diff --git a/crates/librqbit/src/file_ops.rs b/crates/librqbit/src/file_ops.rs
index 8f3ca95..4d051d9 100644
--- a/crates/librqbit/src/file_ops.rs
+++ b/crates/librqbit/src/file_ops.rs
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ impl<'a> FileOps<'a> {
             piece_remaining_bytes -= to_read_in_file;
 
             if piece_remaining_bytes == 0 {
-                return Ok(true);
+                break;
             }
 
             absolute_offset = 0;
diff --git a/crates/librqbit/src/peer_connection.rs b/crates/librqbit/src/peer_connection.rs
index 7994933..e5d7096 100644
--- a/crates/librqbit/src/peer_connection.rs
+++ b/crates/librqbit/src/peer_connection.rs
@@ -272,8 +272,12 @@ impl<H: PeerConnectionHandler> PeerConnection<H> {
                             .and_then(|e| e.ut_metadata())
                     })?,
                     WriterRequest::ReadChunkRequest(chunk) => {
+                        #[allow(unused_mut)]
+                        let mut skip_reading_for_e2e_tests = false;
+
                         #[cfg(test)]
                         {
+                            use tracing::warn;
                             // This is poor-mans fault injection for running e2e tests.
                             use crate::tests::test_util::TestPeerMetadata;
                             let tpm = TestPeerMetadata::from_peer_id(self.peer_id);
@@ -286,6 +290,12 @@ impl<H: PeerConnectionHandler> PeerConnection<H> {
                                 * (tpm.max_random_sleep_ms as f64))
                                 as u64;
                             tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(sleep_ms)).await;
+
+                            if rand::thread_rng().gen_bool(tpm.bad_data_probability()) {
+                                warn!("will NOT actually read the data to simulate a malicious peer that sends garbage");
+                                write_buf.fill(0);
+                                skip_reading_for_e2e_tests = true;
+                            }
                         }
 
                         // this whole section is an optimization
@@ -293,12 +303,14 @@ impl<H: PeerConnectionHandler> PeerConnection<H> {
                         let preamble_len = serialize_piece_preamble(chunk, &mut write_buf);
                         let full_len = preamble_len + chunk.size as usize;
                         write_buf.resize(full_len, 0);
-                        self.spawner
-                            .spawn_block_in_place(|| {
-                                self.handler
-                                    .read_chunk(chunk, &mut write_buf[preamble_len..])
-                            })
-                            .with_context(|| format!("error reading chunk {chunk:?}"))?;
+                        if !skip_reading_for_e2e_tests {
+                            self.spawner
+                                .spawn_block_in_place(|| {
+                                    self.handler
+                                        .read_chunk(chunk, &mut write_buf[preamble_len..])
+                                })
+                                .with_context(|| format!("error reading chunk {chunk:?}"))?;
+                        }
 
                         uploaded_add = Some(chunk.size);
                         full_len
diff --git a/crates/librqbit/src/tests/e2e.rs b/crates/librqbit/src/tests/e2e.rs
index f7bfd59..3920709 100644
--- a/crates/librqbit/src/tests/e2e.rs
+++ b/crates/librqbit/src/tests/e2e.rs
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ async fn test_e2e() {
                                 }
                                 Ok(true)
                             }
+                            crate::ManagedTorrentState::Error(e) => bail!("error: {e:?}"),
                             _ => bail!("broken state"),
                         })
                         .unwrap();
diff --git a/crates/librqbit/src/tests/test_util.rs b/crates/librqbit/src/tests/test_util.rs
index aac8af0..dcf4555 100644
--- a/crates/librqbit/src/tests/test_util.rs
+++ b/crates/librqbit/src/tests/test_util.rs
@@ -63,4 +63,11 @@ impl TestPeerMetadata {
         }
         0f64
     }
+
+    pub fn bad_data_probability(&self) -> f64 {
+        if self.server_id % 2 == 0 {
+            return 0.05f64;
+        }
+        0f64
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/librqbit/src/torrent_state/live/mod.rs b/crates/librqbit/src/torrent_state/live/mod.rs
index cfe550b..46edfc4 100644
--- a/crates/librqbit/src/torrent_state/live/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/librqbit/src/torrent_state/live/mod.rs
@@ -1396,11 +1396,15 @@ impl PeerHandler {
                         self.state.maybe_transmit_haves(chunk_info.piece_index);
                     }
                     false => {
-                        warn!("checksum for piece={} did not validate", index,);
+                        warn!(
+                            "checksum for piece={} did not validate. disconecting peer.",
+                            index
+                        );
                         self.state
                             .lock_write("mark_piece_broken")
                             .get_chunks_mut()?
                             .mark_piece_broken_if_not_have(chunk_info.piece_index);
+                        anyhow::bail!("i am probably a bogus peer. dying.")
                     }
                 };
                 Ok::<_, anyhow::Error>(())
diff --git a/crates/librqbit_core/src/lengths.rs b/crates/librqbit_core/src/lengths.rs
index 63a083c..7b7fac0 100644
--- a/crates/librqbit_core/src/lengths.rs
+++ b/crates/librqbit_core/src/lengths.rs
@@ -25,9 +25,15 @@ pub struct PieceInfo {
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct ChunkInfo {
     pub piece_index: ValidPieceIndex,
+
+    // Index of chunk within the piece.
     pub chunk_index: u32,
+
+    // Absolute chunk index if the first chunk of the first piece was 0.
     pub absolute_index: u32,
     pub size: u32,
+
+    // Offset of chunk in bytes within the piece.
     pub offset: u32,
 }