diff --git a/file.py b/file.py
index b7f9f27..31c6594 100644
--- a/file.py
+++ b/file.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 
-from PyQt6.QtWidgets import QWidget, QLabel, QFileDialog
+from PyQt6.QtWidgets import QWidget, QPlainTextEdit, QFileDialog, QVBoxLayout
 
 
 class FileActions:
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class File:
         self.path = path
         self.name = name
 
-        file = open(path, "r")
+        file = open(path, "rb")
         file_content = file.read()
         file.close()
 
@@ -34,8 +34,13 @@ class File:
 
         # the widget that contains all the file content
         self.content_widget = QWidget(self.app.main_window.openFileTabs)
-        self.content_label = QLabel(self.content_widget)  # the label for the text in the file
-        self.content_label.setText(file_content)
+        self.content_widget_layout = QVBoxLayout()
+
+        self.content_binary_input = QPlainTextEdit(self.content_widget)
+        self.content_widget_layout.addWidget(self.content_binary_input)
+        self.content_binary_input.setPlainText(self.app.utils.bstring_to_oz(file_content))
+
+        self.content_widget.setLayout(self.content_widget_layout)
 
         self.app.main_window.openFileTabs.addTab(  # add a tab for the file in the top files list
             self.content_widget,
diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index ee7ea9b..2ce17a7 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -10,3 +10,8 @@ class Utils:
         self.app = app
 
         self.home_path = str(Path.home())
+
+    def bstring_to_oz(self, data):  # convert binary data to a string of ones and zeros (oz)
+        oz_string = " ".join([format(byte, "08b") for byte in data])
+
+        return oz_string