diff --git a/debian/debian_config_common.py b/debian/debian_config_common.py
index 9320375..92f5cba 100644
--- a/debian/debian_config_common.py
+++ b/debian/debian_config_common.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import hobo.logger
 
 DEBUG = False
 
-SECRET_KEY = file('/etc/%s/secret' % PROJECT_NAME).read()
+SECRET_KEY = open('/etc/%s/secret' % PROJECT_NAME).read()
 
 ADMINS = (
         ('Tous', 'root@localhost'),