diff --git a/JournalFile.cs b/JournalFile.cs
index 5a82341..bfae462 100644
--- a/JournalFile.cs
+++ b/JournalFile.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ namespace EDJournal {
         private static string iso8601 = "yyyyMMddTHHmmss";
         private static string iso8601_notime = "yyyyMMdd";
 
+        public string FullPath => fullpath;
+
         public static bool VerifyFile(string path) {
             string filename = Path.GetFileName(path);
 
diff --git a/JournalStream.cs b/JournalStream.cs
index 0e61bbf..05e0ed3 100644
--- a/JournalStream.cs
+++ b/JournalStream.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 
@@ -26,11 +27,28 @@ namespace EDJournal {
             Open();
         }
 
+        private void AddFileToStreams(string path, bool seekend = false) {
+            if (!streams.ContainsKey(path) && JournalFile.VerifyFile(path)) {
+                var filestream = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite);
+                streams[path] = new StreamReader(filestream);
+
+                if (seekend) {
+                    streams[path].BaseStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.End);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         public void Open() {
             if (watcher != null) {
                 return;
             }
 
+            if (journal.Files.Count > 0) {
+                JournalFile lastfile = journal.GetLastFile();
+                /* add last file to stream */
+                AddFileToStreams(lastfile.FullPath, true);
+            }
+
             watcher = new FileSystemWatcher(journal.Location);
 
             watcher.NotifyFilter = NotifyFilters.FileName |
@@ -53,16 +71,11 @@ namespace EDJournal {
         }
 
         private void Watcher_Created(object sender, FileSystemEventArgs e) {
-            if (!streams.ContainsKey(e.FullPath) && JournalFile.VerifyFile(e.FullPath)) {
-                streams[e.FullPath] = new StreamReader(e.FullPath);
-            }
+            AddFileToStreams(e.FullPath);
         }
 
         private void Watcher_Changed(object sender, FileSystemEventArgs e) {
-            if (!streams.ContainsKey(e.FullPath) && JournalFile.VerifyFile(e.FullPath)) {
-                var filestream = new FileStream(e.FullPath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite);
-                streams[e.FullPath] = new StreamReader(filestream);
-            }
+            AddFileToStreams(e.FullPath);
 
             var stream = streams[e.FullPath];
             if (stream == null) {
diff --git a/PlayerJournal.cs b/PlayerJournal.cs
index 348840f..3576753 100644
--- a/PlayerJournal.cs
+++ b/PlayerJournal.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ namespace EDJournal {
 
         private void Initialise(string path) {
             basepath = Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables(path);
+            ScanFiles();
         }
 
         public List<JournalFile> Files {
@@ -34,6 +36,16 @@ namespace EDJournal {
             this.ScanFiles();
         }
 
+        public JournalFile GetLastFile() {
+            var lastfile = Files
+                .GroupBy(x => x.Timestamp)
+                .Last()
+                .ToArray<JournalFile>()
+                .Last()
+                ;
+            return lastfile;
+        }
+
         public void ScanFiles() { 
             var files = Directory.EnumerateFiles(basepath);