diff --git a/src/Bannerlord.LauncherManager.Native/Bindings.LauncherManager.cs b/src/Bannerlord.LauncherManager.Native/Bindings.LauncherManager.cs
index be0fced..4a44de9 100644
--- a/src/Bannerlord.LauncherManager.Native/Bindings.LauncherManager.cs
+++ b/src/Bannerlord.LauncherManager.Native/Bindings.LauncherManager.cs
@@ -111,8 +111,7 @@ public static unsafe partial class Bindings
             if (p_handle is null || LauncherManagerHandlerNative.FromPointer(p_handle) is not { } handler)
                 return return_value_void.AsError(BUTR.NativeAOT.Shared.Utils.Copy("Handler is null or wrong!", false), false);
 
-            var doc = new XmlDocument();
-            doc.LoadXml(new string(param_string.ToSpan(p_xml)));
+            var doc = ReaderUtils2.Read(param_string.ToSpan(p_xml));
             BUTRLocalizationManager.LoadLanguage(doc);
 
             Logger.LogOutput();
diff --git a/src/Bannerlord.LauncherManager.Native/Bindings.ModuleManager.cs b/src/Bannerlord.LauncherManager.Native/Bindings.ModuleManager.cs
index 2673eb9..b2b08fa 100644
--- a/src/Bannerlord.LauncherManager.Native/Bindings.ModuleManager.cs
+++ b/src/Bannerlord.LauncherManager.Native/Bindings.ModuleManager.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Xml;
+using Bannerlord.LauncherManager.Utils;
 
 namespace Bannerlord.LauncherManager.Native;
 
@@ -369,8 +370,7 @@ public static unsafe partial class Bindings
         Logger.LogInput(p_xml_content);
         try
         {
-            var doc = new XmlDocument();
-            doc.LoadXml(new string(param_string.ToSpan(p_xml_content)));
+            var doc = ReaderUtils2.Read(param_string.ToSpan(p_xml_content));
 
             var result = ModuleInfoExtended.FromXml(doc);
 
@@ -390,8 +390,7 @@ public static unsafe partial class Bindings
         Logger.LogInput(p_xml_content, p_path);
         try
         {
-            var doc = new XmlDocument();
-            doc.LoadXml(new string(param_string.ToSpan(p_xml_content)));
+            var doc = ReaderUtils2.Read(param_string.ToSpan(p_xml_content));
 
             var module = ModuleInfoExtended.FromXml(doc);
             var result = new ModuleInfoExtendedWithPath(module, new string(param_string.ToSpan(p_path)));
@@ -411,7 +410,7 @@ public static unsafe partial class Bindings
         Logger.LogInput(p_xml_content, p_path);
         try
         {
-            var doc = new XmlDocument();
+            var doc = ReaderUtils2.Read(param_string.ToSpan(p_xml_content));
             doc.LoadXml(new string(param_string.ToSpan(p_xml_content)));
 
             var module = ModuleInfoExtended.FromXml(doc);
@@ -433,8 +432,7 @@ public static unsafe partial class Bindings
         Logger.LogInput(p_xml_content);
         try
         {
-            var doc = new XmlDocument();
-            doc.LoadXml(new string(param_string.ToSpan(p_xml_content)));
+            var doc = ReaderUtils2.Read(param_string.ToSpan(p_xml_content));
 
             var result = SubModuleInfoExtended.FromXml(doc);
             if (result is null)
diff --git a/src/Bannerlord.LauncherManager.Native/ReaderUtils.cs b/src/Bannerlord.LauncherManager.Native/ReaderUtils.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3d0b2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Bannerlord.LauncherManager.Native/ReaderUtils.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+using System;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Xml;
+
+namespace Bannerlord.LauncherManager.Native;
+
+public static class ReaderUtils2
+{
+    private static readonly byte[] BOMMarkUtf8 = Encoding.UTF8.GetPreamble();
+
+    public static XmlDocument Read(ReadOnlySpan<char> xml)
+    {
+        var doc = new XmlDocument();
+        doc.LoadXml(new string(RemoveBOM2(xml)));
+        return doc;
+    }
+    
+    private static ReadOnlySpan<char> RemoveBOM2(ReadOnlySpan<char> xml)
+    {
+        var bom = MemoryMarshal.Cast<byte, char>(BOMMarkUtf8.AsSpan());
+        if (xml.StartsWith(bom))
+            xml = xml.Slice(bom.Length);
+        return xml;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Bannerlord.LauncherManager/Utils/ModuleListHandler.cs b/src/Bannerlord.LauncherManager/Utils/ModuleListHandler.cs
index 4d304fe..f16d2e7 100644
--- a/src/Bannerlord.LauncherManager/Utils/ModuleListHandler.cs
+++ b/src/Bannerlord.LauncherManager/Utils/ModuleListHandler.cs
@@ -246,9 +246,7 @@ private void ReadNovusPreset(byte[] data, Action<ModuleInfoExtendedWithMetadata[
             return;
         }
 
-        var document = new XmlDocument();
-        using var stream = new MemoryStream(data);
-        document.Load(stream);
+        var document = ReaderUtils.Read(data);
 
         var importedModules = new List<ModuleListEntry>();
         foreach (var xmlNode in document.DocumentElement?.SelectNodes("PresetModule")?.OfType<XmlNode>() ?? Enumerable.Empty<XmlNode>())
diff --git a/test/Bannerlord.LauncherManager.Native.Tests/ModuleManagerTests.cs b/test/Bannerlord.LauncherManager.Native.Tests/ModuleManagerTests.cs
index 59a4911..b645c53 100644
--- a/test/Bannerlord.LauncherManager.Native.Tests/ModuleManagerTests.cs
+++ b/test/Bannerlord.LauncherManager.Native.Tests/ModuleManagerTests.cs
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ public partial class ModuleManagerTests : BaseTests
 
     [LibraryImport(DllPath), UnmanagedCallConv(CallConvs = new[] { typeof(CallConvStdcall) })]
     private static unsafe partial return_value_json* bmm_get_module_info(param_string* p_xml_content);
+    [LibraryImport(DllPath), UnmanagedCallConv(CallConvs = new[] { typeof(CallConvStdcall) })]
+    private static unsafe partial return_value_json* bmm_get_module_info_with_metadata(param_string* p_xml_content, param_string* p_module_provider, param_string* p_path);
+
     [LibraryImport(DllPath), UnmanagedCallConv(CallConvs = new[] { typeof(CallConvStdcall) })]
     private static unsafe partial return_value_json* bmm_get_sub_module_info(param_string* p_xml_content);