diff --git a/lib/src/journal/file.c b/lib/src/journal/file.c
index c4cce47..9cc0c83 100644
--- a/lib/src/journal/file.c
+++ b/lib/src/journal/file.c
@@ -362,9 +362,9 @@ static EDErrorCode ed_journal_file_read_last_(EDJournalFile *self)
 
     while (TRUE) {
         /* arbitrary */
-        pos = end - 100;
+        pos = (pos - 100);
         if (pos <= 0) {
-            break;
+            pos = 0;
         }
 
         if (!g_seekable_seek(G_SEEKABLE(stream), pos, G_SEEK_SET,
@@ -398,7 +398,11 @@ static EDErrorCode ed_journal_file_read_last_(EDJournalFile *self)
         } while (TRUE);
 
         if (last == NULL) {
-            goto done;
+            if (pos <= 0) {
+                goto done;
+            } else {
+                continue;
+            }
         }
 
         entry = ed_journal_entry_new_parse(last, NULL);