1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/autogpts/autogpt/autogpt/models/context_item.py b/autogpts/autogpt/autogpt/models/context_item.py
index 17a2a0b8e..a669bdcc8 100644
--- a/autogpts/autogpt/autogpt/models/context_item.py
+++ b/autogpts/autogpt/autogpt/models/context_item.py
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import logging
+import os.path
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Optional
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 
-from autogpt.commands.file_operations_utils import read_textual_file
+from autogpt.commands.file_operations_utils import decode_textual_file
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -56,7 +57,9 @@ class FileContextItem(BaseModel, ContextItem):
 
     @property
     def content(self) -> str:
-        return read_textual_file(self.file_path, logger)
+        # TODO: use workspace.open_file()
+        with open(self.file_path, "rb") as file:
+            return decode_textual_file(file, os.path.splitext(file.name)[1], logger)
 
 
 class FolderContextItem(BaseModel, ContextItem):