diff --git a/php/elFinderVolumeLocalFileSystem.class.php b/php/elFinderVolumeLocalFileSystem.class.php
index abacb2da7..39b69b7d4 100644
--- a/php/elFinderVolumeLocalFileSystem.class.php
+++ b/php/elFinderVolumeLocalFileSystem.class.php
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ class elFinderVolumeLocalFileSystem extends elFinderVolumeDriver {
 	 * @author Dmitry (dio) Levashov
 	 **/
 	protected function _fopen($path, $mode='rb') {
-		return @fopen($path, 'r');
+		return @fopen($path, $mode);
 	}
 	
 	/**