diff --git a/jc/parsers/pbPlist/pbPlist.py b/jc/parsers/pbPlist/pbPlist.py
index 65293465..a503c136 100644
--- a/jc/parsers/pbPlist/pbPlist.py
+++ b/jc/parsers/pbPlist/pbPlist.py
@@ -36,13 +36,12 @@ class PBPlist(object):
 
     def __init__(self, file_path):
         self.root = None
-        # don't use __checkFile since we can only open the file once in Windows
-        # if self.__checkFile(file_path) is True:
-        self.file_path = file_path
-        parser = PBParser(self.file_path)
-        self.root = parser.read()
-        self.string_encoding = parser.string_encoding
-        self.file_type = parser.file_type
+        if self.__checkFile(file_path) is True:
+            self.file_path = file_path
+            parser = PBParser(self.file_path)
+            self.root = parser.read()
+            self.string_encoding = parser.string_encoding
+            self.file_type = parser.file_type
 
     def write(self, file_path=None):
         if file_path is None:
diff --git a/jc/parsers/plist.py b/jc/parsers/plist.py
index 83f203aa..a7858ccb 100644
--- a/jc/parsers/plist.py
+++ b/jc/parsers/plist.py
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ def parse(
             # Try parsing as an old-style NeXTSTEP Plist format
             # pbPlist library only works on file paths, not strings :(
             import tempfile
-            with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode='w+b') as plist_file:
+            with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode='w+b', delete=False) as plist_file:
                 plist_file.write(data)
                 plist_file.seek(0)
                 parsed_plist = PBPlist(plist_file.name)