diff --git a/lib/schema-provider.ts b/lib/schema-provider.ts
index 3198cf5..8079d53 100644
--- a/lib/schema-provider.ts
+++ b/lib/schema-provider.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import * as _ from "lodash";
 var fetch: (url: string) => Rx.IPromise<IResult> = require('node-fetch');
+var stripBom = require("strip-bom");
 import {Observable} from "rx";
 
 interface IResult {
@@ -81,8 +82,11 @@ class SchemaProvider {
 
     private getSchemas() {
         //http://schemastore.org/api/json/catalog.json
-        return Observable.fromPromise<SchemaCatalog>(fetch('http://schemastore.org/api/json/catalog.json')
-            .then(res => res.json<SchemaCatalog>()))
+        return Observable.fromPromise<SchemaCatalog>(
+                fetch('http://schemastore.org/api/json/catalog.json')
+                    .then(res => res.text())
+                    .then(txt => JSON.parse(stripBom(txt)))
+            )
             .map(({ schemas }) => {
                 _.each(schemas, schema => {
                     this.addSchema(schema);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b56a50b..44e7744 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     "react": "^0.13.3",
     "rx": "^2.5.3",
     "semver": "^5.0.0",
+    "strip-bom": "^3.0.0",
     "through2": "^2.0.0",
     "tsd": "~0.6.1",
     "typescript": "^1.5.0-beta"