diff --git a/lib/engines/dbgp/dbgp-instance.js b/lib/engines/dbgp/dbgp-instance.js
index e472497..76462fd 100644
--- a/lib/engines/dbgp/dbgp-instance.js
+++ b/lib/engines/dbgp/dbgp-instance.js
@@ -226,6 +226,11 @@ export default class DbgpInstance {
   }
 
   parseXml(message) {
+    // strip illegal null bytes in anonymous class names
+    // so xml can be parsed correctly
+    // see https://github.com/gwomacks/php-debug/issues/336
+    message = message.replace(/@anonymous�/g, '@anonymous#')
+
     let o = parseString(message, (err, result) => {
       if (err) {
         console.error(err)