New problem joing games

Just started today. Can someone help?

Client Version: 2023.1.2
java.lang.Error: java.nio.charset.MalformedInputException: Input length = 1
at java.base/java.lang.String.decodeWithDecoder(String.java:1212)
at java.base/java.lang.String.newStringNoRepl1(String.java:786)
at java.base/java.lang.String.newStringNoRepl(String.java:738)
at java.base/java.lang.System$2.newStringNoRepl(System.java:2390)
at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.readString(Files.java:3369)
at com.faforever.client.mod.ModService.readPreferencesFile(ModService.java:313)
at com.faforever.client.mod.ModService.readActiveMods(ModService.java:329)
at com.faforever.client.mod.ModService.enableSimMods(ModService.java:231)

See https://forum.faforever.com/topic/5589/client-java-lang-error-fix/15?_=1676926389340

Look at the third post from Magge - has a link to an updater to fix issue