diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ae779b4..a9c1886 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ This class is the main interface for reading data from dBase files. It extends `
 The support options are:
 
 * encoding `String` The character encoding to use (default = `utf-8`)
+* encoder `Function` The encoder for field value. (default `buffer.toString(encoding)` used)
 
 Creates a new Parser and attaches it to the specified filename.
 
@@ -117,6 +118,23 @@ The following code example illustrates a very simple usage for this module:
     });
     
     parser.parse();
+    
+How to use encodings not supported by nodejs Buffer:
+
+    var Parser = require('node-dbf');
+    var iconv = require('iconv-lite');     //npm install iconv-lite
+    
+    encodingFunction = function (buffer, encoding) {
+      return iconv.decode(buffer, 'CP866').trim(); //CP1252....
+    };
+
+    var parser = new Parser('/path/to/my/dbase/file.dbf', {encoder:encodingFunction});
+    
+    parser.on('record', function(record) {
+        console.log('Name: ' + record.firstName + ' ' + record.lastName); // Name: Jü Smith
+    });
+    
+    parser.parse();
 
 #Command-Line Interface (CLI)
 
diff --git a/src/parser.coffee b/src/parser.coffee
index 4614cc8..4588d75 100644
--- a/src/parser.coffee
+++ b/src/parser.coffee
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ class Parser extends EventEmitter
 
     constructor: (@filename, @options = {}) ->
         @encoding = @options?.encoding || 'utf-8'
+        @encoder = @options?.encoder || @getValueString
+        @readStreamOptions = @options?.readStreamOptions
 
     parse: =>
         @emit 'start', @
@@ -16,13 +18,12 @@ class Parser extends EventEmitter
             @emit 'header', @header
 
             sequenceNumber = 0
-            
-            loc = @header.start
+            loc = 0
             bufLoc = @header.start
             overflow = null
             @paused = false
             
-            stream = fs.createReadStream @filename
+            stream = fs.createReadStream @filename, @readStreamOptions
             
             @readBuf = =>
             
@@ -31,18 +32,24 @@ class Parser extends EventEmitter
                     return
                 
                 while buffer = stream.read()
-                    if bufLoc isnt @header.start then bufLoc = 0
-                    if overflow isnt null then buffer = overflow + buffer
-
+                    if overflow isnt null then buffer = Buffer.concat [overflow, buffer]
+                    
                     while loc < (@header.start + @header.numberOfRecords * @header.recordLength) && (bufLoc + @header.recordLength) <= buffer.length
                         @emit 'record', @parseRecord ++sequenceNumber, buffer.slice bufLoc, bufLoc += @header.recordLength
-
-                    loc += bufLoc
-                    if bufLoc < buffer.length then overflow = buffer.slice bufLoc, buffer.length else overflow = null
+                    
+                    if bufLoc < buffer.length
+                      overflow = buffer.slice bufLoc, buffer.length 
+                      loc += bufLoc
+                      bufLoc = 0
+                    else 
+                      overflow = null
+                      bufLoc -=  buffer.length
+                      loc += buffer.length
+                    
 
                     return @
                     
-            stream.on 'readable',@readBuf            
+            stream.on 'readable',@readBuf
             stream.on 'end', () =>
                 @emit 'end'
 
@@ -68,9 +75,12 @@ class Parser extends EventEmitter
                 record[field.name] = @parseField field, buffer.slice loc, loc += field.length
 
         return record
+        
+    getValueString: (buffer, encoding) =>
+         return (buffer.toString encoding).trim()
 
     parseField: (field, buffer) =>
-        value = (buffer.toString @encoding).trim()
+        value = @encoder buffer, @encoding
 
         if field.type is 'N'
             value = parseInt value, 10
diff --git a/test/parser.js b/test/parser.js
index ff88231..ca0e97c 100644
--- a/test/parser.js
+++ b/test/parser.js
@@ -210,7 +210,72 @@ describe('Parser', function() {
         expect(events.end).to.be.above(events.record);
       });
     });
- 
+    
+  describe('Parsing the SF zip codes with small chunksize and own encoder', function() {
+    var encoder_func_called = false;
+    var own_encoder = function (buffer, encoding) { encoder_func_called = true; return (buffer.toString(encoding)).trim();};
+      
+    var parser = new Parser(__dirname + '/fixtures/bayarea_zipcodes.dbf', { encoder: own_encoder, readStreamOptions:{ highWaterMark:50}}); //read by 50 bytes chunk (below header size and below recordsize)
+    var header, records = [], events, header;
+    
+
+    before(function(done) {
+      events = {start: undefined, header: undefined, record: undefined, end: undefined};
+
+      parser.on('start', function() {
+        events.start = process.hrtime()[1];
+      });
+
+      parser.on('header', function(h) {
+        header = h;
+        events.header = process.hrtime()[1];
+      });
+
+      parser.on('record', function(record) {
+        records.push(record);
+        events.record = process.hrtime()[1];
+      });
+
+      parser.on('end', function() {
+        events.end = process.hrtime()[1];
+        done();
+      });
+
+      parser.parse();
+    });
+
+    describe('the records', function() {
+      it('there are 187', function() {
+        expect(records).to.have.lengthOf(187);
+      });
+
+      it('the header says there are 187', function() {
+        expect(header.numberOfRecords).to.equal(187);
+      });
+
+      it('contain the 94111 zip code', function() {
+        var area = records.filter(function(v) { return '94111' === v.ZIP; });
+
+        expect(area).to.be.an('Array');
+        expect(area).to.have.lengthOf(1);
+        area = area[0];
+
+        expect(area['@sequenceNumber']).to.be.a('Number');
+        expect(area['@deleted']).to.equal(false);
+
+        expect(area.ZIP).to.equal('94111');
+        expect(area.PO_NAME).to.equal('SAN FRANCISCO');
+        expect(area.STATE).to.equal('CA');
+        expect(area.Area__).to.be.a('Number').within(0, Number.MAX_VALUE);
+        expect(area.Length__).to.be.a('Number').within(0, Number.MAX_VALUE);
+      });
+      
+      it ('call encoder func', function () {
+        expect(encoder_func_called).to.be.true;
+      });
+    });
+  })
+    
     // check a select number of them
     // check floats
     // check character encoding ???