diff --git a/compiler/tests/30_openram_test.py b/compiler/tests/30_openram_test.py
index 51546ae3..81864840 100755
--- a/compiler/tests/30_openram_test.py
+++ b/compiler/tests/30_openram_test.py
@@ -64,10 +64,13 @@ class openram_test(openram_test):
         self.assertTrue(len(files)>0)
 
         # grep any errors from the output
-        output = open("{0}/output.log".format(out_path),"r").read()
+        output_log = open("{0}/output.log".format(out_path),"r")
+        output = output_log.read()
+        output_log.close()
         self.assertEqual(len(re.findall('ERROR',output)),0)
         self.assertEqual(len(re.findall('WARNING',output)),0)
 
+
         # now clean up the directory
         if os.path.exists(out_path):
             shutil.rmtree(out_path, ignore_errors=True)