diff --git a/pysus/utilities/__init__.py b/pysus/utilities/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b137891
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pysus/utilities/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/pysus/utilities/readdbc.py b/pysus/utilities/readdbc.py
index c0023d0f..eed132ff 100644
--- a/pysus/utilities/readdbc.py
+++ b/pysus/utilities/readdbc.py
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@
 """
 import os
 from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
-from io import BytesIO
 import pandas as pd
-import geopandas as gpd
 from dbfread import DBF
 
 try:
@@ -16,21 +14,23 @@
     from _readdbc import ffi, lib
 
 
-def read_dbc(filename, encoding='utf-8', raw=False):
+def read_dbc(filename, encoding='utf-8', raw=False, tmp_dir='.', delete_tmp=True):
     """
     Opens a DATASUS .dbc file and return its contents as a pandas
     Dataframe.
     :param filename: .dbc filename
     :param encoding: encoding of the data
     :param raw: Skip type conversion. Set it to True to avoid type conversion errors
+    :param tmp_dir: Temp directory where tmp files are going to - useful if using ramdisks to reduce IO.
+    :param delete_tmp: Delete temporary files after function execution
     :return: Pandas Dataframe.
     """
     if isinstance(filename, str):
         filename = filename.encode()
-    with NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False) as tf:
+    with NamedTemporaryFile(dir=tmp_dir, delete=delete_tmp) as tf:
         dbc2dbf(filename, tf.name.encode())
         dbf = DBF(tf.name, encoding=encoding, raw=raw)
-        df = gpd.GeoDataFrame(list(dbf))
+        df = pd.DataFrame(list(dbf))
     os.unlink(tf.name)
 
     return df