diff --git a/code/modules/DMAPI/yawnDMAPI.dm b/code/modules/DMAPI/yawnDMAPI.dm
index 9518cf468b..87f7ecf331 100644
--- a/code/modules/DMAPI/yawnDMAPI.dm
+++ b/code/modules/DMAPI/yawnDMAPI.dm
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 /datum/server_tools_command/readfax/Run(sender, params)
 	var/list/all_params = splittext(params, " ")
 	var/faxid = all_params[1]
-	var/savefile/F = new()
-	var/faxfile = file("[config.fax_export_dir]/fax_[faxid].html")
-	var/faxmsg = F.ImportText("/",faxfile)
+	var/faxmsg = ""
+	file("[config.fax_export_dir]/fax_[faxid].html") >> faxmsg
 	return "FAX: ```[url_encode(faxmsg)]```"
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