diff --git a/app/aws/s3.py b/app/aws/s3.py
index e58159eff..8af681d10 100644
--- a/app/aws/s3.py
+++ b/app/aws/s3.py
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ def extract_phones(job):
     phone_index = 0
     for item in first_row:
         # Note: may contain a BOM and look like \ufeffphone number
-        if item.lower() in ["phone number", "\ufeffphone number"]:
+        if item.lower() in ["phone number", "\\ufeffphone number"]:
             break
         phone_index = phone_index + 1