diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8a7f77d89..3a5a62143 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
 	* Fix torrent name being blank when renaming root folder to /
 
 ==== GtkUI ====
-	* replace & with & in the details tab to ensure there are no markup errors
+	* Replace & with & in the details tab to ensure there are no markup errors
 	* Consider 0 unlimited when displaying limits in the statusbar
+	* Fix adding torrents when not showing the add torrent dialog in Windows
 
 ==== Web ====
 	* Fix #1046 changing auto managed via the details tab
diff --git a/deluge/ui/gtkui/ipcinterface.py b/deluge/ui/gtkui/ipcinterface.py
index ba2f7c789..2ee48fd21 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/gtkui/ipcinterface.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/gtkui/ipcinterface.py
@@ -163,4 +163,4 @@ def process_args(args):
                 component.get("AddTorrentDialog").show(config["focus_add_dialog"])
             else:
                 path = os.path.abspath(arg)
-                client.core.add_torrent_file(os.path.split(path)[-1], base64.encodestring(open(path).read()), None)
+                client.core.add_torrent_file(os.path.split(path)[-1], base64.encodestring(open(path, "rb").read()), None)