diff --git a/SwiftCSV/CSV.swift b/SwiftCSV/CSV.swift
index a75039d..511c2ca 100644
--- a/SwiftCSV/CSV.swift
+++ b/SwiftCSV/CSV.swift
@@ -94,10 +94,15 @@ open class CSV<DataView : CSVView>  {
     ///   - rowLimit: Amount of rows to parse (default is `nil`).
     /// - Throws: `CSVParseError` when parsing `string` fails.
     public init(string: String, delimiter: CSVDelimiter, loadColumns: Bool = true, rowLimit: Int? = nil) throws {
-        self.text = string
+        if string.hasPrefix(byteOrderMark) {
+            let trimmedString = string.dropFirst()
+            self.text = String(trimmedString)
+        } else {
+            self.text = string
+        }
         self.delimiter = delimiter
-        self.header = try Parser.array(text: string, delimiter: delimiter, rowLimit: 1).first ?? []
-        self.content = try DataView(header: header, text: text, delimiter: delimiter, loadColumns: loadColumns, rowLimit: rowLimit)
+        self.header = try Parser.array(text: self.text, delimiter: delimiter, rowLimit: 1).first ?? []
+        self.content = try DataView(header: header, text: self.text, delimiter: delimiter, loadColumns: loadColumns, rowLimit: rowLimit)
     }
 
     /// Load CSV data from a string and guess its delimiter from `CSV.recognizedDelimiters`, falling back to `.comma`.
@@ -138,11 +143,7 @@ extension CSV {
     ///   - loadColumns: Whether to populate the columns dictionary (default is `true`)
     /// - Throws: `CSVParseError` when parsing the contents of `url` fails, or file loading errors.
     public convenience init(url: URL, delimiter: CSVDelimiter, encoding: String.Encoding = .utf8, loadColumns: Bool = true) throws {
-        var contents = try String(contentsOf: url, encoding: encoding)
-        if contents.hasPrefix(byteOrderMark) {
-            contents.removeFirst()
-        }
-
+        let contents = try String(contentsOf: url, encoding: encoding)
         try self.init(string: contents, delimiter: delimiter, loadColumns: loadColumns)
     }
 
@@ -154,11 +155,7 @@ extension CSV {
     ///   - loadColumns: Whether to populate the columns dictionary (default is `true`)
     /// - Throws: `CSVParseError` when parsing the contents of `url` fails, or file loading errors.
     public convenience init(url: URL, encoding: String.Encoding = .utf8, loadColumns: Bool = true) throws {
-        var contents = try String(contentsOf: url, encoding: encoding)
-        if contents.hasPrefix(byteOrderMark) {
-            contents.removeFirst()
-        }
-
+        let contents = try String(contentsOf: url, encoding: encoding)
         try self.init(string: contents, loadColumns: loadColumns)
     }
 }
diff --git a/SwiftCSVTests/URLTests.swift b/SwiftCSVTests/URLTests.swift
index 5eb67ad..fe66efd 100644
--- a/SwiftCSVTests/URLTests.swift
+++ b/SwiftCSVTests/URLTests.swift
@@ -98,5 +98,26 @@ class URLTests: XCTestCase {
             XCTAssertEqual(expected[index], row)
         }
     }
+    
+    func testBOMInHeadersWhenInitialisingFromString() throws {
+        var csv: CSV<Named>?
+        let csvString: String = """
+Part Number,Description,Unit Price,Qty
+12345,Heizölrückstoßabdämpfung,"€ 100,00",2"
+"""
+        let csvStringWithBOM = "\u{FEFF}" + csvString
 
+        //	Make a CSV object
+        do {
+            //	Create from string
+            csv = try CSV<Named>(string: csvStringWithBOM)
+        } catch {
+            XCTFail("Could not convert string literal to CSV instance")
+        }
+        
+        //	Check that headers match
+        let correctMatchingHeader = ["Part Number", "Description", "Unit Price", "Qty"]
+        XCTAssertEqual(csv!.header, correctMatchingHeader)
+    }
+    
 }