diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2a9a274..d731838 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ARG VERSION_ARG="latest"
 FROM scratch AS build-amd64
 
-COPY --from=qemux/qemu:7.04 / /
+COPY --from=qemux/qemu:7.05 / /
 
 ARG DEBCONF_NOWARNINGS="yes"
 ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive"
diff --git a/src/install.sh b/src/install.sh
index 57e39f7..2281d9e 100644
--- a/src/install.sh
+++ b/src/install.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ skipInstall() {
 
   if [ -f "$previous" ]; then
     previous=$(<"$previous")
+    previous="${previous//[![:print:]]/}"
     if [ -n "$previous" ]; then
       previous="$STORAGE/$previous"
       if [[ "${previous,,}" != "${iso,,}" ]]; then
@@ -1014,19 +1015,27 @@ bootWindows() {
 
   if [ -f "$STORAGE/windows.args" ]; then
     ARGS=$(<"$STORAGE/windows.args")
+    ARGS="${ARGS//[![:print:]]/}"
     ARGUMENTS="$ARGS ${ARGUMENTS:-}"
   fi
 
   if [ -s "$STORAGE/windows.type" ] && [ -f "$STORAGE/windows.type" ]; then
-    [ -z "${DISK_TYPE:-}" ] && DISK_TYPE=$(<"$STORAGE/windows.type")
+    if [ -z "${DISK_TYPE:-}" ]; then
+      DISK_TYPE=$(<"$STORAGE/windows.type")
+      DISK_TYPE="${DISK_TYPE//[![:print:]]/}"
+    fi
   fi
 
   if [ -s "$STORAGE/windows.mode" ] && [ -f "$STORAGE/windows.mode" ]; then
     BOOT_MODE=$(<"$STORAGE/windows.mode")
+    BOOT_MODE="${BOOT_MODE//[![:print:]]/}"
   fi
 
   if [ -s "$STORAGE/windows.old" ] && [ -f "$STORAGE/windows.old" ]; then
-    [[ "${PLATFORM,,}" == "x64" ]] && MACHINE=$(<"$STORAGE/windows.old")
+    if [[ "${PLATFORM,,}" == "x64" ]]; then
+      MACHINE=$(<"$STORAGE/windows.old")
+      MACHINE="${MACHINE//[![:print:]]/}"
+    fi
   fi
 
   return 0
diff --git a/src/mido.sh b/src/mido.sh
index bbaa5c2..37e075b 100644
--- a/src/mido.sh
+++ b/src/mido.sh
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ download_windows() {
 
   # uuidgen: For MacOS (installed by default) and other systems (e.g. with no /proc) that don't have a kernel interface for generating random UUIDs
   session_id=$(cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid 2> /dev/null || uuidgen --random)
+  session_id="${session_id//[![:print:]]/}"
 
   # Get product edition ID for latest release of given Windows version
   # Product edition ID: This specifies both the Windows release (e.g. 22H2) and edition ("multi-edition" is default, either Home/Pro/Edu/etc., we select "Pro" in the answer files) in one number