Corrupted files result in ERROR #1 for Linux

[isaacvr]

For unknown reasons client.json and peers.json get corrupted.
When the wallet is opened this results in ERROR #1. No log files are written.

content of client.json (full text):
õ}1~�@� ®ô:ç¡�VLm�i

content of peers.json (example text)
�3@*Ã!°6I¨�Ne«�@�ø¿° �

Wallet Version: v0.26
Linux Version:
NAME="Linux Mint"
VERSION="19.2 (Tina)"
ID=linuxmint
ID_LIKE=ubuntu
PRETTY_NAME="Linux Mint 19.2"
VERSION_ID="19.2"

Error screenshot:

FIX: Get client.json and peers.json from a fresh .skycoin folder and simple copy them in the folder of the non working wallet.