diff --git a/wikipedia_views/scripts/fetch_daily_views.py b/wikipedia_views/scripts/fetch_daily_views.py
index 18bc01f..ab824c2 100755
--- a/wikipedia_views/scripts/fetch_daily_views.py
+++ b/wikipedia_views/scripts/fetch_daily_views.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def main():
 
     with open(articleFile, 'r') as infile:
         next(infile) #skip header
-        articleList = infile
+        articleList = list(infile)
 
         j = []