diff --git a/apps/files_encryption/lib/stream.php b/apps/files_encryption/lib/stream.php
index 7a37d2200a4..c3cbdd54f56 100644
--- a/apps/files_encryption/lib/stream.php
+++ b/apps/files_encryption/lib/stream.php
@@ -163,15 +163,26 @@ class Stream {
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @brief Returns the current position of the file pointer
+	 * @return int  position of the file pointer
+	 */
+	public function stream_tell() {
+		return ftell($this->handle);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @param $offset
 	 * @param int $whence
+	 * @return bool true if fseek was successful, otherwise false
 	 */
 	public function stream_seek($offset, $whence = SEEK_SET) {
 
 		$this->flush();
 
-		fseek($this->handle, $offset, $whence);
+		// this wrapper needs to return "true" for success.
+		// the fseek call itself returns 0 on succeess
+		return !fseek($this->handle, $offset, $whence);
 
 	}