diff --git a/lib/wordpress/dump.rb b/lib/wordpress/dump.rb
index 0aa7347..47999d6 100644
--- a/lib/wordpress/dump.rb
+++ b/lib/wordpress/dump.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ module WordPressImport
         puts "WARNING: LibXML by default supports 10MB max file size. On some systems your file will be silently truncated; on others, an error will be raised. Consider splitting your file into smaller chunks and running rake tasks individually (authors, then blog/pages, then media), and double-check the import results."
       end
 
-      @doc = Nokogiri::XML(file)
+      @doc = Nokogiri::XML(file.read().gsub("\u0004", "")) # get rid of all EOT characters
     end
 
     def authors