diff --git a/src/io.cpp b/src/io.cpp
index 172f6815..82c7e50f 100644
--- a/src/io.cpp
+++ b/src/io.cpp
@@ -48,17 +48,18 @@ unsigned char* _default_import_handler(const char* name_p, int name_size, int* o
 #if PK_ENABLE_OS
     void FileIO::_register(VM* vm, PyObject* mod, PyObject* type){
         vm->bind_constructor<3>(type, [](VM* vm, ArgsView args){
-            return VAR_T(FileIO, 
+            return VAR_T(FileIO,
                 vm, CAST(Str&, args[1]).str(), CAST(Str&, args[2]).str()
             );
         });
 
         vm->bind_method<0>(type, "read", [](VM* vm, ArgsView args){
             FileIO& io = CAST(FileIO&, args[0]);
+            int cur_pos = ftell(io.fp);
             fseek(io.fp, 0, SEEK_END);
             int buffer_size = ftell(io.fp);
             unsigned char* buffer = new unsigned char[buffer_size];
-            fseek(io.fp, 0, SEEK_SET);
+            fseek(io.fp, cur_pos, SEEK_SET);
             size_t actual_size = io_fread(buffer, 1, buffer_size, io.fp);
             PK_ASSERT(actual_size <= buffer_size);
             // in text mode, CR may be dropped, which may cause `actual_size < buffer_size`
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ void add_module_os(VM* vm){
     PyObject* mod = vm->new_module("os");
     PyObject* path_obj = vm->heap.gcnew<DummyInstance>(vm->tp_object);
     mod->attr().set("path", path_obj);
-    
+
     // Working directory is shared by all VMs!!
     vm->bind_func<0>(mod, "getcwd", [](VM* vm, ArgsView args){
         return VAR(std::filesystem::current_path().string());
diff --git a/tests/70_file.py b/tests/70_file.py
index 10eced7a..f3475f9b 100644
--- a/tests/70_file.py
+++ b/tests/70_file.py
@@ -41,9 +41,17 @@ os.remove('123.bin')
 assert not os.path.exists('123.bin')
 
 f = open("123.txt","w+")
+# read 0 sized file
+assert( f.read() == "")
+
+# write, rewind() and read whole back
 f.write("123456")
 f.seek(0)
 assert ( f.read() == "123456" )
+
+f.seek(3)
+assert ( f.read() == "456" )
+
 # cannot test seek(>0) then read() for now
 f.close()