diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Decompiler/src/decompile/cpp/sleigh.cc b/Ghidra/Features/Decompiler/src/decompile/cpp/sleigh.cc
index 471b99199a..ba1a3b22c4 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Decompiler/src/decompile/cpp/sleigh.cc
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Decompiler/src/decompile/cpp/sleigh.cc
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ void Sleigh::initialize(DocumentStorage &store)
     if (el == (const Element *)0)
       throw LowlevelError("Could not find sleigh tag");
     sla::FormatDecode decoder(this);
-    ifstream s(el->getContent());
+    ifstream s(el->getContent(), std::ios_base::binary);
     if (!s)
       throw LowlevelError("Could not open .sla file: " + el->getContent());
     decoder.ingestStream(s);