diff --git a/lineage-updater b/lineage-updater
index 8539549..7f142ab 100755
--- a/lineage-updater
+++ b/lineage-updater
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/python3
 
 import os
 import sys
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def args_parse():
     return args
 
 def file_hash(pathname):
-    f = open(pathname)
+    f = open(pathname, 'rb')
     buf = f.read()
     f.close()
     hasher = hashlib.sha1()