diff --git a/src/Athena/FileReader.cpp b/src/Athena/FileReader.cpp
index e788db8..5cdf8e3 100644
--- a/src/Athena/FileReader.cpp
+++ b/src/Athena/FileReader.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ void FileReader::open()
 
     if (!m_fileHandle)
     {
-        atError("File not found '%s'", filename());
+        std::string _filename = filename();
+        atError("File not found '%s'", _filename.c_str());
         setError();
         return;
     }
@@ -82,6 +83,9 @@ void FileReader::close()
 
 void FileReader::seek(atInt64 pos, SeekOrigin origin)
 {
+    if (!isOpen())
+        return;
+
     // check block position
     if (m_blockSize > 0)
     {
diff --git a/src/Athena/FileWriter.cpp b/src/Athena/FileWriter.cpp
index abd3549..d6f579a 100644
--- a/src/Athena/FileWriter.cpp
+++ b/src/Athena/FileWriter.cpp
@@ -84,6 +84,13 @@ void FileWriter::close()
 
 void FileWriter::seek(atInt64 pos, SeekOrigin origin)
 {
+    if (!isOpen())
+    {
+        atError("Unable to seek in file, not open");
+        setError();
+        return;
+    }
+
     if (fseeko64(m_fileHandle, pos, (int)origin) != 0)
     {
         atError("Unable to seek in file");