diff --git a/hw-uri.cabal b/hw-uri.cabal
--- a/hw-uri.cabal
+++ b/hw-uri.cabal
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cabal-version:          2.4
 
 name:                   hw-uri
-version:                0.2.0.0
+version:                0.2.0.1
 synopsis:               Supports IO on URIs
 description:            Supports IO on URIs.
 homepage:               https://github.com/haskell-works/hw-uri
diff --git a/src/HaskellWorks/Data/Uri/IO/Lazy.hs b/src/HaskellWorks/Data/Uri/IO/Lazy.hs
--- a/src/HaskellWorks/Data/Uri/IO/Lazy.hs
+++ b/src/HaskellWorks/Data/Uri/IO/Lazy.hs
@@ -78,10 +78,14 @@
 readResource :: (MonadResource m, MonadCatch m) => AWS.Env -> Location -> m (Either UriError LBS.ByteString)
 readResource envAws = \case
   S3 s3Uri        -> getS3Uri envAws s3Uri
-  Local path      -> liftIO $ do
-    fileExists <- IO.doesFileExist path
+  Local path      -> do
+    fileExists <- liftIO $ IO.doesFileExist path
     if fileExists
-      then Right <$> LBS.readFile path
+      then do
+        h <- liftIO $ IO.openFile path IO.ReadMode
+        void $ register (IO.hClose h)
+        lbs <- liftIO $ LBS.hGetContents h
+        return (Right lbs)
       else pure (Left NotFound)
   HttpUri httpUri -> liftIO $ readHttpUri httpUri