[Minor] Further try to fix bloody python

diff --git a/test/functional/util/merge_coveralls.py b/test/functional/util/merge_coveralls.py
index 48dc3e2a65b5049e6ea4efb9ac1c05b9aa597556..06c8ef02b32572ac64e101f91d6d2b6e9ba3aaf3 100755 (executable)
--- a/test/functional/util/merge_coveralls.py
+++ b/test/functional/util/merge_coveralls.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     prepare_path_mapping()
 
-    j1 = json.loads(args.input[0].read())
+    j1 = json.loads(args.input[0].read().decode("utf-8-sig"))
 
     files = merge({}, j1)
     for i in xrange(1, len(args.input)):