diff --git a/csf_za/__init__.py b/csf_za/__init__.py
index 493f741..260c070 100644
--- a/csf_za/__init__.py
+++ b/csf_za/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.3.0"
+__version__ = "0.3.1"
diff --git a/csf_za/overrides/accounts/bank_statement_import.py b/csf_za/overrides/accounts/bank_statement_import.py
index de71be7..93b51a9 100644
--- a/csf_za/overrides/accounts/bank_statement_import.py
+++ b/csf_za/overrides/accounts/bank_statement_import.py
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@ def parse_csv_file_bankzero(self, file_doc):
 			"Balance",
 			"Has Attachments",
 		]
+		# remove UTF-8 BOM from first header cell if present
+		if data and data[0] and isinstance(data[0][0], str):
+			data[0][0] = data[0][0].lstrip("\ufeff")
+
 		if data[0][:9] != expected_headers[:9]:
 			frappe.throw(
 				_("Unexpected headers in CSV. Expected: {0} in first row").format(
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 319a040..0ebc526 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "csf_za",
-  "version": "0.3.0",
+  "version": "0.3.1",
   "author": "Starktail (Pty) Ltd <support@starktail.com>",
   "main": "index.js",
   "devDependencies": {