diff --git a/datapaka b/datapaka
index 431ddcb..780f6d8 100755
--- a/datapaka
+++ b/datapaka
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ for filepath in csv_files:
     slug = input("  Slug for this file? [%s]" % default_slug)
     resource_name = slug or default_slug
     with open(filepath, 'rb') as f:
-        headers = [s.decode("utf-8") for s in f.readline().rstrip('\n').split(',')]
+        headers = [s.decode("utf-8") for s in f.readline().rstrip(b'\n').split(b',')]
         values = csv.reader(f, encoding="utf-8")
         print("  Inferring column types, this might take a bit...")
         schema = infer(headers, values)
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ for filepath in csv_files:
             }
         )
 
-out = json.dumps(dp.to_dict(), ensure_ascii=False, encoding='utf-8', indent=2)
+out = json.dumps(dp.to_dict(), ensure_ascii=False, indent=2)
 
 if not os.path.exists('datapackage.json'):
     outfilename = 'datapackage.json'