diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 116df0b..02847b5 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -11,10 +11,7 @@ hello.txt -> compress -> encrypt -> .zip -> decrypt -> decompress -> hello.txt
 
 Roadmap
 ==============================================================================
-Reading - Working on it. Seems like the AES-CTR counter incrementer for WinZip
-encryption follows a little-endian, left-aligned counter whereas Go's AES-CTR
-implementation is big-endian, right-aligned counter. Will have to read block by
-block and increment the counter by hand.
+Reading - Works. See ctr.go for implementation.
 Writing - Not started.
 Testing - Needs more.
 
diff --git a/ctr.go b/ctr.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03c9ba5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ctr.go
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Counter (CTR) mode.
+
+// CTR converts a block cipher into a stream cipher by
+// repeatedly encrypting an incrementing counter and
+// xoring the resulting stream of data with the input.
+
+// This is a reimplementation of Go's CTR mode to allow
+// for little-endian, left-aligned uint32 counter. Go's
+// NewCTR follows the NIST Standard SP 800-38A, pp 13-15
+// which has a big-endian, right-aligned counter. WinZip
+// AES requires the CTR mode to have a little-endian,
+// left-aligned counter.
+
+package zip
+
+import "crypto/cipher"
+
+type ctr struct {
+	b       cipher.Block
+	ctr     []byte
+	out     []byte
+	outUsed int
+}
+
+const streamBufferSize = 512
+
+// NewWinZipCTR returns a Stream which encrypts/decrypts using the given Block in
+// counter mode. The counter is initially set to 1.
+func NewWinZipCTR(block cipher.Block) cipher.Stream {
+	bufSize := streamBufferSize
+	if bufSize < block.BlockSize() {
+		bufSize = block.BlockSize()
+	}
+	// Set the IV (counter) to 1
+	iv := make([]byte, block.BlockSize())
+	iv[0] = 1
+	return &ctr{
+		b:       block,
+		ctr:     iv,
+		out:     make([]byte, 0, bufSize),
+		outUsed: 0,
+	}
+}
+
+func (x *ctr) refill() {
+	remain := len(x.out) - x.outUsed
+	if remain > x.outUsed {
+		return
+	}
+	copy(x.out, x.out[x.outUsed:])
+	x.out = x.out[:cap(x.out)]
+	bs := x.b.BlockSize()
+	for remain < len(x.out)-bs {
+		x.b.Encrypt(x.out[remain:], x.ctr)
+		remain += bs
+
+		// Increment counter
+		// for i := len(x.ctr) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		// 	x.ctr[i]++
+		// 	if x.ctr[i] != 0 {
+		// 		break
+		// 	}
+		// }
+
+		// Change to allow for little-endian,
+		// left-aligned counter
+		for i := 0; i < len(x.ctr); i++ {
+			x.ctr[i]++
+			if x.ctr[i] != 0 {
+				break
+			}
+		}
+
+	}
+	x.out = x.out[:remain]
+	x.outUsed = 0
+}
+
+func (x *ctr) XORKeyStream(dst, src []byte) {
+	for len(src) > 0 {
+		if x.outUsed >= len(x.out)-x.b.BlockSize() {
+			x.refill()
+		}
+		n := xorBytes(dst, src, x.out[x.outUsed:])
+		dst = dst[n:]
+		src = src[n:]
+		x.outUsed += n
+	}
+}
+
+func xorBytes(dst, a, b []byte) int {
+	n := len(a)
+	if len(b) < n {
+		n = len(b)
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
+		dst[i] = a[i] ^ b[i]
+	}
+	return n
+}
diff --git a/reader.go b/reader.go
index 2ce8cfd..5186d38 100644
--- a/reader.go
+++ b/reader.go
@@ -231,19 +231,16 @@ func newDecryptionReader(r io.Reader, f *File) (io.Reader, error) {
 	if !checkAuthentication(data, authcode, authKey) {
 		return nil, ErrDecryption
 	}
-	// set the IV
-	// see: https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/iv-counter-help-for-aes-ctr/1369
-	var iv [aes.BlockSize]byte
-	iv[0] = 1
-	return decryptStream(data, decKey, iv[:]), nil
+
+	return decryptStream(data, decKey), nil
 }
 
-func decryptStream(ciphertext, key, iv []byte) io.Reader {
+func decryptStream(ciphertext, key []byte) io.Reader {
 	block, err := aes.NewCipher(key)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil
 	}
-	stream := cipher.NewCTR(block, iv)
+	stream := NewWinZipCTR(block)
 	// Not decrypting stream correctly if the number of bytes being read is >16
 	reader := cipher.StreamReader{S: stream, R: bytes.NewReader(ciphertext)}
 	return reader