diff --git a/subsonic-api/src/integrationTest/kotlin/org/moire/ultrasonic/api/subsonic/interceptors/VersionInterceptorTest.kt b/subsonic-api/src/integrationTest/kotlin/org/moire/ultrasonic/api/subsonic/interceptors/VersionInterceptorTest.kt
index 9b543fe9..3c1eccb4 100644
--- a/subsonic-api/src/integrationTest/kotlin/org/moire/ultrasonic/api/subsonic/interceptors/VersionInterceptorTest.kt
+++ b/subsonic-api/src/integrationTest/kotlin/org/moire/ultrasonic/api/subsonic/interceptors/VersionInterceptorTest.kt
@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@ class VersionInterceptorTest : BaseInterceptorTest() {
                 .protocolVersion `should equal` SubsonicAPIVersions.V1_13_0
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `Should update version from response with utf-8 bom`() {
+        mockWebServerRule.enqueueResponse("ping_ok_utf8_bom.json")
+
+        client.newCall(createRequest {}).execute()
+
+        (interceptor as VersionInterceptor)
+                .protocolVersion `should equal` SubsonicAPIVersions.V1_16_0
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `Should not update version if response json doesn't contain version`() {
         mockWebServerRule.enqueueResponse("non_subsonic_response.json")
diff --git a/subsonic-api/src/integrationTest/resources/ping_ok_utf8_bom.json b/subsonic-api/src/integrationTest/resources/ping_ok_utf8_bom.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e73dbbe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subsonic-api/src/integrationTest/resources/ping_ok_utf8_bom.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{"subsonic-response":{
+  "status": "ok",
+  "version": "1.16.0"
+}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/subsonic-api/src/main/kotlin/org/moire/ultrasonic/api/subsonic/interceptors/VersionInterceptor.kt b/subsonic-api/src/main/kotlin/org/moire/ultrasonic/api/subsonic/interceptors/VersionInterceptor.kt
index ae700f5a..e217c46b 100644
--- a/subsonic-api/src/main/kotlin/org/moire/ultrasonic/api/subsonic/interceptors/VersionInterceptor.kt
+++ b/subsonic-api/src/main/kotlin/org/moire/ultrasonic/api/subsonic/interceptors/VersionInterceptor.kt
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ internal class VersionInterceptor(
     }
 
     private fun tryUpdateProtocolVersion(response: Response) {
-        val content = response.peekBody(DEFAULT_PEEK_BYTE_COUNT)
-                .byteStream().bufferedReader().readText()
+        val content = response.peekBody(DEFAULT_PEEK_BYTE_COUNT).byteStream()
 
         try {
             val jsonReader = jsonFactory.createParser(content)