diff --git a/lib/compass/actions.rb b/lib/compass/actions.rb
index 95b9b06b..960d6f55 100644
--- a/lib/compass/actions.rb
+++ b/lib/compass/actions.rb
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ module Compass
       options ||= self.options if self.respond_to?(:options)
       skip_write = options[:dry_run]
       if File.exists?(file_name)
-        existing_contents = File.new(file_name).read
+        existing_contents = IO.read(file_name)
         if existing_contents == contents
           logger.record :identical, basename(file_name)
           skip_write = true
@@ -105,4 +105,4 @@ module Compass
     end
 
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end