diff --git a/gradio/components.py b/gradio/components.py
index 88d26704659b5..b36c0aa628e67 100644
--- a/gradio/components.py
+++ b/gradio/components.py
@@ -1790,6 +1790,7 @@ def _segment_by_slic(self, x):
                 compactness=10,
                 sigma=1,
                 start_label=1,
+                channel_axis=None
             )
         except TypeError:  # For skimage 0.16 and older
             segments_slic = slic(
diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..22c84a15fd029
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pytest.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[pytest]
+minversion = 3.7
+testpaths = test
diff --git a/test/test_routes.py b/test/test_routes.py
index 374a48fe3a902..62ed986134b5c 100644
--- a/test/test_routes.py
+++ b/test/test_routes.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def test_get_config_route(self, test_client):
 
     def test_upload_route(self, test_client):
         response = test_client.post(
-            "/upload", files={"files": open("test/test_files/alphabet.txt", "r")}
+            "/upload", files={"files": open("test/test_files/alphabet.txt", "rb")}
         )
         assert response.status_code == 200
         file = response.json()[0]