diff --git a/utils.cpp b/utils.cpp
index 60c5e22..b82f7ed 100644
--- a/utils.cpp
+++ b/utils.cpp
@@ -697,18 +697,14 @@ char *get_file_contents (const char *filename) {
 
 
 	// If there is a UTF-8 endian marker at the beginning of the file, skip it.
-	const unsigned char utf8_endian_mark[] = {0xEF, 0xBB, 0xBF};
-	bool matched = true;
-	for (unsigned i = 0; matched && i < sizeof(utf8_endian_mark); i++) {
-		int c = fgetc(file);
-		if (c == EOF) {
-			return NULL;
-		}
-		matched &= (unsigned char)c == utf8_endian_mark[i];
-	}
-	if (matched) {
+	const unsigned char utf8_endian_mark[] = {0xEF, 0xBB, 0xBF};	
+	unsigned char file_head[3];
+	read_size = fread (file_head, 1, 3, file);
+
+	if (read_size == 3 && memcmp(file_head, utf8_endian_mark, sizeof(utf8_endian_mark)) == 0)
+		// Skip UTF-8 BOM
 		size -= sizeof(utf8_endian_mark);
-	} else {
+	else {
 		rewind(file);
 	}