diff --git a/common.c b/common.c
index a0e0b30..2f0f051 100644
--- a/common.c
+++ b/common.c
@@ -437,10 +437,14 @@ void pipeline_destroy(void) {
     free(gPLProcessThreads);
 }
 
-void pipeline_split(pipeline_item_t *item) {
+void pipeline_dispatch(pipeline_item_t *item, queue_t *q) {
     item->seq = gPLSplitSeq++;
     item->next = NULL;
-    queue_push(gPipelineSplitQ, PIPELINE_ITEM, item);
+    queue_push(q, PIPELINE_ITEM, item);
+}
+
+void pipeline_split(pipeline_item_t *item) {
+	pipeline_dispatch(item, gPipelineSplitQ);
 }
 
 pipeline_item_t *pipeline_merged() {
diff --git a/pixz.h b/pixz.h
index ee45a2e..7e7b5fc 100644
--- a/pixz.h
+++ b/pixz.h
@@ -135,5 +135,6 @@ void pipeline_create(
 void pipeline_stop(void);
 void pipeline_destroy(void);
 
+void pipeline_dispatch(pipeline_item_t *item, queue_t *q);
 void pipeline_split(pipeline_item_t *item);
 pipeline_item_t *pipeline_merged();
diff --git a/read.c b/read.c
index dd143df..9d71005 100644
--- a/read.c
+++ b/read.c
@@ -57,11 +57,14 @@ static pipeline_item_t *gRbufPI = NULL;
 static io_block_t *gRbuf = NULL;
 
 static void block_capacity(io_block_t *ib, size_t incap, size_t outcap);
-static void stream_write(pipeline_item_t *pi);
 
-static ssize_t rbuf_read(size_t bytes);
+typedef enum {
+	RBUF_ERR, RBUF_EOF, RBUF_PART, RBUF_FULL
+} rbuf_read_status;
+
+static rbuf_read_status rbuf_read(size_t bytes);
 static void rbuf_consume(size_t bytes);
-static void rbuf_dispatch();
+static void rbuf_dispatch(void);
 
 
 #pragma mark DECLARE UTILS
@@ -250,6 +253,40 @@ static void block_capacity(io_block_t *ib, size_t incap, size_t outcap) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Ensure at least this many bytes available
+// Return 1 on success, zero on EOF, -1 on error
+static rbuf_read_status rbuf_read(size_t bytes) {
+	if (!gRbufPI) {
+        queue_pop(gPipelineStartQ, (void**)&gRbufPI);
+		gRbuf = (io_block_t*)(gRbufPI->data);
+		gRbuf->insize = gRbuf->outsize = 0;
+	}
+	
+	if (gRbuf->insize >= bytes)
+		return RBUF_FULL;
+	
+	block_capacity(gRbuf, bytes, 0);
+	size_t r = fread(gRbuf->input + gRbuf->insize, 1, bytes - gRbuf->insize,
+		gInFile);
+	gRbuf->insize += r;
+	
+	if (r)
+		return (gRbuf->insize == bytes) ? RBUF_FULL : RBUF_PART;
+	return feof(gInFile) ? RBUF_EOF : RBUF_ERR;
+}
+
+static void rbuf_consume(size_t bytes) {
+	if (bytes < gRbuf->insize)
+		memmove(gRbuf->input, gRbuf->input + bytes, gRbuf->insize - bytes);
+	gRbuf->insize -= bytes;
+}
+
+static void rbuf_dispatch(void) {
+	pipeline_split(gRbufPI);
+	gRbufPI = NULL;
+	gRbuf = NULL;
+}
+
 static void read_thread_noindex(void) {
 	size_t bytes;
 	lzma_ret err;
@@ -270,40 +307,30 @@ static void read_thread_noindex(void) {
     lzma_filter filters[LZMA_FILTERS_MAX + 1];
     lzma_block block = { .filters = filters, .check = gCheck, .version = 0 };
 	while (true) {
-		// Get pipeline item
-        pipeline_item_t *pi;
-        queue_pop(gPipelineStartQ, (void**)&pi);
-        io_block_t *ib = (io_block_t*)(pi->data);
-		block_capacity(ib, LZMA_BLOCK_HEADER_SIZE_MAX, 0);
-		
 		// Check for index
-		if (ib->insize < 1 && fread(ib->input, 1, 1, gInFile) != 1)
+		if (rbuf_read(1) != RBUF_FULL)
 			die("Error reading block header size");
-		if (ib->input[0] == 0)
-			break; // Found the index
-		
+		if (gRbuf->input[0] == 0)
+			break; // Found the index. FIXME: multi-stream?
+				
 		// Decode header
-		block.header_size = lzma_block_header_size_decode(ib->input[0]);
+		block.header_size = lzma_block_header_size_decode(gRbuf->input[0]);
 		if (block.header_size > LZMA_BLOCK_HEADER_SIZE_MAX)
 			die("Block header size too large");
-		size_t rest = block.header_size - 1;
-		if (fread(ib->input + 1, 1, rest, gInFile) != rest)
+		if (rbuf_read(block.header_size) != RBUF_FULL)
 			die("Error reading block header");
-		if (lzma_block_header_decode(&block, NULL, ib->input) != LZMA_OK)
+		if (lzma_block_header_decode(&block, NULL, gRbuf->input) != LZMA_OK)
 			die("Error decoding block header");
 		
-		lzma_vli comp = block.compressed_size;
-		ib->insize = lzma_block_total_size(&block);
-		ib->outsize = block.uncompressed_size;
-		if (comp == LZMA_VLI_UNKNOWN || ib->outsize == LZMA_VLI_UNKNOWN)
+		size_t comp = block.compressed_size, outsize = block.uncompressed_size;
+		if (comp == LZMA_VLI_UNKNOWN || outsize == LZMA_VLI_UNKNOWN)
 			die("No sizes in header!!!"); // FIXME: streaming; file index
-		block_capacity(ib, ib->insize, ib->outsize);
+		block_capacity(gRbuf, 0, outsize);
+		gRbuf->outsize = outsize;
 		
-		rest = ib->insize - block.header_size;
-		bytes = fread(ib->input + block.header_size, 1, rest, gInFile);
-		if (bytes != rest)
+		if (rbuf_read(lzma_block_total_size(&block)) != RBUF_FULL)
 			die("Error reading block contents");
-		pipeline_split(pi);
+		rbuf_dispatch();
 	}
 	
 	pipeline_stop();