diff --git a/exec/syncjslint.js b/exec/syncjslint.js
index 989819b3184c341e07cfeb010f1fb98e69c16d71..7b771dc0b43fc464867faeb06df86fc84d0975f3 100644
--- a/exec/syncjslint.js
+++ b/exec/syncjslint.js
@@ -5255,7 +5255,7 @@ function SYNCJSLINT(argc, argv)
 		var m;
 
 		writeln("Loading "+fname);
-		if(f.open("r")) {
+		if(f.open("r",65535)) {
 			all_lines=f.readAll();
 			for(i=0; i<all_lines.length; i++) {
 				lines.splice(pos+offset+i, 0, all_lines[i]);