diff --git a/pelican/readers.py b/pelican/readers.py
index 1916fa1e..d05ab40f 100644
--- a/pelican/readers.py
+++ b/pelican/readers.py
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ except ImportError:
     Markdown = False  # NOQA
 import re
 
-from htmlparser import HTMLParser
+import cgi
+from HTMLParser import HTMLParser
 
 from pelican.contents import Category, Tag, Author
 from pelican.utils import get_date, open
diff --git a/pelican/utils.py b/pelican/utils.py
index 0940bf72..088a8faa 100644
--- a/pelican/utils.py
+++ b/pelican/utils.py
@@ -34,10 +34,15 @@ def get_date(string):
     raise ValueError("'%s' is not a valid date" % string)
 
 
-def open(filename):
+class open(object):
     """Open a file and return it's content"""
-    return _open(filename, encoding='utf-8').read()
+    def __init__(self, filename):
+        self.filename = filename
+    def __enter__(self):
+        return _open(self.filename, encoding='utf-8').read()
 
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback):
+        pass
 
 def slugify(value):
     """