diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7c1557b..fcb9243 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+0.1.8:
+
+* handle invalid UTF-8 in percent-encoded paths;
+
 0.1.7:
 
 * percent-encode square brackets in :url_encoded part of the result, because of HTTParty;
diff --git a/lib/linkhum/url.rb b/lib/linkhum/url.rb
index fd11819..40971ca 100644
--- a/lib/linkhum/url.rb
+++ b/lib/linkhum/url.rb
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ def self.parse(url)
       end
       au_path.force_encoding(Encoding::ASCII_8BIT)
       url_encoded[:path] = encode_component(au_path)
+      decoded_path = human_readable[:path].dup
+      if !decoded_path.force_encoding(Encoding::UTF_8).valid_encoding?
+          human_readable[:path] = au.path
+      end
+
       human_readable[:query] = unencode_component(au.query, false)
       if au.query
         decoded_query = human_readable[:query].dup
@@ -37,7 +42,6 @@ def self.parse(url)
           human_readable[:query] = au.query
         end
       end
-
       if au.query
         # see above
         au_query = au.query.dup
diff --git a/linkhum-url.gemspec b/linkhum-url.gemspec
index 10c811c..61a3dcc 100644
--- a/linkhum-url.gemspec
+++ b/linkhum-url.gemspec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name        = 'linkhum-url'
-  s.version     = '0.1.7'
-  s.date        = '2017-10-17'
+  s.version     = '0.1.8'
+  s.date        = '2018-08-22'
   s.summary     = "Linkhum-URL creates both URL-encoded and readable versions of URLs"
   s.description = "Input URL could be either human-readable, or URL-encoded.  Two URLs are returned as result: human-readable and URL-encoded."
   s.authors     = ["Alexey Makhotkin"]
diff --git a/spec/linkhum-url.spec b/spec/linkhum-url.spec
index 7f5be5e..309945b 100644
--- a/spec/linkhum-url.spec
+++ b/spec/linkhum-url.spec
@@ -103,12 +103,19 @@ describe Linkhum::URL do
     end
   end
 
-  it "handles non-UTF8 percent-encoded URLs" do
+  it "handles non-UTF8 percent-encoded query" do
     lu = Linkhum::URL.parse("http://www.alib.ru/find3.php4?tfind=%EB%EE%F6%E8%FF")
     expect(lu[:human_readable]).to eql("http://www.alib.ru/find3.php4?tfind=%EB%EE%F6%E8%FF")
     expect(lu[:url_encoded]).to eql("http://www.alib.ru/find3.php4?tfind=%EB%EE%F6%E8%FF")
   end
 
+  it "handles non-UTF8 percent-encoded URL" do
+    url = "http://galaktikinsan.com/2017/11/20/korkunc-plan-insanlik-nufusunun-%90-ni-ni-yok-etmek/"
+    lu = Linkhum::URL.parse(url)
+    expect(lu[:url_encoded]).to eql(url)
+    expect(lu[:human_readable]).to eql(url)
+  end
+
   it "handles Punycode/percent-encoded Devanagari" do
     lu = Linkhum::URL.parse("http://xn--p1b6ci4b4b3a.xn--11b5bs3a9aj6g/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%96%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A0")
     expect(lu[:human_readable]).to eql("http://उदाहरण.परीक्षा/मुख्य_पृष्ठ")