diff --git a/skins_updater.lua b/skins_updater.lua
index e349e99..22f3486 100644
--- a/skins_updater.lua
+++ b/skins_updater.lua
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ end
 
 -- Insecure workaround since meta/ and textures/ cannot be written to
 local function unsafe_file_write(path, contents)
-	local f = ie.io.open(path, "w")
+	local f = ie.io.open(path, "wb")
 	f:write(contents)
 	f:close()
 end