diff --git a/src/dcrypto/v1/v1.go b/src/dcrypto/v1/v1.go
index a94420a5..b9337639 100644
--- a/src/dcrypto/v1/v1.go
+++ b/src/dcrypto/v1/v1.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"crypto/hmac"
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"crypto/sha512"
+	"encoding/binary"
 	"errors"
 	"hash"
 	"io"
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ const (
 	// The number of iterations to use in for key generation
 	// See N value in https://godoc.org/golang.org/x/crypto/scrypt#Key
 	// Must be a power of 2.
-	scryptIterations = 262144 // 2^18
+	scryptIterations int32 = 262144 // 2^18
 )
 
 const _16KB = 16 * 1024
@@ -69,6 +70,13 @@ var (
 
 	// The amount of key material we need.
 	keySize = hmacKeySize + aesKeySize
+
+	// The size of the Header.
+	HeaderSize = 4 + saltSize + blockSize
+
+	// The overhead added to the file by using this library.
+	// OverHead + len(plaintext) == len(ciphertext)
+	OverHead = HeaderSize + hmacSize
 )
 
 var DecryptErr = errors.New("message corrupt or incorrect password")
@@ -91,12 +99,15 @@ func keys(pass, salt []byte, iterations int) (aesKey, hmacKey []byte, err error)
 	return aesKey, hmacKey, nil
 }
 
+// hashReadWriter hashes on write and on read finalizes the hash and returns it.
+// Writes after a Read will return an error.
 type hashReadWriter struct {
 	hash hash.Hash
 	done bool
 	sum  io.Reader
 }
 
+// Write implements io.Writer
 func (h *hashReadWriter) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
 	if h.done {
 		return 0, errors.New("writing to hashReadWriter after read is not allowed")
@@ -104,6 +115,7 @@ func (h *hashReadWriter) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
 	return h.hash.Write(p)
 }
 
+// Read implements io.Reader.
 func (h *hashReadWriter) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
 	if !h.done {
 		h.done = true
@@ -112,6 +124,23 @@ func (h *hashReadWriter) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
 	return h.sum.Read(p)
 }
 
+// encInt32 will encode a int32 in to a byte slice.
+func encInt32(i int32) ([]byte, error) {
+	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	if err := binary.Write(buf, binary.LittleEndian, i); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return buf.Bytes(), nil
+}
+
+// decInt32 will read an int32 from a reader and return the byte slice and the int32.
+func decInt32(r io.Reader) (b []byte, i int32, err error) {
+	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	tr := io.TeeReader(r, buf)
+	err = binary.Read(tr, binary.LittleEndian, &i)
+	return buf.Bytes(), i, err
+}
+
 // NewEncryptReader returns an io.Reader wrapping the provided io.Reader.
 // It uses a user provided password and a random salt to derive keys.
 // If the key is provided interactively, it should be verified since there
@@ -127,8 +156,12 @@ func NewEncryptReader(r io.Reader, pass []byte) (io.Reader, error) {
 // newEncryptReader returns a encryptReader wrapping an io.Reader.
 // It uses a user provided password and the provided salt iterated the
 // provided number of times to derive keys.
-func newEncryptReader(r io.Reader, pass, salt []byte, iterations int) (io.Reader, error) {
-	aesKey, hmacKey, err := keys(pass, salt, iterations)
+func newEncryptReader(r io.Reader, pass, salt []byte, iterations int32) (io.Reader, error) {
+	iByte, err := encInt32(iterations)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	aesKey, hmacKey, err := keys(pass, salt, int(iterations))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -144,6 +177,7 @@ func newEncryptReader(r io.Reader, pass, salt []byte, iterations int) (io.Reader
 	hr := &hashReadWriter{hash: h}
 	sr := &cipher.StreamReader{R: r, S: cipher.NewCTR(b, iv)}
 	var header []byte
+	header = append(header, iByte...)
 	header = append(header, salt...)
 	header = append(header, iv...)
 	return io.MultiReader(io.TeeReader(io.MultiReader(bytes.NewBuffer(header), sr), hr), hr), nil
@@ -160,11 +194,11 @@ type decryptReader struct {
 // hash the contents to verify that it is safe to decrypt.
 // If the file is athenticated, the DecryptReader will be returned and
 // the resulting bytes will be the plaintext.
-func NewDecryptReader(r io.Reader, pass []byte) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
-	return newDecryptReader(r, pass, scryptIterations)
-}
-
-func newDecryptReader(r io.Reader, pass []byte, iterations int) (d *decryptReader, err error) {
+func NewDecryptReader(r io.Reader, pass []byte) (d io.ReadCloser, err error) {
+	iByte, iterations, err := decInt32(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	salt := make([]byte, saltSize)
 	iv := make([]byte, blockSize)
 	mac := make([]byte, hmacSize)
@@ -176,12 +210,13 @@ func newDecryptReader(r io.Reader, pass []byte, iterations int) (d *decryptReade
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	aesKey, hmacKey, err := keys(pass, salt, iterations)
+	aesKey, hmacKey, err := keys(pass, salt, int(iterations))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	// Start Verifying the HMAC of the message.
 	h := hmac.New(hashFunc, hmacKey)
+	h.Write(iByte)
 	h.Write(salt)
 	h.Write(iv)
 	dst, err := tmpfile.New(&tmpfile.Context{
diff --git a/src/dcrypto/v1/v1_test.go b/src/dcrypto/v1/v1_test.go
index bf19e2c2..ec483118 100644
--- a/src/dcrypto/v1/v1_test.go
+++ b/src/dcrypto/v1/v1_test.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ var aesKey = []byte{122, 207, 56, 234, 212, 67, 99, 125, 149, 229, 186, 218, 134
 
 // TestKeys tests that the keys function hasn't changed and produces the expected keys.
 func TestKeys(t *testing.T) {
-	a, b, err := keys(password, salt, scryptIterations)
+	a, b, err := keys(password, salt, int(scryptIterations))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("keys(%v, %v) => %q; want nil", password, salt, err)
 	}
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func TestRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Errorf("ioutil.ReadAll(*EncryptReader) => %q; want nil", err)
 				continue
 			}
-			dr, err := newDecryptReader(bytes.NewBuffer(cipher), password, 1024)
+			dr, err := NewDecryptReader(bytes.NewBuffer(cipher), password)
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Errorf("NewDecryptReader() => %q; want nil", err)
 				continue