diff --git a/scripts/dccsend.py b/scripts/dccsend.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/scripts/dccsend.py
+++ b/scripts/dccsend.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class DCCSend(irc.client.SimpleIRCClient):
         self.receiver = receiver
         self.filename = filename
         self.filesize = os.path.getsize(self.filename)
-        self.file = open(filename)
+        self.file = open(filename, 'rb')
         self.sent_bytes = 0
 
     def on_welcome(self, connection, event):
DCC Send should open files in binary mode