diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/cache/NpmPackage.java b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/cache/NpmPackage.java
index 3c38f4e31..9122ad261 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/cache/NpmPackage.java
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/cache/NpmPackage.java
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ public class NpmPackage {
     try {
       res.readIndexFile((JsonObject) JsonTrackingParser.parseJson(new String(res.content.get("package/.index.json"))));
     } catch (Exception e) {
+      TextFile.bytesToFile(res.content.get("package/.index.json"), "c:\\temp\\.index.json");
       throw new IOException("Error parsing package/.index.json: "+e.getMessage(), e);
     }
     return res;
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/cache/PackageCacheManager.java b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/cache/PackageCacheManager.java
index 95e1d6d68..2fba3ece0 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/cache/PackageCacheManager.java
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/cache/PackageCacheManager.java
@@ -565,7 +565,6 @@ public class PackageCacheManager {
     if (progress)
       System.out.println(" done.");
 
-    //todo: load dependencies
     NpmPackage pck = loadPackageInfo(packRoot);
     if (!id.equals(JSONUtil.str(npm.getNpm(), "name")) || !version.equals(JSONUtil.str(npm.getNpm(), "version"))) {
       if (!id.equals(JSONUtil.str(npm.getNpm(), "name"))) {
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/json/JsonTrackingParser.java b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/json/JsonTrackingParser.java
index e88f26e55..308710931 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/json/JsonTrackingParser.java
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/json/JsonTrackingParser.java
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ public class JsonTrackingParser {
 		JsonTrackingParser self = new JsonTrackingParser();
 		self.map = map;
 		self.setErrorOnDuplicates(!allowDuplicates);
-    return self.parse(source);
+    return self.parse(Utilities.stripBOM(source));
 	}
 
 	private JsonObject parse(String source) throws IOException {