1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/shell.c.in b/src/shell.c.in
index 56f63fb19..d1fc6aa74 100644
--- a/src/shell.c.in
+++ b/src/shell.c.in
@@ -9913,7 +9913,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     int eMode = 0;
     int bOnce = 0;            /* 0: .output, 1: .once, 2: .excel/.www */
     int bPlain = 0;           /* --plain option */
-    static const char *zBomUtf8 = "\xef\xbb\xbf";
+    static const char *zBomUtf8 = "\357\273\277";
     const char *zBom = 0;
 
     failIfSafeMode(p, "cannot run .%s in safe mode", azArg[0]);