diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a28d0076939eaec09a1953c3f9fda250e58b4b88..9304e5551d305ffd6698e088ae75bbbdb6c79199 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 import sys
 
 version = open("version.txt").read().rstrip()
-requirements = [k.strip() for k in open("requirements.txt".read().split()]
+requirements = [k.strip() for k in open("requirements.txt").read().split()]
 
 setup(
     name='gridtk',