diff --git a/camelot/handlers.py b/camelot/handlers.py
index 6aa3a31..9ec10bb 100644
--- a/camelot/handlers.py
+++ b/camelot/handlers.py
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ class PDFHandler(object):
         if pages == "1":
             page_numbers.append({"start": 1, "end": 1})
         else:
-            infile = PdfFileReader(open(filepath, "rb"), strict=False)
+            instream = open(filepath, "rb")
+            infile = PdfFileReader(instream, strict=False)
             if infile.isEncrypted:
                 infile.decrypt(self.password)
             if pages == "all":
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ class PDFHandler(object):
                         page_numbers.append({"start": int(a), "end": int(b)})
                     else:
                         page_numbers.append({"start": int(r), "end": int(r)})
+            instream.close()
         P = []
         for p in page_numbers:
             P.extend(range(p["start"], p["end"] + 1))
@@ -122,7 +124,8 @@ class PDFHandler(object):
             if rotation != "":
                 fpath_new = "".join([froot.replace("page", "p"), "_rotated", fext])
                 os.rename(fpath, fpath_new)
-                infile = PdfFileReader(open(fpath_new, "rb"), strict=False)
+                instream = open(fpath_new, "rb")
+                infile = PdfFileReader(instream, strict=False)
                 if infile.isEncrypted:
                     infile.decrypt(self.password)
                 outfile = PdfFileWriter()
@@ -134,6 +137,7 @@ class PDFHandler(object):
                 outfile.addPage(p)
                 with open(fpath, "wb") as f:
                     outfile.write(f)
+                instream.close()
 
     def parse(
         self, flavor="lattice", suppress_stdout=False, layout_kwargs={}, **kwargs