diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 568ddcc..fa94c9c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-### NOTE: This project is no longer actively maintained.
+# Why does this fork exist?
+To fix the `rU` -> `r` in file reads. `rU` is now deprecated. 
 
 # PyReact
 
diff --git a/react/jsx.py b/react/jsx.py
index 070c6f4..fafe2ea 100644
--- a/react/jsx.py
+++ b/react/jsx.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class JSXTransformer(object):
 
     def __init__(self):
         path = react.source.path_for('JSXTransformer.js')
-        with open(path, 'rU') as f:
+        with open(path, 'r') as f:
             self.context = execjs.compile(f.read())
 
     def transform_string(self, jsx, harmony=False, strip_types=False):
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def transform_string(self, jsx, harmony=False, strip_types=False):
         return js
 
     def transform(self, jsx_path, js_path=None, **kwargs):
-        with open(jsx_path, 'rU') as i:
+        with open(jsx_path, 'r') as i:
             js = self.transform_string(i.read(), **kwargs)
             if js_path:
                 with open(js_path, 'wb') as o:
diff --git a/react/test/jsx.py b/react/test/jsx.py
index bd749bf..8a5751e 100644
--- a/react/test/jsx.py
+++ b/react/test/jsx.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def test_transform(self):
         jsx_path = join(TEST_ROOT, 'files/test.jsx')
         js_path = join(TEST_ROOT, 'files/test.js')
 
-        with open(js_path, 'rU') as js:
+        with open(js_path, 'r') as js:
             self.assertEquals(
                 jsx.transform(jsx_path),
                 unicode(js.read()))