diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8862262..034428c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/muesli/roff v0.1.0
 	github.com/muesli/termenv v0.15.3-0.20240618155329-98d742f6907a
 	github.com/sahilm/fuzzy v0.1.1
+	golang.org/x/text v0.18.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -45,5 +46,4 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.10.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/term v0.22.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.18.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/table/bom.csv b/table/bom.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e492410
--- /dev/null
+++ b/table/bom.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+"first_name","last_name","username"
+"Rob","Pike",rob
+Ken,Thompson,ken
+"Robert","Griesemer","gri"
diff --git a/table/command.go b/table/command.go
index 2e6f8fa..0b2ecd1 100644
--- a/table/command.go
+++ b/table/command.go
@@ -12,24 +12,30 @@ import (
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/gum/style"
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss"
 	ltable "github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss/table"
+	"golang.org/x/text/encoding"
+	"golang.org/x/text/encoding/unicode"
+	"golang.org/x/text/transform"
 )
 
 // Run provides a shell script interface for rendering tabular data (CSV).
 func (o Options) Run() error {
-	var reader *csv.Reader
+	var input *os.File
 	if o.File != "" {
-		file, err := os.Open(o.File)
+		var err error
+		input, err = os.Open(o.File)
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("could not find file at path %s", o.File)
+			return fmt.Errorf("could not render file: %w", err)
 		}
-		reader = csv.NewReader(file)
 	} else {
 		if stdin.IsEmpty() {
 			return fmt.Errorf("no data provided")
 		}
-		reader = csv.NewReader(os.Stdin)
+		input = os.Stdin
 	}
+	defer input.Close() //nolint: errcheck
 
+	transformer := unicode.BOMOverride(encoding.Nop.NewDecoder())
+	reader := csv.NewReader(transform.NewReader(input, transformer))
 	separatorRunes := []rune(o.Separator)
 	if len(separatorRunes) != 1 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("separator must be single character")