diff --git a/spec2nii/spec2nii.py b/spec2nii/spec2nii.py
index d06c93e..7ba6526 100644
--- a/spec2nii/spec2nii.py
+++ b/spec2nii/spec2nii.py
@@ -467,9 +467,9 @@ def auto(self, args):
                         sorted(args.file.rglob('*.IMA')) + \
                         sorted(args.file.rglob('*.ima')) + \
                         sorted(args.file.rglob('*.dcm'))
-                    file = pdcm.read_file(files_in[0])
+                    file = pdcm.dcmread(files_in[0])
                 else:
-                    file = pdcm.read_file(args.file)
+                    file = pdcm.dcmread(args.file)
 
                 manufacturer = file.Manufacturer
                 setattr(args, 'tag', None)