diff --git a/OBSApi/Utility/ConfigFile.cpp b/OBSApi/Utility/ConfigFile.cpp
index bf83fa7c..088d8654 100644
--- a/OBSApi/Utility/ConfigFile.cpp
+++ b/OBSApi/Utility/ConfigFile.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,16 @@ BOOL ConfigFile::LoadFile(DWORD dwOpenMode)
 
     dwLength = (DWORD)file.GetFileSize();
 
+    if (dwLength >= 3) // remove BOM if present
+    {
+        char buff[3];
+        file.Read(&buff, 3);
+        if (memcmp(buff, "\xEF\xBB\xBF", 3))
+            file.SetPos(0, XFILE_BEGIN);
+        else
+            dwLength -= 3;
+    }
+
     LPSTR lpTempFileData = (LPSTR)Allocate(dwLength+5);
     file.Read(&lpTempFileData[2], dwLength);
     lpTempFileData[0] = lpTempFileData[dwLength+2] = 13;
diff --git a/OBSApi/Utility/XFile.h b/OBSApi/Utility/XFile.h
index d68bbe1d..47496b9d 100644
--- a/OBSApi/Utility/XFile.h
+++ b/OBSApi/Utility/XFile.h
@@ -65,6 +65,17 @@ public:
 
         SetPos(0, XFILE_BEGIN);
         DWORD dwFileSize = (DWORD)GetFileSize();
+
+        if (dwFileSize >= 3) // remove BOM if present
+        {
+            char buff[3];
+            Read(&buff, 3);
+            if (memcmp(buff, "\xEF\xBB\xBF", 3))
+                SetPos(0, XFILE_BEGIN);
+            else
+                dwFileSize -= 3;
+        }
+
         LPSTR lpFileDataUTF8 = (LPSTR)Allocate(dwFileSize+1);
         lpFileDataUTF8[dwFileSize] = 0;