diff --git a/app/models/attachment.rb b/app/models/attachment.rb
index 0166ce4..c188297 100644
--- a/app/models/attachment.rb
+++ b/app/models/attachment.rb
@@ -55,10 +55,19 @@ def parsed_data
     @parsed_data ||= begin
       CSV.read(full_filename, col_sep: col_sep, quote_char: quote_char, row_sep: "rn", encoding: "ISO-8859-1:UTF-8")
     rescue CSV::MalformedCSVError
-      []
+      rows = []
+      #one more attempt. #TODO check if this is required.
+      begin
+        f = File.open(full_filename, "r:ISO-8859-1")
+        CSV.parse(f.read.encode("UTF-8") , col_sep: col_sep, quote_char: quote_char) do |row| 
+          rows << row 
+        end
+      ensure
+        return rows
+      end
     end
   end
-
+  
   # store the uploaded tempfile.
   def store_file
     # TODO