diff --git a/pvr.iptvsimple/addon.xml.in b/pvr.iptvsimple/addon.xml.in
index 37e2dc8d..c6290c1a 100644
--- a/pvr.iptvsimple/addon.xml.in
+++ b/pvr.iptvsimple/addon.xml.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <addon
   id="pvr.iptvsimple"
-  version="21.8.4"
+  version="21.8.5"
   name="IPTV Simple Client"
   provider-name="nightik and Ross Nicholson">
   <requires>@ADDON_DEPENDS@
diff --git a/pvr.iptvsimple/changelog.txt b/pvr.iptvsimple/changelog.txt
index 9165ba47..8fc3a2be 100644
--- a/pvr.iptvsimple/changelog.txt
+++ b/pvr.iptvsimple/changelog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+v21.8.5
+- Update FileReader open mode so it is compatible with Kodi Omega
+
 v21.8.4
 - Translations updates from Weblate
 	- af_za, am_et, ar_sa, ast_es, az_az, be_by, bg_bg, bs_ba, ca_es, cs_cz, cy_gb, da_dk, de_de, el_gr, en_au, en_nz, en_us, eo, es_ar, es_es, es_mx, et_ee, eu_es, fa_af, fa_ir, fi_fi, fo_fo, fr_ca, fr_fr, gl_es, he_il, hi_in, hr_hr, hu_hu, hy_am, id_id, is_is, it_it, ja_jp, ko_kr, lt_lt, lv_lv, mi, mk_mk, ml_in, mn_mn, ms_my, mt_mt, my_mm, nb_no, nl_nl, pl_pl, pt_br, pt_pt, ro_ro, ru_ru, si_lk, sk_sk, sl_si, sq_al, sr_rs, sr_rs@latin, sv_se, szl, ta_in, te_in, tg_tj, th_th, tr_tr, uk_ua, uz_uz, vi_vn, zh_cn, zh_tw
diff --git a/src/iptvsimple/utilities/FileUtils.cpp b/src/iptvsimple/utilities/FileUtils.cpp
index 05e2a346..78beb88a 100644
--- a/src/iptvsimple/utilities/FileUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/iptvsimple/utilities/FileUtils.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ int FileUtils::GetFileContents(const std::string& url, std::string& content)
 {
   content.clear();
   kodi::vfs::CFile file;
-  if (file.OpenFile(url))
+  if (file.OpenFile(url, ADDON_READ_NO_CACHE | ADDON_READ_TRUNCATED | ADDON_READ_BITRATE))
   {
     char buffer[1024];
     while (int bytesRead = file.Read(buffer, 1024))