diff --git a/src/shared/toml-object.ts b/src/shared/toml-object.ts
index 0e393db2..cefa4d62 100644
--- a/src/shared/toml-object.ts
+++ b/src/shared/toml-object.ts
@@ -9,11 +9,16 @@ function isTomlObject(value: unknown): value is Record<string, unknown> {
   return typeof value === 'object' && value !== null && !Array.isArray(value);
 }
 
+function stripUtf8Bom(rawText: string): string {
+  return rawText.charCodeAt(0) === 0xfeff ? rawText.slice(1) : rawText;
+}
+
 export function parseTomlObject(rawText: string): Record<string, unknown> {
-  const trimmed = rawText.trim();
+  const parseText = stripUtf8Bom(rawText);
+  const trimmed = parseText.trim();
   if (!trimmed) return {};
 
-  const parsed = parse(rawText);
+  const parsed = parse(parseText);
   if (!isTomlObject(parsed)) {
     throw new Error('TOML root must be a table.');
   }
diff --git a/tests/unit/targets/codex-cliproxy-provider-config.test.ts b/tests/unit/targets/codex-cliproxy-provider-config.test.ts
index 43dd6b28..a470399e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/targets/codex-cliproxy-provider-config.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/targets/codex-cliproxy-provider-config.test.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,19 @@ describe('codex cliproxy provider config repair', () => {
     expect(rawText).toContain('[model_providers.cliproxy]');
   });
 
+  it('repairs Codex config files saved with a UTF-8 BOM', async () => {
+    fs.mkdirSync(codexHome, { recursive: true });
+    const rawText = '\ufeffmodel = "gpt-5.4"\n';
+    fs.writeFileSync(configPath, rawText, 'utf8');
+
+    const result = await ensureCodexCliproxyProviderConfig(8317, env);
+
+    expect(result.changed).toBe(true);
+    const repairedText = fs.readFileSync(configPath, 'utf8');
+    expect(repairedText.startsWith('\ufeffmodel = "gpt-5.4"\n\n')).toBe(true);
+    expect(repairedText).toContain('[model_providers.cliproxy]');
+  });
+
   it('repairs an existing incomplete cliproxy provider', async () => {
     fs.mkdirSync(codexHome, { recursive: true });
     fs.writeFileSync(