diff --git a/Compression.BSA/BSADispatch.cs b/Compression.BSA/BSADispatch.cs
index a208b03c..fec3073c 100644
--- a/Compression.BSA/BSADispatch.cs
+++ b/Compression.BSA/BSADispatch.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace Compression.BSA
             if (fourcc == TES3Reader.TES3_MAGIC)
                 return await TES3Reader.Load(filename);
             if (fourcc == "BSA\0")
-                return await BSAReader.Load(filename);
+                return await BSAReader.LoadWithRetry(filename);
             if (fourcc == "BTDX")
                 return await BA2Reader.Load(filename);
             throw new InvalidDataException("Filename is not a .bsa or .ba2, magic " + fourcc);
diff --git a/Compression.BSA/BSAReader.cs b/Compression.BSA/BSAReader.cs
index 1176be00..3a085902 100644
--- a/Compression.BSA/BSAReader.cs
+++ b/Compression.BSA/BSAReader.cs
@@ -79,13 +79,23 @@ namespace Compression.BSA
             }
         }
 
-
-        public static async ValueTask<BSAReader> Load(AbsolutePath filename)
+        public static async ValueTask<BSAReader> LoadWithRetry(AbsolutePath filename)
         {
             using var stream = await filename.OpenRead();
             using var br = new BinaryReader(stream);
-            var bsa = new BSAReader {_rdr = br, _stream = stream, _fileName = filename};
-            await bsa.LoadHeaders();
+            var bsa = new BSAReader { _rdr = br, _stream = stream, _fileName = filename };
+            bsa.LoadHeaders();
+            bsa._rdr = null;
+            bsa._stream = null;
+            return bsa;
+        }
+
+        public static BSAReader Load(AbsolutePath filename)
+        {
+            using var stream = File.Open(filename.ToString(), FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read);
+            using var br = new BinaryReader(stream);
+            var bsa = new BSAReader { _rdr = br, _stream = stream, _fileName = filename };
+            bsa.LoadHeaders();
             bsa._rdr = null;
             bsa._stream = null;
             return bsa;
@@ -127,7 +137,7 @@ namespace Compression.BSA
             }
         }
 
-        private async ValueTask LoadHeaders()
+        private void LoadHeaders()
         {
             var fourcc = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(_rdr.ReadBytes(4));