diff --git a/Il2CppInspector.Common/FileFormatReaders/FileFormatReader.cs b/Il2CppInspector.Common/FileFormatReaders/FileFormatReader.cs
index ec62d23..975bc34 100644
--- a/Il2CppInspector.Common/FileFormatReaders/FileFormatReader.cs
+++ b/Il2CppInspector.Common/FileFormatReaders/FileFormatReader.cs
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ namespace Il2CppInspector
         }
 
         public static T Load(string filename, EventHandler<string> statusCallback = null) {
-            using var stream = new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
+            using var stream = new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read);
             return Load(stream, statusCallback);
         }
 
diff --git a/Il2CppInspector.Common/IL2CPP/Il2CppInspector.cs b/Il2CppInspector.Common/IL2CPP/Il2CppInspector.cs
index 07a0158..bcc3285 100644
--- a/Il2CppInspector.Common/IL2CPP/Il2CppInspector.cs
+++ b/Il2CppInspector.Common/IL2CPP/Il2CppInspector.cs
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ namespace Il2CppInspector
 
         // Load from a binary file and metadata file
         public static List<Il2CppInspector> LoadFromFile(string binaryFile, string metadataFile, bool silent = false)
-            => LoadFromStream(new FileStream(binaryFile, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read),
+            => LoadFromStream(new FileStream(binaryFile, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read),
                                 new MemoryStream(File.ReadAllBytes(metadataFile)),
                                 silent);