diff --git a/oml/library.py b/oml/library.py
index 09cc474..90798aa 100644
--- a/oml/library.py
+++ b/oml/library.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-import codecs
 import json
 import os
 import time
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ class Peer(object):
     def apply_log(self):
         changes = []
         if os.path.exists(self._logpath):
-            with codecs.open(self._logpath, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as fd:
+            with open(self._logpath, 'r', encoding='utf-8', newline='\n') as fd:
                 for line in fd:
                     if line:
                         try: