diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index af6bd73..79e6952 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ develop-eggs
 lib
 lib64
 __pycache__
+.cache
 
 # Installer logs
 pip-log.txt
diff --git a/galvani/BioLogic.py b/galvani/BioLogic.py
index 3b3afb4..4143fb2 100644
--- a/galvani/BioLogic.py
+++ b/galvani/BioLogic.py
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ class MPRfile:
 
         n_data_points = np.fromstring(data_module['data'][:4], dtype='<u4')
         n_columns = np.fromstring(data_module['data'][4:5], dtype='u1')
+        n_columns = np.asscalar(n_columns)  # Compatibility with recent numpy
 
         if data_module['version'] == 0:
             column_types = np.fromstring(data_module['data'][5:], dtype='u1',