diff --git a/fixtures/testfile.tar.gz b/fixtures/testfile.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ccd671
Binary files /dev/null and b/fixtures/testfile.tar.gz differ
diff --git a/libarchive/__init__.py b/libarchive/__init__.py
index 424e7a4..b0018e5 100644
--- a/libarchive/__init__.py
+++ b/libarchive/__init__.py
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ class EntryReadStream(object):
         return self
 
     def __exit__(self, *args):
-        return
+        self.close()
 
     def __iter__(self):
         if self.closed:
@@ -438,6 +438,10 @@ class Archive(object):
         self.encoding = encoding
         self.blocksize = blocksize
         self.password = password
+        try:
+            f = str(f)
+        except:
+            pass
         if isinstance(f, str):
             self.filename = f
             f = open(f, mode)
@@ -493,7 +497,7 @@ class Archive(object):
         return self
 
     def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):
-        self.denit()
+        self.close()
 
     def __del__(self):
         self.close()
@@ -543,9 +547,7 @@ class Archive(object):
         if _defer:
             # This call came from our open stream.
             self._stream = None
-            if not self._defer_close:
-                # We are not yet ready to close.
-                return
+            return
         if self._stream is not None:
             # We have a stream open! don't close, but remember we were asked to.
             self._defer_close = True
@@ -563,7 +565,7 @@ class Archive(object):
                 if hasattr(self.f, "fileno"):
                     os.fsync(self.f.fileno())
             # and then close it, if we opened it...
-            if getattr(self, '_close', None):
+            if getattr(self.f, 'close', None):
                 self.f.close()
 
     @property
diff --git a/libarchive/tests.py b/libarchive/tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b34732
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libarchive/tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import hashlib
+import libarchive
+import pathlib
+import unittest
+
+_defaulthash = 'sha512'
+
+def _readfp(fp):
+	while True:
+		r = fp.read(64*1024)
+		# libarchive returns None on EOF
+		if r == b'' or r is None:
+			return
+
+		yield r
+
+def _hashfp(fp):
+	hash = getattr(hashlib, _defaulthash)()
+	for r in _readfp(fp):
+		hash.update(r)
+
+	return '%s:%s' % (_defaulthash, hash.hexdigest())
+
+
+class TestArchive(unittest.TestCase):
+	def setUp(self):
+		self.fixtures = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.parent / 'fixtures'
+
+	def test_closed(self):
+		fname = self.fixtures / 'testfile.tar.gz'
+
+		with libarchive.Archive(fname) as arch:
+			origfp = arch.f
+
+			hashes = []
+
+			for i in arch:
+				if not i.isfile():
+					continue
+
+				with arch.readstream(i.size) as fp:
+					hashes.append(_hashfp(fp))
+
+				self.assertTrue(fp.closed)
+				self.assertIsNone(arch._stream)
+
+			self.assertEqual(hashes, [ 'sha512:90f8342520f0ac57fb5a779f5d331c2fa87aa40f8799940257f9ba619940951e67143a8d746535ed0284924b2b7bc1478f095198800ba96d01847d7b56ca465c', 'sha512:7d5768d47b6bc27dc4fa7e9732cfa2de506ca262a2749cb108923e5dddffde842bbfee6cb8d692fb43aca0f12946c521cce2633887914ca1f96898478d10ad3f' ])
+
+		self.assertTrue(arch.f.closed)