diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 251cfa7e2..faada9c8a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -367,3 +367,6 @@ hs_err_pid*
 
 # The target folder contains the output of building
 **/target/**
+
+# F# vs code 
+.ionide/
diff --git a/.ionide/symbolCache.db b/.ionide/symbolCache.db
deleted file mode 100644
index 43e567d6d..000000000
Binary files a/.ionide/symbolCache.db and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/src/csharp/Microsoft.Spark.Worker/Processor/BroadcastVariableProcessor.cs b/src/csharp/Microsoft.Spark.Worker/Processor/BroadcastVariableProcessor.cs
index 41c817d02..bf8f48ed8 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Microsoft.Spark.Worker/Processor/BroadcastVariableProcessor.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Microsoft.Spark.Worker/Processor/BroadcastVariableProcessor.cs
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ internal BroadcastVariables Process(Stream stream)
                     else
                     {
                         string path = SerDe.ReadString(stream);
-                        using FileStream fStream = File.Open(path, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
+                        using FileStream fStream = 
+                            File.Open(path, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read);
                         object value = formatter.Deserialize(fStream);
                         BroadcastRegistry.Add(bid, value);
                     }