diff --git a/retraining-example.py b/retraining-example.py
index 6ca1dd1..9d084ce 100644
--- a/retraining-example.py
+++ b/retraining-example.py
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ def run_inference_on_image():
         predictions = np.squeeze(predictions)
 
         top_k = predictions.argsort()[-5:][::-1]  # Getting top 5 predictions
-        f = open(labelsFullPath, 'rb')
+        f = open(labelsFullPath, 'r')
         lines = f.readlines()
-        labels = [str(w).replace("\n", "") for w in lines]
+        labels = [w.replace("\n", "") for w in lines]
         for node_id in top_k:
             human_string = labels[node_id]
             score = predictions[node_id]