diff --git a/smem b/smem
index 0cbd925..0222631 100755
--- a/smem
+++ b/smem
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class procdata(object):
     def _list(self):
         return os.listdir(self.source + "/proc")
     def _read(self, f):
-        return file(self.source + '/proc/' + f).read()
+        return open(self.source + '/proc/' + f).read()
     def _readlines(self, f):
         return self._read(f).splitlines(True)
     def _stat(self, f):