diff --git a/application/NetscapeBookmarkUtils.php b/application/NetscapeBookmarkUtils.php
index b99a432..c318125 100644
--- a/application/NetscapeBookmarkUtils.php
+++ b/application/NetscapeBookmarkUtils.php
@@ -98,8 +98,7 @@ class NetscapeBookmarkUtils
         $filesize = $files['filetoupload']['size'];
         $data = file_get_contents($files['filetoupload']['tmp_name']);
 
-        // Sniff file type
-        if (! startsWith($data, '<!DOCTYPE NETSCAPE-Bookmark-file-1>')) {
+        if (strpos($data, '<!DOCTYPE NETSCAPE-Bookmark-file-1>') === false) {
             return self::importStatus($filename, $filesize);
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/NetscapeBookmarkUtils/BookmarkImportTest.php b/tests/NetscapeBookmarkUtils/BookmarkImportTest.php
index 2d4e755..f0ad500 100644
--- a/tests/NetscapeBookmarkUtils/BookmarkImportTest.php
+++ b/tests/NetscapeBookmarkUtils/BookmarkImportTest.php
@@ -82,6 +82,34 @@ class BookmarkImportTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertEquals(0, count($this->linkDb));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Ensure IE dumps are supported
+     */
+    public function testImportInternetExplorerEncoding()
+    {
+        $files = file2array('internet_explorer_encoding.htm');
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            'File internet_explorer_encoding.htm (356 bytes) was successfully processed:'
+            .' 1 links imported, 0 links overwritten, 0 links skipped.',
+            NetscapeBookmarkUtils::import(array(), $files, $this->linkDb, $this->pagecache)
+        );
+        $this->assertEquals(1, count($this->linkDb));
+        $this->assertEquals(0, count_private($this->linkDb));
+
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            array(
+                'linkdate' => '20160618_173944',
+                'title' => 'Hg Init a Mercurial tutorial by Joel Spolsky',
+                'url' => 'http://hginit.com/',
+                'description' => '',
+                'private' => 0,
+                'tags' => ''
+            ),
+            $this->linkDb->getLinkFromUrl('http://hginit.com/')
+        );
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * Import bookmarks nested in a folder hierarchy
      */
diff --git a/tests/NetscapeBookmarkUtils/input/internet_explorer_encoding.htm b/tests/NetscapeBookmarkUtils/input/internet_explorer_encoding.htm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18703cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/NetscapeBookmarkUtils/input/internet_explorer_encoding.htm
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<!DOCTYPE NETSCAPE-Bookmark-file-1>
+<!-- This is an automatically generated file.
+It will be read and overwritten.
+Do Not Edit! -->
+<TITLE>Bookmarks</TITLE>
+<H1>Bookmarks</H1>
+<DL><p>
+    <DT><A HREF="http://hginit.com/" ADD_DATE="1466271584" LAST_VISIT="1466271584" LAST_MODIFIED="1466271584" >Hg Init a Mercurial tutorial by Joel Spolsky</A>
+</DL><p>