diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 791450a0..bda8bfe3 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 repos:
 -   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v4.4.0
+    rev: v4.5.0
     hooks:
     -   id: trailing-whitespace
     -   id: end-of-file-fixer
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ repos:
     -   id: name-tests-test
     -   id: requirements-txt-fixer
 -   repo: https://github.com/asottile/setup-cfg-fmt
-    rev: v2.4.0
+    rev: v2.5.0
     hooks:
     -   id: setup-cfg-fmt
 -   repo: https://github.com/asottile/reorder-python-imports
-    rev: v3.10.0
+    rev: v3.12.0
     hooks:
     -   id: reorder-python-imports
         args: [--py38-plus, --add-import, 'from __future__ import annotations']
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ repos:
     hooks:
     -   id: add-trailing-comma
 -   repo: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
-    rev: v3.10.1
+    rev: v3.15.0
     hooks:
     -   id: pyupgrade
         args: [--py38-plus]
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ repos:
     hooks:
     -   id: autopep8
 -   repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8
-    rev: 6.1.0
+    rev: 7.0.0
     hooks:
     -   id: flake8
 -   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
-    rev: v1.5.1
+    rev: v1.8.0
     hooks:
     -   id: mypy
diff --git a/babi/buf.py b/babi/buf.py
index 9ddb78ac..347bc396 100644
--- a/babi/buf.py
+++ b/babi/buf.py
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ def tab_string(self) -> str:
 
     def rendered_line(self, idx: int, dim: Dim) -> str:
         x = self._cursor_x if idx == self.y else 0
-        expanded = self._lines[idx].expandtabs(self.tab_size)
+        expanded = self._lines[idx].expandtabs(self.tab_size).lstrip('\ufeff')
         return scrolled_line(expanded, x, dim.width)
 
     # movement
diff --git a/babi/linters/pre_commit.py b/babi/linters/pre_commit.py
index d5ffc5c9..380608b4 100644
--- a/babi/linters/pre_commit.py
+++ b/babi/linters/pre_commit.py
@@ -63,10 +63,16 @@ def command(self, filename: str, scope: str) -> tuple[str, ...] | None:
             return None  # not in a git repo!
 
         # no pre-commit config!
-        if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(root, '.pre-commit-config.yaml')):
+        cfg = os.path.join(root, '.pre-commit-config.yaml')
+        if not os.path.exists(cfg):
             return None
 
-        return ('pre-commit', 'run', '--color=never', '--files', filename)
+        return (
+            'pre-commit', 'run',
+            '--color=never',
+            '--config', cfg,
+            '--files', filename,
+        )
 
     def parse(self, filename: str, output: str) -> tuple[linting.Error, ...]:
         root = self._root(filename)
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 92ed087d..952a484a 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = babi
-version = 1.5.5
+version = 1.5.6
 description = a text editor
 long_description = file: README.md
 long_description_content_type = text/markdown
diff --git a/tests/features/save_test.py b/tests/features/save_test.py
index a960bda1..1cea4b1b 100644
--- a/tests/features/save_test.py
+++ b/tests/features/save_test.py
@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@ def test_mixed_newlines(run, tmpdir):
         h.await_text(r"mixed newlines will be converted to '\n'")
 
 
+def test_byte_order_marker(run, tmpdir):
+    src = b'\xef\xbb\xbfhello\n'
+    f = tmpdir.join('f')
+    f.write_binary(src)
+    with run(str(f)) as h, and_exit(h):
+        # renders ok without an extra space for BOM
+        h.await_text('\nhello\n')
+        h.press('^S')
+    assert f.read_binary() == src
+
+
 def test_modify_file_with_windows_newlines(run, tmpdir):
     f = tmpdir.join('f')
     f.write_binary(b'foo\r\nbar\r\n')
diff --git a/tests/linters/pre_commit_test.py b/tests/linters/pre_commit_test.py
index 6fdf20a3..7fa7781f 100644
--- a/tests/linters/pre_commit_test.py
+++ b/tests/linters/pre_commit_test.py
@@ -96,10 +96,16 @@ def test_command_returns_none_no_pre_commit_config(tmpdir_git):
 
 
 def test_command_returns_when_config_exists(tmpdir_git):
-    tmpdir_git.join('.pre-commit-config.yaml').write('{}\n')
+    cfg = tmpdir_git.join('.pre-commit-config.yaml')
+    cfg.write('{}\n')
     path = str(tmpdir_git.join('t.py'))
     ret = PreCommit().command(path, 'source.python')
-    assert ret == ('pre-commit', 'run', '--color=never', '--files', path)
+    assert ret == (
+        'pre-commit', 'run',
+        '--color=never',
+        '--config', str(cfg),
+        '--files', path,
+    )
 
 
 def test_filters_file_paths_to_actual_file(tmpdir_git):