diff --git a/ng-swagger-gen.js b/ng-swagger-gen.js
index d39a8fc..647859f 100644
--- a/ng-swagger-gen.js
+++ b/ng-swagger-gen.js
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ function doGenerate(swaggerContent, options) {
   var templates = options.templates;
   var output = options.output || 'src/app/api';
 
+  // Strip out the UTF-BOM if present
+  swaggerContent = swaggerContent.replace(/^\uFEFF/, '');
+
+  // Proceed with the JSON parsing
   var swagger = JSON.parse(swaggerContent);
   if (typeof swagger != 'object') {
     console.error("Invalid swagger content");