diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ImportController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ImportController.php
index 1cda09c20e..f1c273b484 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ImportController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ImportController.php
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ class ImportController extends Controller
                 $import->file_path = $file_name;
                 $import->filesize = filesize($path.'/'.$file_name);
                 //TODO: is there a lighter way to do this?
+                if (! ini_get("auto_detect_line_endings")) {
+                    ini_set("auto_detect_line_endings", '1');
+                }
                 $reader = Reader::createFromPath("{$path}/{$file_name}");
                 $import->header_row = $reader->fetchOne(0);
                 // Grab the first row to display via ajax as the user picks fields
diff --git a/app/Importer/Importer.php b/app/Importer/Importer.php
index e73ef1eed9..e74d3607ea 100644
--- a/app/Importer/Importer.php
+++ b/app/Importer/Importer.php
@@ -91,15 +91,14 @@ abstract class Importer
         $this->fieldMap = $this->defaultFieldMap;
         // By default the importer passes a url to the file.
         // However, for testing we also support passing a string directly
+        if (! ini_get("auto_detect_line_endings")) {
+            ini_set("auto_detect_line_endings", '1');
+        }
         if (is_file($file)) {
             $this->csv = Reader::createFromPath($file);
         } else {
             $this->csv = Reader::createFromString($file);
         }
-        $this->csv->setNewLine('\r\n');
-        if (! ini_get("auto_detect_line_endings")) {
-            ini_set("auto_detect_line_endings", '1');
-        }
         $this->tempPassword = substr(str_shuffle("0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"), 0, 20);
     }
     // Cached Values for import lookups