3 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/utils/__init__.py b/src/utils/__init__.py
index 55129137..3a4b71c0 100644
--- a/src/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/src/utils/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import contextlib, enum, ipaddress, multiprocessing, os.path, queue, signal
 import threading, typing
-from . import cli, consts, datetime, decorators, irc, http, parse, security
+from . import cli, consts, datetime, decorators, io, irc, http, parse, security
 
 from .decorators import export, hook, kwarg, spec
 from .settings import (BoolSetting, FunctionSetting, IntRangeSetting,
diff --git a/src/utils/io.py b/src/utils/io.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ff565849
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/io.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import io
+
+def open(path: str, mode: str):
+    return io.open(path, mode=mode, encoding="utf8")
diff --git a/src/utils/parse/__init__.py b/src/utils/parse/__init__.py
index 28f074c2..262edf4a 100644
--- a/src/utils/parse/__init__.py
+++ b/src/utils/parse/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import decimal, io, re, typing
-from src.utils import datetime, errors
+import decimal, re, typing
+from src.utils import datetime, errors, io
 
 from .spec import *
 from .time import duration
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ COMMENT_TYPES = ["#", "//"]
 def hashflags(filename: str
         ) -> typing.List[typing.Tuple[str, typing.Optional[str]]]:
     hashflags = [] # type: typing.List[typing.Tuple[str, typing.Optional[str]]]
-    with io.open(filename, mode="r", encoding="utf8") as f:
+    with io.open(filename, "r") as f:
         for line in f:
             line = line.strip("\n")
             found = False