diff --git a/extra/safe2bin/safe2bin.py b/extra/safe2bin/safe2bin.py
index 7bdcf3346..4304f0fcc 100644
--- a/extra/safe2bin/safe2bin.py
+++ b/extra/safe2bin/safe2bin.py
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ from optparse import OptionParser
 # Regex used for recognition of hex encoded characters
 HEX_ENCODED_CHAR_REGEX = r"(?P<result>\\x[0-9A-Fa-f]{2})"
 
+# Regex used for recognition of representation for hex encoded invalid unicode characters
+INVALID_UNICODE_CHAR_REGEX = r"(?P<result>\\\?[0-9A-Fa-f]{2})"
+
 # Raw chars that will be safe encoded to their slash (\) representations (e.g. newline to \n)
 SAFE_ENCODE_SLASH_REPLACEMENTS = "\t\n\r\x0b\x0c"
 
@@ -49,14 +52,14 @@ def safecharencode(value):
 
             retVal = reduce(lambda x, y: x + (y if (y in string.printable or ord(y) > 255) else '\\x%02x' % ord(y)), retVal, (unicode if isinstance(value, unicode) else str)())
 
-            retVal = retVal.replace(SLASH_MARKER, '\\\\')
+            retVal = retVal.replace(SLASH_MARKER, "\\\\")
     elif isinstance(value, list):
         for i in xrange(len(value)):
             retVal[i] = safecharencode(value[i])
 
     return retVal
 
-def safechardecode(value):
+def safechardecode(value, binary=False):
     """
     Reverse function to safecharencode
     """
@@ -68,7 +71,7 @@ def safechardecode(value):
         while True:
             match = re.search(HEX_ENCODED_CHAR_REGEX, retVal)
             if match:
-                retVal = retVal.replace(match.group("result"), (unichr if isinstance(value, unicode) else chr)(ord(binascii.unhexlify(match.group("result").lstrip('\\x')))))
+                retVal = retVal.replace(match.group("result"), (unichr if isinstance(value, unicode) else chr)(ord(binascii.unhexlify(match.group("result").lstrip("\\x")))))
             else:
                 break
 
@@ -77,6 +80,16 @@ def safechardecode(value):
 
         retVal = retVal.replace(SLASH_MARKER, '\\')
 
+        if binary:
+            if isinstance(retVal, unicode):
+                retVal = retVal.encode("utf8")
+            while True:
+                match = re.search(INVALID_UNICODE_CHAR_REGEX, retVal)
+                if match:
+                    retVal = retVal.replace(match.group("result"), chr(ord(binascii.unhexlify(match.group("result").lstrip("\\?")))))
+                else:
+                    break
+
     elif isinstance(value, (list, tuple)):
         for i in xrange(len(value)):
             retVal[i] = safechardecode(value[i])
diff --git a/lib/core/dump.py b/lib/core/dump.py
index 8ce184906..3ca145a3b 100644
--- a/lib/core/dump.py
+++ b/lib/core/dump.py
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ class Dump(object):
                     #    mimetype = magic.from_buffer(value, mime=True)
                     #    if mimetype.startswith("application") or mimetype.startswith("image"):
                     #        with codecs.open("%s%s%s" % (dumpDbPath, os.sep, "%s-%d.bin" % (column, randomInt(8))), "wb", UNICODE_ENCODING) as f:
-                    #            _ = safechardecode(value)
+                    #            _ = safechardecode(value, True)
                     #            f.write(_)
 
                     if conf.dumpFormat == DUMP_FORMAT.CSV: