diff --git a/lib/settings-common.php b/lib/settings-common.php
index a3e0140..7f401e5 100644
--- a/lib/settings-common.php
+++ b/lib/settings-common.php
@@ -139,13 +139,15 @@ function toUTF8noBOM($string,$message) {
 		if (0 === strncmp($string, $bom, 3)) {
 			// If there's a BOM followed by a Windows based (2 char) line ending
 			// chop BOM off and prefix returned string with a PHP_EOL
-			if (0 === strncmp($string, $bom."\r\n", 5)) {
+			if (0 === strncmp($string, $bom."\r\n", 3)) {
 				$string = PHP_EOL.substr($string, 3);
 			// Else, simply chop off the BOM
 			} else {
 				$string = substr($string, 3);
 			}
 		}
+		// Remove any other BOMs from view
+		$string = preg_replace('/\x{EF}\x{BB}\x{BF}/','',$string); 
 
 		// Test for any bad characters
 		$teststring = $string;