diff --git a/ihatemoney/tests/import_test.py b/ihatemoney/tests/import_test.py
index 4e93bb56..89ab924b 100644
--- a/ihatemoney/tests/import_test.py
+++ b/ihatemoney/tests/import_test.py
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ class TestExport(IhatemoneyTestCase):
             '2016-12-31,red wine,Expense,XXX,200.0,jeanne,1.0,"zorglub, tata"',
             '2016-12-31,à raclette,Expense,10.0,XXX,zorglub,2.0,"zorglub, jeanne, tata, pépé"',
         ]
-        received_lines = resp.data.decode("utf-8").split("\n")
+        received_lines = resp.data.decode("utf-8-sig").split("\n")
 
         for i, line in enumerate(expected):
             assert set(line.split(",")) == set(received_lines[i].strip("\r").split(","))
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ class TestExport(IhatemoneyTestCase):
             "55.34,XXX,jeanne,tata",
             "127.33,XXX,jeanne,zorglub",
         ]
-        received_lines = resp.data.decode("utf-8").split("\n")
+        received_lines = resp.data.decode("utf-8-sig").split("\n")
 
         for i, line in enumerate(expected):
             assert set(line.split(",")) == set(received_lines[i].strip("\r").split(","))
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ class TestExport(IhatemoneyTestCase):
             "date,what,bill_type,amount,currency,payer_name,payer_weight,owers",
             "2016-12-31,'=COS(36),Expense,10.0,EUR,zorglub,1.0,zorglub",
         ]
-        received_lines = resp.data.decode("utf-8").split("\n")
+        received_lines = resp.data.decode("utf-8-sig").split("\n")
 
         for i, line in enumerate(expected):
             assert set(line.split(",")) == set(received_lines[i].strip("\r").split(","))
diff --git a/ihatemoney/utils.py b/ihatemoney/utils.py
index ef4818ad..a4be3211 100644
--- a/ihatemoney/utils.py
+++ b/ihatemoney/utils.py
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ def list_of_dicts2csv(dict_to_convert):
     writer = csv.writer(csv_file)
     writer.writerows(csv_data)
     csv_file.seek(0)
-    csv_file = BytesIO(csv_file.getvalue().encode("utf-8"))
+    csv_file = BytesIO(csv_file.getvalue().encode("utf-8-sig"))
     return csv_file
 
 
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ def csv2list_of_dicts(csv_to_convert):
     """Take a csv in-memory file and turns it into
     a list of dictionnaries
     """
-    csv_file = TextIOWrapper(csv_to_convert, encoding="utf-8")
+    csv_file = TextIOWrapper(csv_to_convert, encoding="utf-8-sig")
     reader = csv.DictReader(csv_file)
     result = []
     for r in reader: