diff --git a/examples/llamarine/app.py b/examples/llamarine/app.py
index 632a6e5d4..1723fb794 100644
--- a/examples/llamarine/app.py
+++ b/examples/llamarine/app.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def main(use_domain_lm: bool = False):
 
     if 'agent_solutions' not in st.session_state:
         if os.path.exists(OUTPUT_FILE_PATH):
-            with open(file=OUTPUT_FILE_PATH, mode='r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+            with open(file=OUTPUT_FILE_PATH, encoding='utf-8') as f:
                 st.session_state.agent_solutions: defaultdict[str, str] = defaultdict(str, json.loads(f.read()))
         else:
             st.session_state.agent_solutions: defaultdict[str, str] = defaultdict(str)