diff --git a/src/Fetch/Message.php b/src/Fetch/Message.php
index 70ec7c5..d5aef7a 100755
--- a/src/Fetch/Message.php
+++ b/src/Fetch/Message.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  */
 
 namespace Fetch;
+use Exception;
 
 /**
  * This library is a wrapper around the Imap library functions included in php. This class represents a single email
@@ -465,10 +466,21 @@ class Message
             $messageBody = self::decode($messageBody, $structure->encoding);
 
             if (!empty($parameters['charset']) && $parameters['charset'] !== self::$charset) {
+                $mb_converted = false;
                 if (function_exists('mb_convert_encoding')) {
-                    $messageBody = mb_convert_encoding($messageBody, self::$charset, $parameters['charset']);
-                } else {
-                    $messageBody = iconv($parameters['charset'], self::$charset . self::$charsetFlag, $messageBody);
+                    try {
+                        $messageBody = mb_convert_encoding($messageBody, self::$charset, $parameters['charset']);
+                        $mb_converted = true;
+                    } catch (Exception $e) {
+                        // @TODO Handle exception
+                    }
+                }
+                if (!$mb_converted) {
+                    try {
+                        $messageBody = iconv($parameters['charset'], self::$charset . self::$charsetFlag, $messageBody);
+                    } catch (Exception $e) {
+                        // @TODO Handle exception
+                    }
                 }
             }