diff --git a/aimodel/src/lib/io/readfile.py b/aimodel/src/lib/io/readfile.py
index e11c780..90db442 100644
--- a/aimodel/src/lib/io/readfile.py
+++ b/aimodel/src/lib/io/readfile.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import io
 from .handle_open import handle_open
 
 def readfile(filepath, transparent_gzip=True):
-	handle = io.open(filepath, "r") if transparent_gzip else handle_open(filepath, "r")
+	handle = handle_open(filepath, "r") if transparent_gzip else io.open(filepath, "r")
 	content = handle.read()
 	handle.close()
 	return content
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