diff --git a/examples/middle_amp.scri b/examples/middle_amp.scri
index a5928fd..f159c8e 100644
--- a/examples/middle_amp.scri
+++ b/examples/middle_amp.scri
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 load :0;
-amp 3 1 20;
+amp 3 1 10;
 quicksave;
diff --git a/src/image.zig b/src/image.zig
index 1523133..2aabd98 100644
--- a/src/image.zig
+++ b/src/image.zig
@@ -54,10 +54,12 @@ fn swrite(file: *c.SNDFILE, buf: [*]f32, frames: i64) !void {
     }
 }
 
-fn sseek(file: *c.SNDFILE, offset: usize) void {
+fn sseek(file: *c.SNDFILE, offset: usize) !void {
     const frames = c.sf_seek(file, @intCast(i64, offset), c.SEEK_SET);
+
     if (frames != @intCast(i64, offset)) {
         std.debug.warn("failed to seek to {}\n", offset);
+        return error.SeekFail;
     }
 }
 
@@ -185,22 +187,24 @@ pub const Image = struct {
 
         // we do sf_seek() calls to make sure we are actually on the start
         // and actually end at the end position for the file.
-        sseek(self.sndfile, start);
-        sseek(out_file, start);
+        try sseek(self.sndfile, start);
+        try sseek(out_file, start);
 
         while (i <= end) : (i += buf.len) {
             std.debug.warn("i={}, buf.len={}, end={}\n", i, buf.len, end);
-            sseek(self.sndfile, i);
-            sseek(out_file, i);
-
-            const bytes_until_end = end - i;
+            const excess = @intCast(i64, i + buf.len) - @intCast(i64, end);
 
             var read_bytes: i64 = undefined;
             var view: []f32 = buf[0..buf.len];
 
-            if (bytes_until_end < buf.len) {
-                read_bytes = c.sf_readf_float(self.sndfile, buf.ptr, @intCast(i64, bytes_until_end));
-                view = buf[0..bytes_until_end];
+            if (excess > 0) {
+                std.debug.warn(
+                    "excess of {} bytes, reading {} instead\n",
+                    excess,
+                    @intCast(i64, buf.len) - excess,
+                );
+                read_bytes = c.sf_readf_float(self.sndfile, buf.ptr, @intCast(i64, buf.len) - excess);
+                view = buf[0..@intCast(usize, excess)];
             } else {
                 read_bytes = c.sf_readf_float(self.sndfile, buf.ptr, @intCast(i64, buf.len));
             }
@@ -208,8 +212,8 @@ pub const Image = struct {
             try swrite(out_file, view.ptr, @intCast(i64, view.len));
         }
 
-        sseek(self.sndfile, end);
-        sseek(out_file, end);
+        try sseek(self.sndfile, end);
+        try sseek(out_file, end);
     }
 
     fn getSeekPos(self: *Image, position: plugins.Position) plugins.SeekPos {
@@ -300,7 +304,7 @@ pub const Image = struct {
             seek_pos.start,
         );
 
-        sseek(self.sndfile, seek_pos.start);
+        try sseek(self.sndfile, seek_pos.start);
 
         var i: usize = seek_pos.start;
         std.debug.warn("\tseek pos start: {} end: {}\n", seek_pos.start, seek_pos.end);
@@ -319,7 +323,7 @@ pub const Image = struct {
             try swrite(out_file, outbuf.ptr, 1);
         }
 
-        sseek(self.sndfile, seek_pos.end);
+        try sseek(self.sndfile, seek_pos.end);
 
         // post-plugin copy
         try self.copyBytes(
@@ -364,7 +368,7 @@ pub const Image = struct {
         const seek_pos = self.getSeekPos(position);
 
         // make sure we start from 0
-        sseek(self.sndfile, 0);
+        try sseek(self.sndfile, 0);
 
         // there are four main stages:
         // - the bmp header copy
@@ -379,7 +383,7 @@ pub const Image = struct {
             seek_pos.start,
         );
 
-        sseek(self.sndfile, seek_pos.start);
+        try sseek(self.sndfile, seek_pos.start);
 
         var i: usize = seek_pos.start;
         std.debug.warn("\tseek pos start: {} end: {}\n", seek_pos.start, seek_pos.end);
@@ -398,7 +402,7 @@ pub const Image = struct {
             try swrite(out_file, bufs.out.ptr, 1);
         }
 
-        sseek(self.sndfile, seek_pos.end);
+        try sseek(self.sndfile, seek_pos.end);
 
         // post-plugin copy
         try self.copyBytes(