diff --git a/exchange/extract/exchange_extract_function.py b/exchange/extract/exchange_extract_function.py
index b99115d..567cdef 100644
--- a/exchange/extract/exchange_extract_function.py
+++ b/exchange/extract/exchange_extract_function.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def mysql_dict_sql_to_csv(SQL_DICT, path, mysqldb, mysqlcursor):
             filename = '/{}_{}.csv'.format(mysqldbname, tablename)
             headers = [col[0] for col in mysqlcursor.description] # get headers
             mysqlresult.insert(0, tuple(headers))
-            fp = open(concat(path,filename), 'w', newline = '') 
+            fp = open(concat(path,filename), 'w', newline = '', encoding = 'utf-8-sig') 
             myFile = csv.writer(fp)
             myFile.writerows(mysqlresult)
             fp.close()