1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/utils/common/gitscraper.py b/utils/common/gitscraper.py
index 49ef42de13..cfa017aed0 100755
--- a/utils/common/gitscraper.py
+++ b/utils/common/gitscraper.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def get_object(repo, blob, destfile):
         return False
     if not os.path.exists(os.path.dirname(destfile)):
         os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(destfile))
-    f = open(destfile, 'w')
+    f = open(destfile, 'wb')
     for line in cmdout[0]:
         f.write(line)
     f.close()