diff --git a/commodity.py b/commodity.py
index 8d4e0094..53c8a3e4 100644
--- a/commodity.py
+++ b/commodity.py
@@ -55,6 +55,6 @@ def export(data, kind=COMMODITY_DEFAULT, filename=None):
             line = sep.join([line, str(int(commodity['meanPrice'])), str(commodity['id']), data['timestamp'] + '\n'])
         else:
             line = sep.join([line, data['timestamp'] + '\n'])
-        h.write(line.encode('utf-8'))
+        h.write(line)
 
     h.close()
diff --git a/companion.py b/companion.py
index 80c16bbc..e7e9e6ab 100644
--- a/companion.py
+++ b/companion.py
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ def fixup(data):
     if not commodity_map:
         # Lazily populate
         for f in ['commodity.csv', 'rare_commodity.csv']:
-            with open(join(config.respath, f), 'rb') as csvfile:
+            with open(join(config.respath, f), 'r') as csvfile:
                 reader = csv.DictReader(csvfile)
                 for row in reader:
                     commodity_map[row['symbol']] = (row['category'], row['name'])