Index: static.py =================================================================== --- static.py (revision 1327) +++ static.py (working copy) @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ raise Http404, '"%s" does not exist' % fullpath else: mimetype = mimetypes.guess_type(fullpath)[0] - return HttpResponse(open(fullpath).read(), mimetype=mimetype) + return HttpResponse(open(fullpath, 'rb').read(), mimetype=mimetype) DEFAULT_DIRECTORY_INDEX_TEMPLATE = """