diff --git a/app/routes.py b/app/routes.py
index ab7e78c..449bf70 100644
--- a/app/routes.py
+++ b/app/routes.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def upload_dump():
     clean_deptname = re.sub(r"[^A-Za-z-]", "", request.form["dept_name"])
     the_file = request.files["file"]
     filename = the_file.filename
-    data = the_file.file.read()
+    data = the_file.read()
 
     try:
         remote_host = socket.gethostbyaddr(remote_addr)[0]