diff --git a/bao/bao.go b/bao/bao.go
index 406d30b..44c4dc7 100644
--- a/bao/bao.go
+++ b/bao/bao.go
@@ -27,31 +27,50 @@ var _ io.ReadCloser = (*Verifier)(nil)
 var ErrVerifyFailed = errors.New("verification failed")
 
 type Verifier struct {
-	r     io.ReadCloser
-	proof Result
-	read  uint64
+	r      io.ReadCloser
+	proof  Result
+	read   uint64
+	buffer *bytes.Buffer
 }
 
-func (v Verifier) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
-	var buf [VERIFY_CHUNK_SIZE]byte
-
-	n, err = v.r.Read(buf[:])
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, err
+func (v *Verifier) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	// Initial attempt to read from the buffer
+	n, err := v.buffer.Read(p)
+	if n == len(p) {
+		// If the buffer already had enough data to fulfill the request, return immediately
+		return n, nil
+	} else if err != nil && err != io.EOF {
+		// For errors other than EOF, return the error immediately
+		return n, err
 	}
 
-	if !bao.Verify(buf[:n], v.read, v.proof.Proof, v.proof.Hash) {
-		return 0, ErrVerifyFailed
+	buf := make([]byte, VERIFY_CHUNK_SIZE)
+	// Continue reading from the source and verifying until we have enough data or hit an error
+	for v.buffer.Len() < len(p)-n {
+		bytesRead, err := v.r.Read(buf)
+		if err != nil && err != io.EOF {
+			return n, err // Return any read error immediately
+		}
+
+		if !bao.Verify(buf[:bytesRead], v.read, v.proof.Proof, v.proof.Hash) {
+			return n, ErrVerifyFailed
+		}
+
+		v.read += uint64(bytesRead)
+		v.buffer.Write(buf[:bytesRead]) // Append new data to the buffer
+
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			// If EOF, break the loop as no more data can be read
+			break
+		}
 	}
 
-	v.read += uint64(n)
-
-	copy(p, buf[:n])
-
-	return n, nil
+	// Attempt to read the remainder of the data from the buffer
+	additionalBytes, _ := v.buffer.Read(p[n:])
+	return n + additionalBytes, nil
 }
 
-func (v Verifier) Close() error {
+func (v *Verifier) Close() error {
 	return v.r.Close()
 }
 
@@ -145,5 +164,9 @@ func Hash(r io.Reader) (*Result, error) {
 }
 
 func NewVerifier(r io.ReadCloser, proof Result) *Verifier {
-	return &Verifier{r: r, proof: proof}
+	return &Verifier{
+		r:      r,
+		proof:  proof,
+		buffer: new(bytes.Buffer),
+	}
 }