlReader reader, LoadOptions options)
   at System.Xml.Linq.XDocument.Load(Stream stream, LoadOptions options)
   at XmlSettings.XmlUtility.GetDocument(String path)
   at XmlSettings.XmlUtility.GetDocument(XName rootName, String path, Boolean createIfNotExists)
   at XmlSettings.Settings.GetValue(String section, String key)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at XmlSettings.Settings.GetValue(String section, String key)
   at Kudu.Core.Settings.DeploymentSettingsManager.GetValue(String key, Boolean preventUnification) in C:\Kudu Files\Private\src\master\Kudu.Core\Settings\DeploymentSettingsManager.cs:line 79
   at Kudu.Contracts.Settings.DeploymentSettingsExtension.GetTraceLevel(IDeploymentSettingsManager settings) in C:\Kudu Files\Private\src\master\Kudu.Contracts\Settings\DeploymentSettingsExtension.cs:line 28
   at Kudu.Services.Web.App_Start.NinjectServices.RegisterServices(IKernel kernel) in C:\Kudu Files\Private\src\master\Kudu.Services.Web\App_Start\NinjectServices.cs:line 194
   at Kudu.Services.Web.App_Start.NinjectServices.CreateKernel() in C:\Kudu Files\Private\src\master\Kudu.Services.Web\App_Start\NinjectServices.cs:line 130
   at Ninject.Web.Common.Bootstrapper.Initialize(Func`1 createKernelCallback)
   at Kudu.Services.Web.App_Start.NinjectServices.Start() in C:\Kudu Files\Private\src\master\Kudu.Services.Web\App_Start\NinjectServices.cs:line 82