diff --git a/src/renderer/src/App.tsx b/src/renderer/src/App.tsx
index 5f513f4f2f1..e63f8bb940a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/App.tsx
@@ -1223,8 +1223,8 @@ function App() {
 
   const loadEdlFile = useCallback(async ({ path, type, append }: { path: string, type: EdlFileType, append?: boolean }) => {
     console.log('Loading EDL file', type, path, append);
-    loadCutSegments(await readEdlFile({ type, path }), append);
-  }, [loadCutSegments]);
+    loadCutSegments(await readEdlFile({ type, path, fps: detectedFps }), append);
+  }, [detectedFps, loadCutSegments]);
 
   const loadSubtitleTrackToSegments = useCallback(async (streamId: number) => {
     invariant(filePath != null);
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/cmx3600.ts b/src/renderer/src/cmx3600.ts
index b1fbdf70cc6..2caa3ffdf89 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/cmx3600.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/cmx3600.ts
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ export interface EDLEvent {
 }
 
 export default function parseCmx3600(edlContent: string) {
-  const lines = edlContent.split('\n');
+  const [firstLine, ...lines] = edlContent.split('\n');
   const events: EDLEvent[] = [];
 
-  for (const line of lines) {
+  // trim BOM from first line.
+  for (const line of [...(firstLine ? [firstLine.trim()] : []), ...lines]) {
     if (/^\d+\s+/.test(line)) {
       const parts = line.trim().split(/\s+/);
       if (parts.length >= 8) {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/edlFormats.ts b/src/renderer/src/edlFormats.ts
index dcfcb6b113b..92caf4e65d6 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/edlFormats.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/edlFormats.ts
@@ -184,7 +184,8 @@ export async function parseEdlCmx3600(text: string, fps: number) {
 }
 
 export async function parseEdl(text: string, fps: number) {
-  if (text.startsWith('TITLE: ')) return parseEdlCmx3600(text, fps);
+  // trim because it might have a BOM
+  if (text.trim().startsWith('TITLE: ')) return parseEdlCmx3600(text, fps);
   return parseMplayerEdl(text);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/edlStore.ts b/src/renderer/src/edlStore.ts
index a02e6b7f6e8..c21a6a723fe 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/edlStore.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/edlStore.ts
@@ -105,11 +105,12 @@ export async function loadLlcProject(path: string) {
   };
 }
 
-export async function readEdlFile({ type, path, fps }: { type: EdlFileType, path: string, fps?: number | undefined }) {
+export async function readEdlFile({ type, path, fps }: { type: EdlFileType, path: string, fps: number | undefined }) {
   if (type === 'csv') return loadCsvSeconds(path);
-  if (type === 'csv-frames') {
+  if (type === 'csv-frames' || type === 'edl') {
     invariant(fps != null, 'The loaded media has an unknown framerate');
-    return loadCsvFrames(path, fps);
+    if (type === 'csv-frames') return loadCsvFrames(path, fps);
+    if (type === 'edl') return loadEdl(path, fps);
   }
   if (type === 'cutlist') return loadCutlistSeconds(path);
   if (type === 'xmeml') return loadXmeml(path);
@@ -117,10 +118,6 @@ export async function readEdlFile({ type, path, fps }: { type: EdlFileType, path
   if (type === 'dv-analyzer-summary-txt') return loadDvAnalyzerSummaryTxt(path);
   if (type === 'cue') return loadCue(path);
   if (type === 'pbf') return loadPbf(path);
-  if (type === 'edl') {
-    invariant(fps != null, 'The loaded media has an unknown framerate');
-    return loadEdl(path, fps);
-  }
   if (type === 'srt') return loadSrt(path);
   if (type === 'llc') {
     const project = await loadLlcProject(path);