diff --git a/Engine.cc b/Engine.cc
index 621b545..267a89a 100644
--- a/Engine.cc
+++ b/Engine.cc
@@ -471,12 +471,12 @@ FileLoader::Buffer Engine::EngineFileLoader::load(const Path & path)
     int size = getSize(path);
     if (size > 0)
     {
-        int fd = open(file_path.c_str(), O_RDONLY);
-        if (fd > 0)
+        FILE * fp = fopen(file_path.c_str(), "rb");
+        if (fp != NULL)
         {
             Buffer buf(size);
-            int num_read = read(fd, buf.data, size);
-            close(fd);
+            int num_read = fread(buf.data, size, 1, fp);
+            fclose(fp);
             if (num_read > 0)
                 return buf;
         }