diff --git a/find_duplicate_files/find_duplicate_files.py b/find_duplicate_files/find_duplicate_files.py
index 03ef789..0837a13 100644
--- a/find_duplicate_files/find_duplicate_files.py
+++ b/find_duplicate_files/find_duplicate_files.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class find_duplicate_files:
                 if not file.name.startswith('.'):
                     if file.is_file():
                         hash = hashlib.sha256()
-                        with open(file.name, 'r') as file_pointer:
+                        with open(file.path, 'r') as file_pointer:
                             file_content = file_pointer.read()
                             hash.update(file_content)
                             files[hash.hexdigest()] = file.path