diff --git a/assetman/compilers.py b/assetman/compilers.py
index 52e2f96..b8ced9a 100644
--- a/assetman/compilers.py
+++ b/assetman/compilers.py
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ def replacer(match):
                 logging.debug('Not inlining %s (%.2fKB)', path, os.stat(path).st_size / KB)
                 return match.group(0)
             else:
-                encoded = base64.b64encode(open(path).read())
+                encoded = base64.b64encode(open(path, 'rb').read())
                 mime_type, _ = mimetypes.guess_type(path)
                 if not mime_type and path.endswith('.otf'):
                     mime_type = 'application/octet-stream'
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f6d2b06..4d11842 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 [project]
 name = "pyassetman"
 description = "assetman assetmanager"
-version = "0.3.0rc1"
+version = "0.3.0rc2"
 authors = [
   { name="Will McCutchen", email="wm@bit.ly" },
 ]
 maintainers = [
   { name="Jehiah Czebotar", email="jehiah@gmail.com"},
-  { name="Josh Harshman", email="josh.harshman@bit.ly"}
+  { name="Josh Harshman", email="josh.harshman@bit.ly"},
+  { name="Oscar Luu", email="oscar.luu@bit.ly"}
 ]
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.8"