diff --git a/tests/app/tests/test_webpack.py b/tests/app/tests/test_webpack.py
index 264d4817..0c22721f 100644
--- a/tests/app/tests/test_webpack.py
+++ b/tests/app/tests/test_webpack.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def test_simple_and_css_extract(self):
 
         chunks = assets['chunks']
         self.assertIn('main', chunks)
-        self.assertEquals(len(chunks), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(len(chunks), 1)
 
         main = chunks['main']
         self.assertEqual(main[0]['path'], os.path.join(settings.BASE_DIR, 'assets/bundles/main.js'))
diff --git a/webpack_loader/utils.py b/webpack_loader/utils.py
index f1fe5ee8..546b6443 100644
--- a/webpack_loader/utils.py
+++ b/webpack_loader/utils.py
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ def get_config(config_name):
 
 def get_assets(config):
     try:
-        return json.loads(open(config['STATS_FILE']).read())
+        with open(config['STATS_FILE']) as f:
+            return json.load(f)
     except IOError:
         raise IOError(
             'Error reading {}. Are you sure webpack has generated the file '