diff --git a/llm/ggla.go b/llm/ggla.go
index a5d90b6c..34c4f6ca 100644
--- a/llm/ggla.go
+++ b/llm/ggla.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func (llm *ggla) Tensors() Tensors {
 	return llm.tensors
 }
 
-func (llm *ggla) decode(rs io.ReadSeeker) error {
+func (llm *ggla) decode(rs io.ReadSeeker) (retErr error) {
 	var r uint32
 	if err := binary.Read(rs, binary.LittleEndian, &r); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -69,9 +69,18 @@ func (llm *ggla) decode(rs io.ReadSeeker) error {
 	for {
 		var dims uint32
 		if err := binary.Read(rs, binary.LittleEndian, &dims); err != nil {
+			if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
+				return nil
+			}
 			return err
 		}
 
+		defer func() {
+			if errors.Is(retErr, io.EOF) {
+				retErr = io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+		}()
+
 		var namesize uint32
 		if err := binary.Read(rs, binary.LittleEndian, &namesize); err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -108,7 +117,7 @@ func (llm *ggla) decode(rs io.ReadSeeker) error {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		if _, err := rs.Seek((offset+31)&-32, io.SeekStart); err != nil {
+		if _, err := rs.Seek((offset+31)&-32-offset, io.SeekCurrent); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 
diff --git a/llm/ggml.go b/llm/ggml.go
index f02f0ff6..d0d0b6dd 100644
--- a/llm/ggml.go
+++ b/llm/ggml.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/ollama/ollama/util/bufioutil"
 )
 
 type GGML struct {
@@ -278,7 +280,18 @@ func DetectGGMLType(b []byte) string {
 	}
 }
 
-func DecodeGGML(rs io.ReadSeeker) (*GGML, int64, error) {
+// DecodeGGML decodes a GGML model from the given reader.
+//
+// It collects array values for arrays with a size less than or equal to
+// maxArraySize. If maxArraySize is 0, the default value of 1024 is used. If
+// the maxArraySize is negative, all arrays are collected.
+func DecodeGGML(rs io.ReadSeeker, maxArraySize int) (*GGML, int64, error) {
+	if maxArraySize == 0 {
+		maxArraySize = 1024
+	}
+
+	rs = bufioutil.NewBufferedSeeker(rs, 32<<10)
+
 	var magic uint32
 	if err := binary.Read(rs, binary.LittleEndian, &magic); err != nil {
 		return nil, 0, err
@@ -291,17 +304,15 @@ func DecodeGGML(rs io.ReadSeeker) (*GGML, int64, error) {
 	case FILE_MAGIC_GGLA:
 		c = &containerGGLA{}
 	case FILE_MAGIC_GGUF_LE:
-		c = &containerGGUF{ByteOrder: binary.LittleEndian}
+		c = &containerGGUF{ByteOrder: binary.LittleEndian, maxArraySize: maxArraySize}
 	case FILE_MAGIC_GGUF_BE:
-		c = &containerGGUF{ByteOrder: binary.BigEndian}
+		c = &containerGGUF{ByteOrder: binary.BigEndian, maxArraySize: maxArraySize}
 	default:
 		return nil, 0, errors.New("invalid file magic")
 	}
 
 	model, err := c.Decode(rs)
-	if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
-		// noop
-	} else if err != nil {
+	if err != nil {
 		return nil, 0, err
 	}
 
@@ -321,7 +332,7 @@ func (llm GGML) GraphSize(context, batch uint64) (partialOffload, fullOffload ui
 	embedding := llm.KV().EmbeddingLength()
 	heads := llm.KV().HeadCount()
 	headsKV := llm.KV().HeadCountKV()
-	vocab := uint64(len(llm.KV()["tokenizer.ggml.tokens"].([]any)))
+	vocab := uint64(llm.KV()["tokenizer.ggml.tokens"].(*array).size)
 
 	embeddingHeads := llm.KV().EmbeddingHeadCount()
 	embeddingHeadsK := llm.KV().EmbeddingHeadCountK()
diff --git a/llm/ggml_test.go b/llm/ggml_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..006c3ded
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llm/ggml_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+package llm
diff --git a/llm/gguf.go b/llm/gguf.go
index 234efe57..4d343a1b 100644
--- a/llm/gguf.go
+++ b/llm/gguf.go
@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@ package llm
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/binary"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"strings"
-
-	"log/slog"
 )
 
 type containerGGUF struct {
@@ -29,6 +28,12 @@ type containerGGUF struct {
 		NumTensor uint64
 		NumKV     uint64
 	}
+
+	maxArraySize int
+}
+
+func (c *containerGGUF) canCollectArray(size int) bool {
+	return c.maxArraySize < 0 || size <= c.maxArraySize
 }
 
 func (c *containerGGUF) Name() string {
@@ -54,7 +59,6 @@ func (c *containerGGUF) Decode(rs io.ReadSeeker) (model, error) {
 	}
 
 	model := newGGUF(c)
-	slog.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("model = %#v", model))
 	if err := model.Decode(rs); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -85,6 +89,8 @@ type gguf struct {
 	tensors []*Tensor
 
 	parameters uint64
+
+	scratch [16 << 10]byte
 }
 
 func newGGUF(container *containerGGUF) *gguf {
@@ -181,34 +187,34 @@ func (llm *gguf) Decode(rs io.ReadSeeker) error {
 	}
 
 	// decode tensors
-	for i := 0; uint64(i) < llm.numTensor(); i++ {
+	for range llm.numTensor() {
 		name, err := readGGUFString(llm, rs)
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to read tensor name: %w", err)
 		}
 
 		// dims is the number of dimensions in the tensor
 		dims, err := readGGUF[uint32](llm, rs)
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to read tensor dimensions: %w", err)
 		}
 
 		shape := [4]uint64{1, 1, 1, 1}
 		for i := 0; uint32(i) < dims; i++ {
 			shape[i], err = readGGUF[uint64](llm, rs)
 			if err != nil {
-				return err
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to read tensor shape: %w", err)
 			}
 		}
 
 		kind, err := readGGUF[uint32](llm, rs)
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to read tensor kind: %w", err)
 		}
 
 		offset, err := readGGUF[uint64](llm, rs)
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to read tensor offset: %w", err)
 		}
 
 		tensor := Tensor{
@@ -230,24 +236,19 @@ func (llm *gguf) Decode(rs io.ReadSeeker) error {
 		alignment = 32
 	}
 
-	offset, err := rs.Seek(0, io.SeekCurrent)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	padding := llm.padding(offset, int64(alignment))
-	if _, err := rs.Seek(padding, io.SeekCurrent); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
 	for _, tensor := range llm.tensors {
-		if _, err := rs.Seek(int64(tensor.Size()), io.SeekCurrent); err != nil {
-			return err
+		offset, err := rs.Seek(0, io.SeekCurrent)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to get current offset: %w", err)
 		}
 
-		padding := llm.padding(int64(tensor.Size()), int64(alignment))
+		padding := llm.padding(offset, int64(alignment))
 		if _, err := rs.Seek(padding, io.SeekCurrent); err != nil {
-			return err
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to seek to init padding: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		if _, err := rs.Seek(int64(tensor.Size()), io.SeekCurrent); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to seek to tensor: %w", err)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -285,22 +286,48 @@ func readGGUFV1String(llm *gguf, r io.Reader) (string, error) {
 	return b.String(), nil
 }
 
+func discardGGUFString(llm *gguf, r io.Reader) error {
+	buf := llm.scratch[:8]
+	_, err := io.ReadFull(r, buf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	size := int(llm.ByteOrder.Uint64(buf))
+	for size > 0 {
+		n, err := r.Read(llm.scratch[:min(size, cap(llm.scratch))])
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		size -= n
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func readGGUFString(llm *gguf, r io.Reader) (string, error) {
 	if llm.Version == 1 {
 		return readGGUFV1String(llm, r)
 	}
 
-	var length uint64
-	if err := binary.Read(r, llm.ByteOrder, &length); err != nil {
+	buf := llm.scratch[:8]
+	_, err := io.ReadFull(r, buf)
+	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
 
-	var b bytes.Buffer
-	if _, err := io.CopyN(&b, r, int64(length)); err != nil {
+	length := int(llm.ByteOrder.Uint64(buf))
+	if length > len(llm.scratch) {
+		buf = make([]byte, length)
+	} else {
+		buf = llm.scratch[:length]
+	}
+	clear(buf)
+
+	_, err = io.ReadFull(r, buf)
+	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-
-	return b.String(), nil
+	return string(buf), nil
 }
 
 func writeGGUFString(llm *gguf, w io.Writer, s string) error {
@@ -316,7 +343,16 @@ func writeGGUFString(llm *gguf, w io.Writer, s string) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-func readGGUFV1Array(llm *gguf, r io.Reader) (a []any, err error) {
+type array struct {
+	size   int
+	values []any
+}
+
+func (a *array) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	return json.Marshal(a.values)
+}
+
+func readGGUFV1Array(llm *gguf, r io.Reader) (*array, error) {
 	t, err := readGGUF[uint32](llm, r)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -327,7 +363,12 @@ func readGGUFV1Array(llm *gguf, r io.Reader) (a []any, err error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	for i := 0; uint32(i) < n; i++ {
+	a := &array{size: int(n)}
+	if llm.canCollectArray(int(n)) {
+		a.values = make([]any, 0, int(n))
+	}
+
+	for i := range n {
 		var e any
 		switch t {
 		case ggufTypeUint8:
@@ -361,13 +402,15 @@ func readGGUFV1Array(llm *gguf, r io.Reader) (a []any, err error) {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
-		a = append(a, e)
+		if a.values != nil {
+			a.values[i] = e
+		}
 	}
 
-	return
+	return a, nil
 }
 
-func readGGUFArray(llm *gguf, r io.Reader) (a []any, err error) {
+func readGGUFArray(llm *gguf, r io.Reader) (*array, error) {
 	if llm.Version == 1 {
 		return readGGUFV1Array(llm, r)
 	}
@@ -382,7 +425,12 @@ func readGGUFArray(llm *gguf, r io.Reader) (a []any, err error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	for i := 0; uint64(i) < n; i++ {
+	a := &array{size: int(n)}
+	if llm.canCollectArray(int(n)) {
+		a.values = make([]any, int(n))
+	}
+
+	for i := range n {
 		var e any
 		switch t {
 		case ggufTypeUint8:
@@ -408,7 +456,11 @@ func readGGUFArray(llm *gguf, r io.Reader) (a []any, err error) {
 		case ggufTypeBool:
 			e, err = readGGUF[bool](llm, r)
 		case ggufTypeString:
-			e, err = readGGUFString(llm, r)
+			if a.values != nil {
+				e, err = readGGUFString(llm, r)
+			} else {
+				err = discardGGUFString(llm, r)
+			}
 		default:
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid array type: %d", t)
 		}
@@ -416,10 +468,12 @@ func readGGUFArray(llm *gguf, r io.Reader) (a []any, err error) {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
-		a = append(a, e)
+		if a.values != nil {
+			a.values[i] = e
+		}
 	}
 
-	return
+	return a, nil
 }
 
 func writeGGUFArray[S ~[]E, E any](llm *gguf, w io.Writer, t uint32, s S) error {
diff --git a/llm/memory_test.go b/llm/memory_test.go
index 8eaa0771..f972f927 100644
--- a/llm/memory_test.go
+++ b/llm/memory_test.go
@@ -22,13 +22,14 @@ func TestEstimateGPULayers(t *testing.T) {
 	defer f.Close()
 	gguf := NewGGUFV3(binary.LittleEndian)
 	inputLayerCount := 5
+
 	tensors := []Tensor{
-		{Name: "blk.0.attn.weight", Kind: uint32(0), Offset: uint64(0), Shape: []uint64{1, 1, 1, 1}, WriterTo: &bytes.Reader{}},
-		{Name: "blk.1.attn.weight", Kind: uint32(0), Offset: uint64(0), Shape: []uint64{1, 1, 1, 1}, WriterTo: &bytes.Reader{}},
-		{Name: "blk.2.attn.weight", Kind: uint32(0), Offset: uint64(0), Shape: []uint64{1, 1, 1, 1}, WriterTo: &bytes.Reader{}},
-		{Name: "blk.3.attn.weight", Kind: uint32(0), Offset: uint64(0), Shape: []uint64{1, 1, 1, 1}, WriterTo: &bytes.Reader{}},
-		{Name: "blk.4.attn.weight", Kind: uint32(0), Offset: uint64(0), Shape: []uint64{1, 1, 1, 1}, WriterTo: &bytes.Reader{}},
-		{Name: "output.weight", Kind: uint32(0), Offset: uint64(0), Shape: []uint64{1, 1, 1, 1}, WriterTo: &bytes.Reader{}},
+		{Name: "blk.0.attn.weight", Kind: uint32(0), Offset: uint64(0), Shape: []uint64{1, 1, 1, 1}, WriterTo: bytes.NewReader(make([]byte, 32))},
+		{Name: "blk.1.attn.weight", Kind: uint32(0), Offset: uint64(0), Shape: []uint64{1, 1, 1, 1}, WriterTo: bytes.NewReader(make([]byte, 32))},
+		{Name: "blk.2.attn.weight", Kind: uint32(0), Offset: uint64(0), Shape: []uint64{1, 1, 1, 1}, WriterTo: bytes.NewReader(make([]byte, 32))},
+		{Name: "blk.3.attn.weight", Kind: uint32(0), Offset: uint64(0), Shape: []uint64{1, 1, 1, 1}, WriterTo: bytes.NewReader(make([]byte, 32))},
+		{Name: "blk.4.attn.weight", Kind: uint32(0), Offset: uint64(0), Shape: []uint64{1, 1, 1, 1}, WriterTo: bytes.NewReader(make([]byte, 32))},
+		{Name: "output.weight", Kind: uint32(0), Offset: uint64(0), Shape: []uint64{1, 1, 1, 1}, WriterTo: bytes.NewReader(make([]byte, 32))},
 	}
 	assert.Len(t, tensors, inputLayerCount+1)
 	err = gguf.Encode(f, KV{
@@ -45,8 +46,10 @@ func TestEstimateGPULayers(t *testing.T) {
 	}, tensors)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	ggml, err := LoadModel(f.Name())
-	require.NoError(t, err)
+	ggml, err := LoadModel(f.Name(), 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
 
 	// Simple CPU scenario
 	gpus := []gpu.GpuInfo{
diff --git a/llm/server.go b/llm/server.go
index da83416e..ad67138b 100644
--- a/llm/server.go
+++ b/llm/server.go
@@ -60,7 +60,12 @@ type llmServer struct {
 	sem *semaphore.Weighted
 }
 
-func LoadModel(model string) (*GGML, error) {
+// LoadModel will load a model from disk. The model must be in the GGML format.
+//
+// It collects array values for arrays with a size less than or equal to
+// maxArraySize. If maxArraySize is 0, the default value of 1024 is used. If
+// the maxArraySize is negative, all arrays are collected.
+func LoadModel(model string, maxArraySize int) (*GGML, error) {
 	if _, err := os.Stat(model); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -71,7 +76,7 @@ func LoadModel(model string) (*GGML, error) {
 	}
 	defer f.Close()
 
-	ggml, _, err := DecodeGGML(f)
+	ggml, _, err := DecodeGGML(f, maxArraySize)
 	return ggml, err
 }
 
@@ -412,7 +417,7 @@ func projectorMemoryRequirements(filename string) uint64 {
 	}
 	defer file.Close()
 
-	ggml, _, err := DecodeGGML(file)
+	ggml, _, err := DecodeGGML(file, 0)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0
 	}
diff --git a/server/images.go b/server/images.go
index 98794149..e949fb18 100644
--- a/server/images.go
+++ b/server/images.go
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ func CreateModel(ctx context.Context, name model.Name, modelFileDir, quantizatio
 							return err
 						}
 
-						ggml, _, err := llm.DecodeGGML(temp)
+						ggml, _, err := llm.DecodeGGML(temp, 0)
 						if err != nil {
 							return err
 						}
diff --git a/server/model.go b/server/model.go
index b262ea38..055ffd63 100644
--- a/server/model.go
+++ b/server/model.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func parseFromModel(ctx context.Context, name model.Name, fn func(api.ProgressRe
 			}
 			defer blob.Close()
 
-			ggml, _, err := llm.DecodeGGML(blob)
+			ggml, _, err := llm.DecodeGGML(blob, 0)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ func parseFromZipFile(_ context.Context, file *os.File, digest string, fn func(a
 	}
 	defer bin.Close()
 
-	ggml, _, err := llm.DecodeGGML(bin)
+	ggml, _, err := llm.DecodeGGML(bin, 0)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ func parseFromFile(ctx context.Context, file *os.File, digest string, fn func(ap
 
 	var offset int64
 	for offset < stat.Size() {
-		ggml, n, err := llm.DecodeGGML(file)
+		ggml, n, err := llm.DecodeGGML(file, 0)
 		if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
 			break
 		} else if err != nil {
diff --git a/server/routes.go b/server/routes.go
index 3d112e9f..ff66663c 100644
--- a/server/routes.go
+++ b/server/routes.go
@@ -754,7 +754,11 @@ func GetModelInfo(req api.ShowRequest) (*api.ShowResponse, error) {
 }
 
 func getKVData(digest string, verbose bool) (llm.KV, error) {
-	kvData, err := llm.LoadModel(digest)
+	maxArraySize := 0
+	if verbose {
+		maxArraySize = -1
+	}
+	kvData, err := llm.LoadModel(digest, maxArraySize)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -1101,11 +1105,20 @@ func Serve(ln net.Listener) error {
 	schedCtx, schedDone := context.WithCancel(ctx)
 	sched := InitScheduler(schedCtx)
 	s := &Server{addr: ln.Addr(), sched: sched}
-	r := s.GenerateRoutes()
+
+	http.Handle("/", s.GenerateRoutes())
 
 	slog.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Listening on %s (version %s)", ln.Addr(), version.Version))
 	srvr := &http.Server{
-		Handler: r,
+		// Use http.DefaultServeMux so we get net/http/pprof for
+		// free.
+		//
+		// TODO(bmizerany): Decide if we want to make this
+		// configurable so it is not exposed by default, or allow
+		// users to bind it to a different port. This was a quick
+		// and easy way to get pprof, but it may not be the best
+		// way.
+		Handler: nil,
 	}
 
 	// listen for a ctrl+c and stop any loaded llm
diff --git a/server/sched.go b/server/sched.go
index 42439554..0084b533 100644
--- a/server/sched.go
+++ b/server/sched.go
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func (s *Scheduler) processPending(ctx context.Context) {
 					}
 
 					// Load model for fitting
-					ggml, err := llm.LoadModel(pending.model.ModelPath)
+					ggml, err := llm.LoadModel(pending.model.ModelPath, 0)
 					if err != nil {
 						pending.errCh <- err
 						break
diff --git a/server/sched_test.go b/server/sched_test.go
index 95328834..4a1cf72a 100644
--- a/server/sched_test.go
+++ b/server/sched_test.go
@@ -128,14 +128,14 @@ func newScenario(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, modelName string, estimatedV
 		"tokenizer.ggml.scores":         []float32{0},
 		"tokenizer.ggml.token_type":     []int32{0},
 	}, []llm.Tensor{
-		{Name: "blk.0.attn.weight", Kind: uint32(0), Offset: uint64(0), Shape: []uint64{1, 1, 1, 1}, WriterTo: &bytes.Reader{}},
-		{Name: "output.weight", Kind: uint32(0), Offset: uint64(0), Shape: []uint64{1, 1, 1, 1}, WriterTo: &bytes.Reader{}},
+		{Name: "blk.0.attn.weight", Kind: uint32(0), Offset: uint64(0), Shape: []uint64{1, 1, 1, 1}, WriterTo: bytes.NewReader(make([]byte, 32))},
+		{Name: "output.weight", Kind: uint32(0), Offset: uint64(0), Shape: []uint64{1, 1, 1, 1}, WriterTo: bytes.NewReader(make([]byte, 32))},
 	})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	fname := f.Name()
 	model := &Model{Name: modelName, ModelPath: fname}
-	scenario.ggml, err = llm.LoadModel(model.ModelPath)
+	scenario.ggml, err = llm.LoadModel(model.ModelPath, 0)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	scenario.req = &LlmRequest{
diff --git a/util/bufioutil/buffer_seeker.go b/util/bufioutil/buffer_seeker.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8775fdb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/bufioutil/buffer_seeker.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package bufioutil
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"io"
+)
+
+type BufferedSeeker struct {
+	rs io.ReadSeeker
+	br *bufio.Reader
+}
+
+func NewBufferedSeeker(rs io.ReadSeeker, size int) *BufferedSeeker {
+	return &BufferedSeeker{
+		rs: rs,
+		br: bufio.NewReaderSize(rs, size),
+	}
+}
+
+func (b *BufferedSeeker) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	return b.br.Read(p)
+}
+
+func (b *BufferedSeeker) Seek(offset int64, whence int) (int64, error) {
+	if whence == io.SeekCurrent {
+		offset -= int64(b.br.Buffered())
+	}
+	n, err := b.rs.Seek(offset, whence)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	b.br.Reset(b.rs)
+	return n, nil
+}
diff --git a/util/bufioutil/buffer_seeker_test.go b/util/bufioutil/buffer_seeker_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..87145f6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/bufioutil/buffer_seeker_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package bufioutil
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"io"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestBufferedSeeker(t *testing.T) {
+	const alphabet = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
+
+	bs := NewBufferedSeeker(strings.NewReader(alphabet), 0) // minReadBufferSize = 16
+
+	checkRead := func(buf []byte, expected string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		_, err := bs.Read(buf)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if !bytes.Equal(buf, []byte(expected)) {
+			t.Fatalf("expected %s, got %s", expected, buf)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Read the first 5 bytes
+	buf := make([]byte, 5)
+
+	checkRead(buf, "abcde")
+
+	// Seek back to the beginning
+	_, err := bs.Seek(0, io.SeekStart)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// read 'a'
+	checkRead(buf[:1], "a")
+
+	if bs.br.Buffered() == 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("totally unexpected sanity check failed")
+	}
+
+	// Seek past 'b'
+	_, err = bs.Seek(1, io.SeekCurrent)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	checkRead(buf, "cdefg")
+
+	// Seek back to the beginning
+	_, err = bs.Seek(0, io.SeekStart)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	checkRead(buf, "abcde")
+
+	// Seek to the end
+	_, err = bs.Seek(-5, io.SeekEnd)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	checkRead(buf, "vwxyz")
+}