--- a/artifacts/src/main/java/org/dive4elements/river/exports/AbstractExporter.java	Thu Jun 28 13:14:44 2018 +0200
+++ b/artifacts/src/main/java/org/dive4elements/river/exports/AbstractExporter.java	Thu Jun 28 14:11:12 2018 +0200
@@ -305,6 +305,10 @@
         final char quote = '"';
         final char escape = '\\';
 
+        // Write BOM so excel is happy
+        final byte[] BOM = new byte[] { (byte) 0xEF, (byte) 0xBB, (byte) 0xBF };
+        this.out.write(BOM);
+
         final CSVWriter writer = new CSVWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(this.out, DEFAULT_CSV_CHARSET), DEFAULT_CSV_SEPARATOR, quote, escape, "\r\n");
 
         writeCSVData(writer);