diff --git a/waifu2x-caffe-gui/LangStringList.h b/waifu2x-caffe-gui/LangStringList.h
index f0353a6..1968a66 100644
--- a/waifu2x-caffe-gui/LangStringList.h
+++ b/waifu2x-caffe-gui/LangStringList.h
@@ -125,7 +125,11 @@ private:
 
 			jsonBuf[jsonBuf.size() - 1] = '\0';
 
-			d.Parse(jsonBuf.data());
+			const char *data = jsonBuf.data();
+			if (jsonBuf.size() > 3 && (unsigned char)data[0] == 0xEF && (unsigned char)data[1] == 0xBB && (unsigned char)data[2] == 0xBF)
+				data += 3;
+
+			d.Parse(data);
 
 			if (d.HasParseError())
 				throw 0;
@@ -163,9 +167,16 @@ public:
 
 		LangList.clear();
 
+		bool isFirst = true;
+
 		std::string str;
 		while (getline(ifs, str))
 		{
+			if (isFirst && str.size() > 3 && (unsigned char)str[0] == 0xEF && (unsigned char)str[1] == 0xBB && (unsigned char)str[2] == 0xBF)
+				str.erase(0, 3);
+
+			isFirst = false;
+
 			if (str.length() > 0 && str.front() == ';')
 				continue;