fs/file_handle.go | 7 ++++---
 fs/filenode.go    | 3 +--

diff --git a/fs/file_handle.go b/fs/file_handle.go
index 7c275c276fa785360b7d9a60c08a04a3a1ec29f4..2a8fe2ccad5f6a96cefa24b5db687bec26a520e1 100644
--- a/fs/file_handle.go
+++ b/fs/file_handle.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ )
 
 type fileHandle struct {
 	fn fileNode
-	r  torrent.Reader
+	tf *torrent.File
 }
 
 var _ interface {
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ 	torrentfsReadRequests.Add(1)
 	if req.Dir {
 		panic("read on directory")
 	}
-	r := me.r
+	r := me.tf.NewReader()
+	defer r.Close()
 	pos, err := r.Seek(req.Offset, io.SeekStart)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
@@ -81,5 +82,5 @@ 	}
 }
 
 func (me fileHandle) Release(context.Context, *fuse.ReleaseRequest) error {
-	return me.r.Close()
+	return nil
 }
diff --git a/fs/filenode.go b/fs/filenode.go
index a7c03cc6aa9ca7d9c5554986319aa30d233de372..28a433e18d086d29f97941ff507370d8afa37d69 100644
--- a/fs/filenode.go
+++ b/fs/filenode.go
@@ -23,6 +23,5 @@ 	return nil
 }
 
 func (fn fileNode) Open(ctx context.Context, req *fuse.OpenRequest, resp *fuse.OpenResponse) (fusefs.Handle, error) {
-	r := fn.f.NewReader()
-	return fileHandle{fn, r}, nil
+	return fileHandle{fn, fn.f}, nil
 }