diff --git a/paddleslim/__init__.py b/paddleslim/__init__.py
index c3607d1a49792563fe67aa4c1cb04e51489c23bf..357e1a293b4471eb6aca8c26c8ac852cae25f365 100644
--- a/paddleslim/__init__.py
+++ b/paddleslim/__init__.py
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ from paddleslim import nas
 from paddleslim import analysis
 from paddleslim import dist
 from paddleslim import quant
-__all__ = ['models', 'prune', 'nas', 'analysis', 'dist', 'quant']
+from paddleslim import pantheon
+__all__ = ['models', 'prune', 'nas', 'analysis', 'dist', 'quant', 'pantheon']
diff --git a/paddleslim/pantheon/README.md b/paddleslim/pantheon/README.md
index a9f564dc73ccde44fdbde51179b8595dfc74c1f7..904b646f4b61136c7c175c396ca06c5c15bea5a5 100644
--- a/paddleslim/pantheon/README.md
+++ b/paddleslim/pantheon/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ The illustration below shows an application of Pantheon, where the sudent model
 ## Prerequisites
 
 - Python 2.7.x or 3.x
-- PaddlePaddle >= 1.6.0
+- PaddlePaddle >= 1.7.0
 
 ## APIs
 
diff --git a/paddleslim/pantheon/student.py b/paddleslim/pantheon/student.py
index 073e186585435a01f64761cf8445f19096e4ee0f..54b75ab20afa3008b849966993b6f5b07f2af343 100644
--- a/paddleslim/pantheon/student.py
+++ b/paddleslim/pantheon/student.py
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ class Student(object):
 
                     if end_recved:
                         break
-                    with open(in_path, 'r') as fin:
+                    with open(in_path, 'rb') as fin:
                         # get knowledge desc
                         desc = pickle.load(fin)
                         out_queue.put(desc)
diff --git a/paddleslim/pantheon/teacher.py b/paddleslim/pantheon/teacher.py
index 6cd09efbbbc52ea90ca0d67fbb822e1f12a9c2a5..9a17f6c788790a82e1a865817144769dcb1cfb4f 100644
--- a/paddleslim/pantheon/teacher.py
+++ b/paddleslim/pantheon/teacher.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ class Teacher(object):
             self._t2s_queue = None
             self._cmd_queue = None
 
-        self._out_file = open(self._out_path, "w") if self._out_path else None
+        self._out_file = open(self._out_path, "wb") if self._out_path else None
         if self._out_file:
             return