diff --git a/src/gui/qt/styles/carddeckstylereader.cpp b/src/gui/qt/styles/carddeckstylereader.cpp
index 1360c247..1d7d67ab 100644
--- a/src/gui/qt/styles/carddeckstylereader.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/qt/styles/carddeckstylereader.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ void CardDeckStyleReader::readStyleFile(QString file) {
 	}
 
 	QFile myFile(currentFileName);
-	myFile.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text);
+	myFile.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly);
 	fileContent = myFile.readAll();
 
 	QFileInfo info(currentFileName);
diff --git a/src/gui/qt/styles/gametablestylereader.cpp b/src/gui/qt/styles/gametablestylereader.cpp
index 90d48c05..e03dd084 100644
--- a/src/gui/qt/styles/gametablestylereader.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/qt/styles/gametablestylereader.cpp
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ void GameTableStyleReader::readStyleFile(QString file) {
 	}
 
 	QFile myFile(currentFileName);
-	myFile.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text);
+	myFile.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly);
 	fileContent = myFile.readAll();	
 
 	QFileInfo info(currentFileName);