diff --git a/mayan/apps/converter/backends/python.py b/mayan/apps/converter/backends/python.py
index 0b32d82827..da1e293557 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/converter/backends/python.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/converter/backends/python.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class Python(ConverterBase):
         if self.mime_type == 'application/pdf' and pdftoppm:
 
             new_file_object, input_filepath = tempfile.mkstemp()
-
+            self.file_object.seek(0)
             os.write(new_file_object, self.file_object.read())
             self.file_object.seek(0)