1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/git_refs.py b/git_refs.py
index 4dd68769..3c266061 100644
--- a/git_refs.py
+++ b/git_refs.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class GitRefs(object):
   def _ReadPackedRefs(self):
     path = os.path.join(self._gitdir, 'packed-refs')
     try:
-      fd = open(path, 'rb')
+      fd = open(path, 'r')
       mtime = os.path.getmtime(path)
     except IOError:
       return