diff --git a/api_photo.py b/api_photo.py
index 0bd3a75..ee0bb61 100644
--- a/api_photo.py
+++ b/api_photo.py
@@ -62,14 +62,14 @@ def uploadPhoto(self, photo, caption=None, upload_id=None):
     if not compatibleAspectRatio(getImageSize(photo)):
         self.logger.info('Not compatible photo aspect ratio')
         return False
-    with open(photo, 'rb') as photo_bytes:
-        data = {
-            'upload_id': upload_id,
-            '_uuid': self.uuid,
-            '_csrftoken': self.token,
-            'image_compression': '{"lib_name":"jt","lib_version":"1.3.0","quality":"87"}',
-            'photo': ('pending_media_%s.jpg' % upload_id, photo_bytes, 'application/octet-stream', {'Content-Transfer-Encoding': 'binary'})
-        }
+    
+    data = {
+        'upload_id': upload_id,
+        '_uuid': self.uuid,
+        '_csrftoken': self.token,
+        'image_compression': '{"lib_name":"jt","lib_version":"1.3.0","quality":"87"}',
+        'photo': ('pending_media_%s.jpg' % upload_id, open(photo, 'rb'), 'application/octet-stream', {'Content-Transfer-Encoding': 'binary'})
+    }
         m = MultipartEncoder(data, boundary=self.uuid)
         self.session.headers.update({'X-IG-Capabilities': '3Q4=',
                                      'X-IG-Connection-Type': 'WIFI',