diff --git a/src/netarch/gapstr.go b/src/netarch/gapstr.go
index f992dcf..6174bb7 100644
--- a/src/netarch/gapstr.go
+++ b/src/netarch/gapstr.go
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ func (g *Gapstr) Slice(beg, end int) *Gapstr {
 type GapstrReader struct {
 	g *Gapstr
 	pos int
-	GapRead bool
+	gapread bool
 }
 
 func NewGapstrReader(g *Gapstr) (*GapstrReader) {
@@ -157,11 +157,15 @@ func NewGapstrReader(g *Gapstr) (*GapstrReader) {
 func (gr *GapstrReader) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	gs := gr.g.Slice(gr.pos, gr.pos + len(p))
 	if gs.HasGaps() {
-		gr.GapRead = true
+		gr.gapread = true
 	}
 	
 	s := []byte(gs.String())
 	nread := copy(p, s)
 	gr.pos += nread
 	return nread, nil
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+func (gr *GapstrReader) GapRead() bool {
+	return gr.gapread
+}
diff --git a/src/netarch/gapstr_test.go b/src/netarch/gapstr_test.go
index c7eed50..56a08c9 100644
--- a/src/netarch/gapstr_test.go
+++ b/src/netarch/gapstr_test.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func TestGapstr(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestGapstrReader(t *testing.T) {
 	g := new(Gapstr)
-	g = g.AppendString("\xff\xff")
+	g = g.AppendString("\xff\xffaoeu")
 	g = g.AppendGap(8)
 	g = g.AppendString("\xff\xff\xff")
 	
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ func TestGapstrReader(t *testing.T) {
 		truth := gs[beg:end]
 		nread, err := gr.Read(b)
 		
+		DUMP(gr.GapRead())
 		AssertEqual(t, nread, len(truth))
 		AssertEqual(t, err, nil)
 		AssertEqual(t, string(b[:nread]), truth)