diff --git a/.devcontainer/requirements-dev.txt b/.devcontainer/requirements-dev.txt
index d1ae8c0..54f8f2d 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/.devcontainer/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ pyfakefs
 iterfzf
 hugchat
 mistralai
+binaryornot
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3164805..6bf89af 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "iterfzf==1.4.0.51.0",
   "hugchat==0.4.8",
   "mistralai==0.4.2",
+  "binaryornot==0.4.4",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
diff --git a/src/fish_ai/codify.py b/src/fish_ai/codify.py
index 819bdb3..e6aff9a 100644
--- a/src/fish_ai/codify.py
+++ b/src/fish_ai/codify.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from re import match
 from fish_ai import engine
 import textwrap
+from binaryornot.check import is_binary
 
 
 def get_instructions(commandline):
@@ -47,13 +48,12 @@ def get_instructions(commandline):
     ]
     (filename, file_contents) = get_file_info(commandline)
     if filename:
-        instructions.append({
-            'role': 'user',
-            'content': textwrap.dedent('''\
+        instructions[-1]['content'] = instructions[-1]['content'] + \
+            textwrap.dedent('''\
+
             The content of the file {} is'
 
-            {}''').format(filename, '\n'.join(file_contents))
-        })
+            {}''').format(filename, file_contents)
     return instructions
 
 
@@ -70,9 +70,11 @@ def get_file_info(commandline):
             continue
         if not access(filename, R_OK):
             continue
+        if is_binary(filename):
+            continue
         with open(filename, 'r') as file:
             engine.get_logger().debug('Loading file: ' + filename)
-            return filename, file.readlines(3072)
+            return filename, file.read(3072)
     return None, None