diff --git a/lute/execution/ipc.py b/lute/execution/ipc.py
index e81bd5ec..f1bcc7a2 100644
--- a/lute/execution/ipc.py
+++ b/lute/execution/ipc.py
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ def read(self, proc: subprocess.Popen) -> Message:
             if self._use_pickle:
                 try:
                     contents = pickle.loads(raw_contents)
-                except pickle.UnpicklingError as err:
+                except (pickle.UnpicklingError, ValueError, EOFError) as err:
                     logger.debug("PipeCommunicator (Executor) - Set _use_pickle=False")
                     self._use_pickle = False
                     contents = self._safe_unpickle_decode(raw_contents)
@@ -237,9 +237,18 @@ def _safe_unpickle_decode(self, maybe_mixed: bytes) -> Optional[str]:
             repickled: bytes = pickle.dumps(contents)
             if len(repickled) < len(maybe_mixed):
                 # Successful unpickling, but pickle stops even if there are more bytes
-                additional_data: str = maybe_mixed[len(repickled) :].decode()
-                contents = f"{contents}{additional_data}"
-        except pickle.UnpicklingError as err:
+                try:
+                    additional_data: str = maybe_mixed[len(repickled) :].decode()
+                    contents = f"{contents}{additional_data}"
+                except UnicodeDecodeError:
+                    # Can't decode the bytes left by pickle, so they are lost
+                    missing_bytes: int = len(maybe_mixed) - len(repickled)
+                    logger.debug(
+                        f"PipeCommunicator has truncated message. Unable to retrieve {missing_bytes} bytes."
+                    )
+        except (pickle.UnpicklingError, ValueError, EOFError) as err:
+            # Pickle may also throw a ValueError, e.g. this bytes: b"Found! \n"
+            # Pickle may also throw an EOFError, eg. this bytes: b"F0\n"
             try:
                 contents = maybe_mixed.decode()
             except UnicodeDecodeError as err2:
@@ -251,11 +260,6 @@ def _safe_unpickle_decode(self, maybe_mixed: bytes) -> Optional[str]:
                         f"PipeCommunicator unable to decode/parse data! {err3}"
                     )
                     contents = None
-        except UnicodeDecodeError as err3:
-            missing_bytes: int = len(maybe_mixed) - len(repickled)
-            logger.debug(
-                f"PipeCommunicator has truncated message. Unable to retrieve {missing_bytes} bytes."
-            )
         return contents
 
     def write(self, msg: Message) -> None: