diff -r 82b144ee09b2 -r b11082bfcb4a licel.py
--- a/licel.py	Thu May 24 15:43:33 2012 +0200
+++ b/licel.py	Mon Jul 16 12:37:33 2012 +0200
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
         channels = {}
         channel_info = []
 
-        f = open(filename, 'r')
+        f = open(filename, 'rb')
 
         #Read the first 3 lines of the header
         raw_info = {}
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
             raw_data = np.fromfile(f, 'l', int(current_channel_info['DataPoints']))
             a = np.fromfile(f, 'b', 1)
             b = np.fromfile(f, 'b', 1)
+
             if (a[0] != 13) | (b[0] != 10):
                 print "Warning: No end of line found after record. File could be corrupt"
             channel = LicelFileChannel(current_channel_info, raw_data)