diff --git a/easycloud/core/metaconfmanager.py b/easycloud/core/metaconfmanager.py
index 7d6fb6e1079aa7d4d1dc81c86fd08a20be0e1b84..69ffb10cfd7712bbbfbf8dcfcfe0471262d7ad53 100755
--- a/easycloud/core/metaconfmanager.py
+++ b/easycloud/core/metaconfmanager.py
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ class MetaConfManager(ABC):
             self._config_file = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), os.pardir, "modules", platform, "settings.cfg")
         else:
             self._config_file = config_file
-        self.parser.read(self._config_file)
+
+        self.parser.read(open(self._config_file, "r"))
+
         self.read_login_data()
         self.read_platform_options()
         self.read_options()