diff --git a/sas/sasjs/macros/mpe_loader.sas b/sas/sasjs/macros/mpe_loader.sas
index e9bcfec..6c4c453 100755
--- a/sas/sasjs/macros/mpe_loader.sas
+++ b/sas/sasjs/macros/mpe_loader.sas
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ data work.STAGING_DS;
   &droplist;
   infile "&csv_dir/&fname" dsd dlm="&dlm" lrecl=32767
           firstobs=2 missover termstr=&termstr encoding='utf-8';
-  attrib &attrib ;
+  attrib _____DELETE__THIS__RECORD_____ length=$3 &attrib ;
   if _n_=1 then call missing (of _all_);
   missing a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z _;
   input