diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 18bb8e9..1f3a8ad 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 0.9:
   fmt_str did not check for out==NULL!  Thanks, Uwe Ohse.
+  Updated to buffer to fix read buffers.  Thanks, David Lichteblau.
 
 0.8:
   BSD compatibility.
diff --git a/buffer.h b/buffer.h
index cb7c4e7..bf00102 100644
--- a/buffer.h
+++ b/buffer.h
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ typedef struct buffer {
   int (*op)();
 } buffer;
 
-#define BUFFER_INIT(op,fd,buf,len) { (buf), 0, (len), 0, (fd), (op) }
-#define BUFFER_INIT_READ(op,fd,buf,len) { (buf), 0, 0, (len), (fd), (op) }
+#define BUFFER_INIT(op,fd,buf,len) { (buf), 0, 0, (len), (fd), (op) }
+#define BUFFER_INIT_READ(op,fd,buf,len) BUFFER_INIT(op,fd,buf,len) /*obsolete*/
 #define BUFFER_INSIZE 8192
 #define BUFFER_OUTSIZE 8192
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ extern int buffer_putsflush(buffer* b,const char* x);
 extern int buffer_putspace(buffer* b);
 
 #define buffer_PUTC(s,c) \
-  ( ((s)->n != (s)->p) \
+  ( ((s)->a != (s)->p) \
     ? ( (s)->x[(s)->p++] = (c), 0 ) \
     : buffer_put((s),&(c),1) \
   )
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@ extern int buffer_get_token(buffer* b,char* x,unsigned int len,const char* chars
 extern char *buffer_peek(buffer* b);
 extern void buffer_seek(buffer* b,unsigned int len);
 
-#define buffer_PEEK(s) ( (s)->x + (s)->n )
-#define buffer_SEEK(s,len) ( ( (s)->p -= (len) ) , ( (s)->n += (len) ) )
+#define buffer_PEEK(s) ( (s)->x + (s)->p )
+#define buffer_SEEK(s,len) ( (s)->p += (len) )
 
 #define buffer_GETC(s,c) \
-  ( ((s)->p > 0) \
-    ? ( *(c) = (s)->x[(s)->n], buffer_SEEK((s),1), 1 ) \
+  ( ((s)->p < (s>->n) \
+    ? ( *(c) = *buffer_PEEK(s), buffer_SEEK((s),1), 1 ) \
     : buffer_get((s),(c),1) \
   )
 
diff --git a/buffer/buffer_init.c b/buffer/buffer_init.c
index 6989936..e6adb05 100644
--- a/buffer/buffer_init.c
+++ b/buffer/buffer_init.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ void buffer_init(buffer* b,int (*op)(),int fd,char* y,unsigned int ylen) {
   b->op=op;
   b->fd=fd;
   b->x=y;
-  b->n=ylen;
+  b->a=ylen;
   b->p=0;
+  b->n=0;
 }
diff --git a/buffer/buffer_put.c b/buffer/buffer_put.c
index ad16aab..d53b6cc 100644
--- a/buffer/buffer_put.c
+++ b/buffer/buffer_put.c
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 extern int buffer_stubborn(int (*op)(),int fd,const char* buf, unsigned int len);
 
 int buffer_put(buffer* b,const char* buf,unsigned int len) {
-  if (len>b->n-b->p) {	/* doesn't fit */
+  if (len>b->a-b->p) {	/* doesn't fit */
     if (buffer_flush(b)==-1) return -1;
-    if (len>b->n) {
+    if (len>b->a) {
       if (buffer_stubborn(b->op,b->fd,buf,len)<0) return -1;
       return 0;
     }
diff --git a/buffer/buffer_putalign.c b/buffer/buffer_putalign.c
index 8b901bc..0ff1cd4 100644
--- a/buffer/buffer_putalign.c
+++ b/buffer/buffer_putalign.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 int buffer_putalign(buffer* b,const char* buf,unsigned int len) {
   int tmp;
-  while (len>(tmp=b->n-b->p)) {
+  while (len>(tmp=b->a-b->p)) {
     byte_copy(b->x+b->p, tmp, buf);
     b->p+=tmp;
     buf+=tmp;