diff --git a/pelican/generators.py b/pelican/generators.py
index 47ebb941..9d5607e2 100644
--- a/pelican/generators.py
+++ b/pelican/generators.py
@@ -375,7 +375,8 @@ class PdfGenerator(Generator):
             filename = obj.slug + ".pdf"
             output_pdf=os.path.join(output_path, filename)
             # print "Generating pdf for", obj.filename, " in ", output_pdf
-            self.pdfcreator.createPdf(text=open(obj.filename), output=output_pdf)
+            with open(obj.filename) as f:
+                self.pdfcreator.createPdf(text=f, output=output_pdf)
             info(u' [ok] writing %s' % output_pdf)
 
     def generate_context(self):
diff --git a/pelican/readers.py b/pelican/readers.py
index 814f81d2..c4c12280 100644
--- a/pelican/readers.py
+++ b/pelican/readers.py
@@ -121,20 +121,20 @@ class HtmlReader(Reader):
 
     def read(self, filename):
         """Parse content and metadata of (x)HTML files"""
-        content = open(filename)
-        metadata = {'title':'unnamed'}
-        for i in self._re.findall(content):
-            key = i.split(':')[0][5:].strip()
-            value = i.split(':')[-1][:-3].strip()
-            name = key.lower()
-            metadata[name] = self.process_metadata(name, value)
-
-        return content, metadata
+        with open(filename) as content:
+            metadata = {'title': 'unnamed'}
+            for i in self._re.findall(content):
+                key = i.split(':')[0][5:].strip()
+                value = i.split(':')[-1][:-3].strip()
+                name = key.lower()
+                metadata[name] = self.process_metadata(name, value)
 
+            return content, metadata
 
 
 _EXTENSIONS = dict((cls.extension, cls) for cls in Reader.__subclasses__())
 
+
 def read_file(filename, fmt=None, settings=None):
     """Return a reader object using the given format."""
     if not fmt: