diff --git a/otrapps/adium.py b/otrapps/adium.py
index aab0453..c97e625 100644
--- a/otrapps/adium.py
+++ b/otrapps/adium.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import os
 import platform
 import plistlib
+import biplist
 import sys
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
@@ -38,10 +39,13 @@ def _get_accounts_from_plist(settingsdir):
                 print('Adium ERROR: No usable Accounts.plist file found, cannot create Adium files!')
                 return []
         # make sure the plist is in XML format, not binary,
-        # this should be converted to use python-biplist.
-        if platform.system() == 'Darwin':
-            os.system("plutil -convert xml1 '" + accountsfile + "'")
-        return plistlib.readPlist(accountsfile)['Accounts']
+        AdiumProperties._convert_binary_plist_to_xml_plist(accountsfile)
+        return biplist.readPlist(accountsfile)['Accounts']
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _convert_binary_plist_to_xml_plist(binary_plist):
+        plist_data = biplist.readPlist(binary_plist)
+        biplist.writePlist(plist_data, binary_plist, False) #False => XML, not Binary formatted PList
 
     @staticmethod
     def parse(settingsdir=None):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 65c2512..3edcf31 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ def read(fname):
         'pgpdump',
         'qrcode >= 4.0.1',
         'six',
+        'biplist',
     ]
 
 # argparse and ordereddict are included in Python starting in 2.7