diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5bca252..d61b5a4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ test: $(addprefix test-,$(PYMAIN))
 testall: $(addprefix test-,$(PYVERSIONS))
 
 test-%: build-%
-	docker run --rm -w /usr/src/app/ -v $$PWD/tests/credentials.json:/usr/src/app/tests/credentials.json --entrypoint=/usr/local/bin/python -ti '$(REPO)/$(NAME):$(VERSION)-python$*' setup.py test --addopts "-vvv -s --pdb" ;
+	docker run --rm -w /usr/src/app/ --env-file $$PWD/.env -v $$PWD/tests/credentials.json:/usr/src/app/tests/credentials.json --entrypoint=/usr/local/bin/python -ti '$(REPO)/$(NAME):$(VERSION)-python$*' setup.py test --addopts "-vvv -s --pdb" ;
 
 pip_test-%:
 	docker run --rm -v $$PWD/dist:/dist/ -ti python:$* pip install /dist/$(NAME)-$(VERSION).tar.gz ;
diff --git a/bitter/VERSION b/bitter/VERSION
index 8bd6ba8..c006218 100644
--- a/bitter/VERSION
+++ b/bitter/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.7.5
+0.7.6
diff --git a/bitter/utils.py b/bitter/utils.py
index 046a212..7e59018 100644
--- a/bitter/utils.py
+++ b/bitter/utils.py
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ def read_file(filename, tail=False):
         while True:
             line = f.readline()
             if line not in (None, '', '\n'):
-                tweet = json.load(line.strip())
+                tweet = json.loads(line.strip())
                 yield tweet
             else:
                 if tail:
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ def download_tweet(wq, tweetid, write=True, folder="downloaded_tweets", update=F
     tweet = None
     if update or not cached:
         tweet = get_tweet(wq, tweetid)
-        js = json.dump(tweet, indent=2)
+        js = json.dumps(tweet, indent=2)
     if write:
         if tweet:
             write_tweet_json(js, folder)