@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@
 	 * archive.
 	 */
 	if ([scheme isEqual: @"gzip"]) {
 		stream = [OFIRIHandler openItemAtIRI: [OFIRI IRIWithString:
 							  IRI.path]
-						mode: @"r"];
-		stream = [OFGZIPStream streamWithStream: stream mode: @"r"];
+						mode: mode];
+		stream = [OFGZIPStream streamWithStream: stream mode: mode];
 		goto end;
 	}
 
 	percentEncodedPath = IRI.percentEncodedPath;
 	pos = [percentEncodedPath rangeOfString: @"!"].location;
@@ -92,11 +92,11 @@
 	    OFMakeRange(pos + 1, percentEncodedPath.length - pos - 1)]
 	    .stringByRemovingPercentEncoding;
 
 	if ([scheme isEqual: @"lha"]) {
 		OFLHAArchive *archive = [OFLHAArchive archiveWithIRI: archiveIRI
-								mode: @"r"];
+								mode: mode];
 		OFLHAArchiveEntry *entry;
 
 		while ((entry = [archive nextEntry]) != nil) {
 			if ([entry.fileName isEqual: path]) {
 				stream = [archive streamForReadingCurrentEntry];
@@ -107,11 +107,11 @@
 		@throw [OFOpenItemFailedException exceptionWithIRI: IRI
 							      mode: mode
 							     errNo: ENOENT];
 	} else if ([scheme isEqual: @"tar"]) {
 		OFTarArchive *archive = [OFTarArchive archiveWithIRI: archiveIRI
-								mode: @"r"];
+								mode: mode];
 		OFTarArchiveEntry *entry;
 
 		while ((entry = [archive nextEntry]) != nil) {
 			if ([entry.fileName isEqual: path]) {
 				stream = [archive streamForReadingCurrentEntry];
@@ -122,11 +122,11 @@
 		@throw [OFOpenItemFailedException exceptionWithIRI: IRI
 							      mode: mode
 							     errNo: ENOENT];
 	} else if ([scheme isEqual: @"zip"]) {
 		OFZIPArchive *archive = [OFZIPArchive archiveWithIRI: archiveIRI
-								mode: @"r"];
+								mode: mode];
 
 		stream = [archive streamForReadingFile: path];
 	} else
 		@throw [OFInvalidArgumentException exception];