diff --git a/tools/marvin/marvin/deployDataCenter.py b/tools/marvin/marvin/deployDataCenter.py
index 95417ae507f..4e23a6a5d45 100644
--- a/tools/marvin/marvin/deployDataCenter.py
+++ b/tools/marvin/marvin/deployDataCenter.py
@@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@ class DeleteDataCenters:
             print("\n====DeployDC: CleanUp Started====")
             ret = FAILED
             if self.__dcCfgFile:
-                file_to_read = open(self.__dcCfgFile, 'r')
+                file_to_read = open(self.__dcCfgFile, 'rb')
                 if file_to_read:
                     self.__dcCfg = pickle.load(file_to_read)
             if self.__dcCfg: