diff --git a/lib/src/main/cpp/libkiwix/manager.cpp b/lib/src/main/cpp/libkiwix/manager.cpp
index 01da4da..5d0bbbf 100644
--- a/lib/src/main/cpp/libkiwix/manager.cpp
+++ b/lib/src/main/cpp/libkiwix/manager.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ METHOD(jboolean, readFile, jstring path)
 {
   auto cPath = TO_C(path);
 
-  return THIS->readFile(cPath);
+  return THIS->readFile(cPath, false);
 } CATCH_EXCEPTION(false)
 
 METHOD(jboolean, readXml, jstring content, jstring libraryPath)