diff --git a/cowrie/insults/insults.py b/cowrie/insults/insults.py
index 6e760754..4de8e705 100644
--- a/cowrie/insults/insults.py
+++ b/cowrie/insults/insults.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class LoggingServerProtocol(insults.ServerProtocol):
             return
 
         if self.stdinlog_open:
-            with file(self.stdinlog_file, 'ab') as f:
+            with open(self.stdinlog_file, 'ab') as f:
                 f.write(data)
         elif self.ttylog_open:
             ttylog.ttylog_write(self.ttylog_file, len(data),
diff --git a/cowrie/ssh/userauth.py b/cowrie/ssh/userauth.py
index 3bcd50f6..b5f5a342 100644
--- a/cowrie/ssh/userauth.py
+++ b/cowrie/ssh/userauth.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class HoneyPotSSHUserAuthServer(userauth.SSHUserAuthServer):
         try:
             honeyfs = self.portal.realm.cfg.get('honeypot', 'contents_path')
             issuefile = honeyfs + "/etc/issue.net"
-            data = file(issuefile).read()
+            data = open(issuefile).read()
         except IOError:
             return
         if not data or not len(data.strip()):