diff --git a/src/io/fstream.cpp b/src/io/fstream.cpp
index 042791d..5ebf790 100644
--- a/src/io/fstream.cpp
+++ b/src/io/fstream.cpp
@@ -65,11 +65,17 @@ namespace fc {
      const boost::filesystem::path& bfp = file; 
       my->ifs.open( bfp, std::ios::binary );
    }
+
    size_t ifstream::readsome( char* buf, size_t len ) {
       auto s = size_t(my->ifs.readsome( buf, len ));
-      if( s <= 0 ) {
+      if( s <= 0 ) 
+      {
          read( buf, 1 );
          s = 1;
+         if (len > 1)
+         {
+            s += size_t(my->ifs.readsome( &buf[1], len - 1));
+         }
       }
       return s;
    }
diff --git a/tests/io/stream_tests.cpp b/tests/io/stream_tests.cpp
index c6779bb..e3f3dc8 100644
--- a/tests/io/stream_tests.cpp
+++ b/tests/io/stream_tests.cpp
@@ -112,11 +112,11 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(fstream_test)
    BOOST_CHECK_THROW( in2.readsome( buf, 3, 0 ), fc::eof_exception );
 
    {
-      out.flush();
+      out.close();
       std::fstream test( outf.path().to_native_ansi_path(), std::fstream::in );
-      BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( 11u, test.readsome( (&(*buf)), 11 ) );
+      test.read( (&(*buf)), 11 );
       BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( "Hello world", std::string( (&(*buf)), 11 ) );
-      BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( 0u, test.readsome( (&(*buf)), 11 ) );
+      BOOST_CHECK(!test.read( (&(*buf)), 11 ));
       test.close();
    }
 
@@ -166,11 +166,11 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(buffered_fstream_test)
    BOOST_CHECK_THROW( bin2.readsome( buf, 3, 0 ), fc::eof_exception );
 
    {
-      bout.flush();
+      bout.close();
       std::fstream test( outf.path().to_native_ansi_path(), std::fstream::in );
-      BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( 11u, test.readsome( (&(*buf)), 11 ) );
+      test.read( (&(*buf)), 11 );
       BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( "Hello world", std::string( (&(*buf)), 11 ) );
-      BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( 0u, test.readsome( (&(*buf)), 11 ) );
+      BOOST_CHECK(!test.read( (&(*buf)), 11 ));
       test.close();
    }
 }