diff --git a/src/App/FreeCADInit.py b/src/App/FreeCADInit.py
index bb09e479e7..f2a80ed777 100644
--- a/src/App/FreeCADInit.py
+++ b/src/App/FreeCADInit.py
@@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ def InitApplications():
         InstallFile = os.path.join(Dir,"Init.py")
         if (os.path.exists(InstallFile)):
             try:
-                with open(file=InstallFile, encoding="utf-8") as f:
-                    exec(f.read())
+                with open(InstallFile, 'rt', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+                    exec(compile(f.read(), InstallFile, 'exec'))
             except Exception as inst:
                 Log('Init:      Initializing ' + Dir + '... failed\n')
                 Log('-'*100+'\n')
diff --git a/src/Gui/FreeCADGuiInit.py b/src/Gui/FreeCADGuiInit.py
index 84cebe5689..5f176d78ac 100644
--- a/src/Gui/FreeCADGuiInit.py
+++ b/src/Gui/FreeCADGuiInit.py
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ def InitApplications():
         InstallFile = os.path.join(Dir,"InitGui.py")
         if os.path.exists(InstallFile):
             try:
-                with open(file=InstallFile, encoding="utf-8") as f:
-                    exec(f.read())
+                with open(InstallFile, 'rt', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+                    exec(compile(f.read(), InstallFile, 'exec'))
             except Exception as inst:
                 Log('Init:      Initializing ' + Dir + '... failed\n')
                 Log('-'*100+'\n')