diff --git a/headphones/__init__.py b/headphones/__init__.py
index 2952e0af..9f1a6b6d 100644
--- a/headphones/__init__.py
+++ b/headphones/__init__.py
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ def daemonize():
     except OSError as e:
         raise RuntimeError("2nd fork failed: %s [%d]", e.strerror, e.errno)
 
-    dev_null = file('/dev/null', 'r')
+    dev_null = open('/dev/null', 'r')
     os.dup2(dev_null.fileno(), sys.stdin.fileno())
 
     si = open('/dev/null', "r")
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ def daemonize():
 
     if CREATEPID:
         logger.info("Writing PID %d to %s", pid, PIDFILE)
-        with file(PIDFILE, 'w') as fp:
+        with open(PIDFILE, 'w') as fp:
             fp.write("%s\n" % pid)