diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 76a568f32..c0903172e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 The intended audience of this file is for py42 consumers -- as such, changes that don't affect
 how a consumer would use the library (e.g. adding unit tests, updating documentation, etc) are not captured here.
 
+
+## 0.4.2 - 2020-03-13
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Bug where encoding would cause an error when opening files on python2.
+
 ## 0.4.1 - 2020-03-13
 
 ### Fixed
@@ -16,7 +23,6 @@ how a consumer would use the library (e.g. adding unit tests, updating documenta
 - Bug where `profile show` indicated a password was set for a different profile.
 - We now validate credentials when setting a password.
 
-
 ### Changed
 
 - Date inputs are now required to be in quotes when they include a time.
diff --git a/src/code42cli/__version__.py b/src/code42cli/__version__.py
index 3d26edf77..df1243329 100644
--- a/src/code42cli/__version__.py
+++ b/src/code42cli/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.4.1"
+__version__ = "0.4.2"
diff --git a/src/code42cli/compat.py b/src/code42cli/compat.py
index 9a94559a9..29b9c6872 100644
--- a/src/code42cli/compat.py
+++ b/src/code42cli/compat.py
@@ -15,11 +15,14 @@
     from urlparse import urljoin, urlparse
 
     str = unicode
+    import io
+    open = io.open
 
     import repr as reprlib
 else:
     from urllib.parse import urljoin, urlparse
 
     str = str
+    open = open
 
     import reprlib
diff --git a/src/code42cli/util.py b/src/code42cli/util.py
index 81fb48136..0df4c3a8a 100644
--- a/src/code42cli/util.py
+++ b/src/code42cli/util.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import sys
 from os import path, makedirs
+from code42cli.compat import open
 
 
 def get_input(prompt):