diff --git a/datasalad/itertools/decode_bytes.py b/datasalad/itertools/decode_bytes.py
index 6255360..e52a6f7 100644
--- a/datasalad/itertools/decode_bytes.py
+++ b/datasalad/itertools/decode_bytes.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def handle_decoding_error(
             raise exc
         return (
             position + exc.end,
-            joined_data[: position + exc.start].decode(encoding)
+            joined_data[position : position + exc.start].decode(encoding)
             + joined_data[position + exc.start : position + exc.end].decode(
                 encoding, errors='backslashreplace'
             ),
diff --git a/datasalad/itertools/tests/test_decode_bytes.py b/datasalad/itertools/tests/test_decode_bytes.py
index e597162..d7a55a1 100644
--- a/datasalad/itertools/tests/test_decode_bytes.py
+++ b/datasalad/itertools/tests/test_decode_bytes.py
@@ -35,3 +35,8 @@ def test_no_empty_strings():
     # check that empty strings are not yielded
     r = tuple(decode_bytes([b'\xc3', b'\xb6']))
     assert r == ('ö',)
+
+
+def test_multiple_errors():
+    r = ''.join(decode_bytes([b'08 War \xaf No \xaf More \xaf Trouble.shn.mp3']))
+    assert r == '08 War \\xaf No \\xaf More \\xaf Trouble.shn.mp3'