diff --git a/src/config_parser.cpp b/src/config_parser.cpp
index c4af404..1525c5c 100644
--- a/src/config_parser.cpp
+++ b/src/config_parser.cpp
@@ -116,8 +116,7 @@
 void Parser::setFile(const fs::path& filePath)
 {
     this->filePath = filePath;
-    std::fstream stream;
-    stream.open(filePath.string(), std::fstream::in);
+    std::fstream stream(filePath, std::fstream::in);
 
     if (!stream.is_open())
     {
@@ -126,7 +125,6 @@
     // clear all the section data.
     sections.clear();
     parse(stream);
-    stream.close();
 }
 
 void Parser::parse(std::istream& in)