diff --git a/scripts/get_discord_emoji.py b/scripts/get_discord_emoji.py
index 69bfd33..e8ad9cd 100755
--- a/scripts/get_discord_emoji.py
+++ b/scripts/get_discord_emoji.py
@@ -27,17 +27,13 @@ def download_file(url, path):
 def get_data(filename):
     bindata = open(filename, "rb").read()
     decompress = zlib.decompressobj()
-    jsondata = decompress.decompress(bindata)
+    jsondata = decompress.decompress(bindata).decode("utf-8")
+    decoder = json.JSONDecoder()
     while len(jsondata) > 0:
-        try:
-            obj = json.loads(jsondata)
-            if obj.get("t", "") == "READY":
-                return obj
-        except json.JSONDecodeError as jde:
-            obj = json.loads(jsondata[0 : jde.pos])
-            if obj.get("t", "") == "READY":
-                return obj
-            jsondata = jsondata[jde.pos :]
+        obj, end = decoder.raw_decode(jsondata)
+        if obj.get("t", "") == "READY":
+            return obj
+        jsondata = jsondata[end:]
 
 
 def main(*args):