diff --git a/memgpt/utils.py b/memgpt/utils.py
index 37746a15..77658228 100644
--- a/memgpt/utils.py
+++ b/memgpt/utils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 from datetime import datetime
+
+import csv
 import difflib
 import demjson3 as demjson
 import numpy as np
@@ -96,6 +98,16 @@ def read_in_chunks(file_object, chunk_size):
             break
         yield data
 
+def read_in_rows_csv(file_object, chunk_size):
+    csvreader = csv.reader(file_object)
+    header = next(csvreader)
+    for row in csvreader:
+        next_row_terms = []
+        for h, v in zip(header, row):
+            next_row_terms.append(f"{h}={v}")
+        next_row_str = ', '.join(next_row_terms)
+        yield next_row_str
+
 def prepare_archival_index_from_files(glob_pattern, tkns_per_chunk=300, model='gpt-4'):
     encoding = tiktoken.encoding_for_model(model)
     files = glob.glob(glob_pattern)
@@ -111,12 +123,16 @@ def total_bytes(pattern):
 def chunk_file(file, tkns_per_chunk=300, model='gpt-4'):
     encoding = tiktoken.encoding_for_model(model)
     with open(file, 'r') as f:
-        lines = [l for l in read_in_chunks(f, tkns_per_chunk*4)]
+        if file.endswith('.csv'):
+            lines = [l for l in read_in_rows_csv(f, tkns_per_chunk*8)]
+        else:
+            lines = [l for l in read_in_chunks(f, tkns_per_chunk*4)]
     curr_chunk = []
     curr_token_ct = 0
     for i, line in enumerate(lines):
         line = line.rstrip()
         line = line.lstrip()
+        line += '\n'
         try:
             line_token_ct = len(encoding.encode(line))
         except Exception as e: