diff --git a/lib/qdistrnd.g b/lib/qdistrnd.g
index e7622bf..18b43a4 100644
--- a/lib/qdistrnd.g
+++ b/lib/qdistrnd.g
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ BindGlobal("ReadMTXE",
                          # iCommentStart, iComment - range of line numbers for comment section
                          
                          infile := InputTextFile(StrPath);                          
-                         input := ReadAll();;                        # read the file in
+                         input := ReadAll(infile);;                        # read the file in
                          CloseStream(infile);                         
                          data := SplitString(input, "\n");;         # separate into lines
                          line := SplitString(data[1], " ");;         # separate into records