diff --git a/train.py b/train.py
index 7a626977..40750e0c 100644
--- a/train.py
+++ b/train.py
@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@ def train(opt):
     histories = {}
     if opt.start_from is not None:
         # open old infos and check if models are compatible
-        with open(os.path.join(opt.start_from, 'infos_'+opt.id+'.pkl')) as f:
+        with open(os.path.join(opt.start_from, 'infos_'+opt.id+'.pkl'), 'rb') as f:
             infos = cPickle.load(f)
             saved_model_opt = infos['opt']
             need_be_same=["caption_model", "rnn_type", "rnn_size", "num_layers"]
             for checkme in need_be_same:
                 assert vars(saved_model_opt)[checkme] == vars(opt)[checkme], "Command line argument and saved model disagree on '%s' " % checkme
 
-        if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(opt.start_from, 'histories_'+opt.id+'.pkl')):
+        if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(opt.start_from, 'histories_'+opt.id+'.pkl'), 'rb'):
             with open(os.path.join(opt.start_from, 'histories_'+opt.id+'.pkl')) as f:
                 histories = cPickle.load(f)