diff --git a/src/compression.jl b/src/compression.jl
index 32fb444..b6da111 100644
--- a/src/compression.jl
+++ b/src/compression.jl
@@ -60,43 +60,55 @@ function TranscodingStreams.finalize(codec::Bzip2Compressor)
     if codec.stream.state != C_NULL
         code = compress_end!(codec.stream)
         if code != BZ_OK
-            bzerror(codec.stream, code)
+            bzerror(code)
         end
     end
     return
 end
 
-function TranscodingStreams.startproc(codec::Bzip2Compressor, ::Symbol, error::Error)
+function TranscodingStreams.startproc(codec::Bzip2Compressor, ::Symbol, error_ref::Error)
     if codec.stream.state != C_NULL
         code = compress_end!(codec.stream)
         if code != BZ_OK
-            error[] = BZ2Error(code)
+            error_ref[] = BZ2Error(code)
             return :error
         end
     end
     code = compress_init!(codec.stream, codec.blocksize100k, codec.verbosity, codec.workfactor)
-    if code != BZ_OK
-        error[] = BZ2Error(code)
-        return :error
+    # errors in compress_init! do not require clean up, so just throw
+    if code == BZ_OK
+        return :ok
+    elseif code == BZ_CONFIG_ERROR
+        error("BZ_CONFIG_ERROR: libbzip2 has been mis-compiled")
+    elseif code == BZ_PARAM_ERROR
+        error("BZ_PARAM_ERROR: this must be checked in Bzip2Compressor constructor")
+    elseif code == BZ_MEM_ERROR
+        throw(OutOfMemoryError())
+    else
+        error("unexpected libbzip2 error code: $(code)")
     end
-    return :ok
 end
 
-function TranscodingStreams.process(codec::Bzip2Compressor, input::Memory, output::Memory, error::Error)
+function TranscodingStreams.process(codec::Bzip2Compressor, input::Memory, output::Memory, error_ref::Error)
     stream = codec.stream
+    if stream.state == C_NULL
+        error("startproc must be called before process")
+    end
     stream.next_in = input.ptr
-    stream.avail_in = input.size
+    avail_in = min(input.size, typemax(Cuint))
+    stream.avail_in = avail_in
     stream.next_out = output.ptr
-    stream.avail_out = output.size
+    avail_out = min(output.size, typemax(Cuint))
+    stream.avail_out = avail_out
     code = compress!(stream, input.size > 0 ? BZ_RUN : BZ_FINISH)
-    Δin = Int(input.size - stream.avail_in)
-    Δout = Int(output.size - stream.avail_out)
+    Δin = Int(avail_in - stream.avail_in)
+    Δout = Int(avail_out - stream.avail_out)
     if code == BZ_RUN_OK || code == BZ_FINISH_OK
         return Δin, Δout, :ok
     elseif code == BZ_STREAM_END
         return Δin, Δout, :end
     else
-        error[] = BZ2Error(code)
+        error_ref[] = BZ2Error(code)
         return Δin, Δout, :error
     end
 end
diff --git a/src/decompression.jl b/src/decompression.jl
index 38220f1..8582b73 100644
--- a/src/decompression.jl
+++ b/src/decompression.jl
@@ -48,43 +48,62 @@ function TranscodingStreams.finalize(codec::Bzip2Decompressor)
     if codec.stream.state != C_NULL
         code = decompress_end!(codec.stream)
         if code != BZ_OK
-            bzerror(codec.stream, code)
+            bzerror(code)
         end
     end
     return
 end
 
-function TranscodingStreams.startproc(codec::Bzip2Decompressor, ::Symbol, error::Error)
+function TranscodingStreams.startproc(codec::Bzip2Decompressor, ::Symbol, error_ref::Error)
     if codec.stream.state != C_NULL
         code = decompress_end!(codec.stream)
         if code != BZ_OK
-            error[] = BZ2Error(code)
+            error_ref[] = BZ2Error(code)
             return :error
         end
     end
     code = decompress_init!(codec.stream, codec.verbosity, codec.small)
-    if code != BZ_OK
-        error[] = BZ2Error(code)
-        return :error
+    # errors in decompress_init! do not require clean up, so just throw
+    if code == BZ_OK
+        return :ok
+    elseif code == BZ_CONFIG_ERROR
+        error("BZ_CONFIG_ERROR: libbzip2 has been mis-compiled")
+    elseif code == BZ_PARAM_ERROR
+        error("BZ_PARAM_ERROR: this must be checked in Bzip2Decompressor constructor")
+    elseif code == BZ_MEM_ERROR
+        throw(OutOfMemoryError())
+    else
+        error("unexpected libbzip2 error code: $(code)")
     end
-    return :ok
 end
 
-function TranscodingStreams.process(codec::Bzip2Decompressor, input::Memory, output::Memory, error::Error)
+function TranscodingStreams.process(codec::Bzip2Decompressor, input::Memory, output::Memory, error_ref::Error)
     stream = codec.stream
+    if stream.state == C_NULL
+        error("startproc must be called before process")
+    end
     stream.next_in = input.ptr
-    stream.avail_in = input.size
+    avail_in = min(input.size, typemax(Cuint))
+    stream.avail_in = avail_in
     stream.next_out = output.ptr
-    stream.avail_out = output.size
+    avail_out = min(output.size, typemax(Cuint))
+    stream.avail_out = avail_out
     code = decompress!(stream)
-    Δin = Int(input.size - stream.avail_in)
-    Δout = Int(output.size - stream.avail_out)
+    Δin = Int(avail_in - stream.avail_in)
+    Δout = Int(avail_out - stream.avail_out)
     if code == BZ_OK
-        return Δin, Δout, :ok
+        if iszero(input.size) && !iszero(stream.avail_out)
+            error_ref[] = BZ2Error(BZ_UNEXPECTED_EOF)
+            return Δin, Δout, :error
+        else
+            return Δin, Δout, :ok
+        end
     elseif code == BZ_STREAM_END
         return Δin, Δout, :end
+    elseif code == BZ_MEM_ERROR
+        throw(OutOfMemoryError())
     else
-        error[] = BZ2Error(code)
+        error_ref[] = BZ2Error(code)
         return Δin, Δout, :error
     end
 end
diff --git a/src/libbzip2.jl b/src/libbzip2.jl
index 5736bac..48343f2 100644
--- a/src/libbzip2.jl
+++ b/src/libbzip2.jl
@@ -186,7 +186,29 @@ struct BZ2Error <: Exception
     code::Cint
 end
 
-function bzerror(stream::BZStream, code::Cint)
+function Base.showerror(io::IO, err::BZ2Error)
+    code = err.code
+    print(io, "BZ2Error: ")
+    if code == BZ_CONFIG_ERROR
+        print(io, "BZ_CONFIG_ERROR: the library has been improperly compiled on your platform")
+    elseif code == BZ_SEQUENCE_ERROR
+        print(io, "BZ_SEQUENCE_ERROR: invalid function sequence, there is a bug in CodecBzip2")
+    elseif code == BZ_PARAM_ERROR
+        print(io, "BZ_PARAM_ERROR: function parameter is out of range, there is a bug in CodecBzip2")
+    elseif code == BZ_DATA_ERROR
+        print(io, "BZ_DATA_ERROR: a data integrity error is detected in the compressed stream")
+    elseif code == BZ_DATA_ERROR_MAGIC
+        print(io, "BZ_DATA_ERROR_MAGIC: the compressed stream doesn't begin with the right magic bytes")
+    elseif code == BZ_UNEXPECTED_EOF
+        print(io, "BZ_UNEXPECTED_EOF: the compressed stream may be truncated")
+    else
+        print(io, "unknown bzip2 error code: ")
+        print(io, code)
+    end
+    nothing
+end
+
+function bzerror(code::Cint)
     @assert code < 0
     throw(BZ2Error(code))
 end
diff --git a/test/Project.toml b/test/Project.toml
index 77ae80a..a86fb10 100644
--- a/test/Project.toml
+++ b/test/Project.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [deps]
+Aqua = "4c88cf16-eb10-579e-8560-4a9242c79595"
 CodecBzip2 = "523fee87-0ab8-5b00-afb7-3ecf72e48cfd"
 Test = "8dfed614-e22c-5e08-85e1-65c5234f0b40"
 TestsForCodecPackages = "c2e61002-3542-480d-8b3c-5f05cc4f8554"
diff --git a/test/big-mem-tests.jl b/test/big-mem-tests.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0856182
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/big-mem-tests.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# This file contains tests that require a large amount of memory (at least 25 GB)
+# and take a long time to run. The tests are designed to check the 
+# compression and decompression functionality of the CodecBzip2 package 
+# with very large inputs. These tests are not run with CI
+
+using Test
+using CodecBzip2
+
+@testset "Big Memory Tests" begin
+    Sys.WORD_SIZE == 64 || error("tests require 64 bit word size")
+    @info "compressing zeros"
+    for n in (2^32 - 1, 2^32, 2^32 +1)
+        @info "compressing"
+        local c = transcode(Bzip2Compressor, zeros(UInt8, n))
+        @info "decompressing"
+        local u = transcode(Bzip2Decompressor, c)
+        c = nothing
+        all_zero = all(iszero, u)
+        len_n = length(u) == n
+        @test all_zero && len_n
+    end
+
+    @info "compressing random"
+    for n in (2^32 - 1, 2^32, 2^32 +1)
+        local u = rand(UInt8, n)
+        @info "compressing"
+        local c = transcode(Bzip2Compressor, u)
+        @info "decompressing"
+        local u2 = transcode(Bzip2Decompressor, c)
+        c = nothing
+        are_equal = u == u2
+        @test are_equal
+    end
+
+    @info "decompressing huge concatenation"
+    uncompressed = rand(UInt8, 2^20)
+    @info "compressing"
+    compressed = transcode(Bzip2Compressor, uncompressed)
+    total_compressed = UInt8[]
+    sizehint!(total_compressed, length(compressed)*2^12)
+    total_uncompressed = UInt8[]
+    sizehint!(total_uncompressed, length(uncompressed)*2^12)
+    for i in 1:2^12
+        append!(total_uncompressed, uncompressed)
+        append!(total_compressed, compressed)
+    end
+    @test length(total_compressed) > 2^32
+    @info "decompressing"
+    @test total_uncompressed == transcode(Bzip2Decompressor, total_compressed)
+end
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index d01e397..e49198e 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 using CodecBzip2
 using Test
+using Aqua: Aqua
 import TranscodingStreams
 using TestsForCodecPackages:
     test_roundtrip_read,
     test_roundtrip_write,
     test_roundtrip_transcode,
     test_roundtrip_lines,
-    test_roundtrip_seekstart
+    test_roundtrip_seekstart,
+    test_reuse_encoder
+
+Aqua.test_all(CodecBzip2)
 
 @testset "Bzip2 Codec" begin
     codec = Bzip2Compressor()
@@ -41,9 +45,45 @@ using TestsForCodecPackages:
     test_roundtrip_lines(Bzip2CompressorStream, Bzip2DecompressorStream)
     test_roundtrip_seekstart(Bzip2CompressorStream, Bzip2DecompressorStream)
     test_roundtrip_transcode(Bzip2Compressor, Bzip2Decompressor)
+    test_reuse_encoder(Bzip2Compressor, Bzip2Decompressor)
 
     @test_throws ArgumentError Bzip2Compressor(blocksize100k=10)
     @test_throws ArgumentError Bzip2Compressor(workfactor=251)
     @test_throws ArgumentError Bzip2Compressor(verbosity=5)
     @test_throws ArgumentError Bzip2Decompressor(verbosity=5)
+
+    @testset "unexpected end of stream errors" begin
+        # issue #32
+        local uncompressed = rand(UInt8, 1000)
+        local compressed = transcode(Bzip2Compressor, uncompressed)
+        for i in 0:length(compressed)-1
+            @test_throws CodecBzip2.BZ2Error(CodecBzip2.BZ_UNEXPECTED_EOF) transcode(Bzip2Decompressor, compressed[1:i])
+        end
+        @test transcode(Bzip2Decompressor, compressed) == uncompressed
+        # compressing empty vector should still work
+        @test transcode(Bzip2Decompressor, transcode(Bzip2Compressor, UInt8[])) == UInt8[]
+    end
+    @testset "data errors" begin
+        @test_throws CodecBzip2.BZ2Error(CodecBzip2.BZ_DATA_ERROR_MAGIC) transcode(Bzip2Decompressor, zeros(UInt8, 10))
+        local uncompressed = rand(UInt8, 1000)
+        local compressed = transcode(Bzip2Compressor, uncompressed)
+        compressed[70] ⊻= 0x01
+        @test_throws CodecBzip2.BZ2Error(CodecBzip2.BZ_DATA_ERROR) transcode(Bzip2Decompressor, compressed)
+    end
+    @testset "error printing" begin
+        @test sprint(Base.showerror, CodecBzip2.BZ2Error(CodecBzip2.BZ_CONFIG_ERROR)) ==
+            "BZ2Error: BZ_CONFIG_ERROR: the library has been improperly compiled on your platform"
+        @test sprint(Base.showerror, CodecBzip2.BZ2Error(CodecBzip2.BZ_SEQUENCE_ERROR)) ==
+            "BZ2Error: BZ_SEQUENCE_ERROR: invalid function sequence, there is a bug in CodecBzip2"
+        @test sprint(Base.showerror, CodecBzip2.BZ2Error(CodecBzip2.BZ_PARAM_ERROR)) ==
+            "BZ2Error: BZ_PARAM_ERROR: function parameter is out of range, there is a bug in CodecBzip2"
+        @test sprint(Base.showerror, CodecBzip2.BZ2Error(CodecBzip2.BZ_UNEXPECTED_EOF)) ==
+            "BZ2Error: BZ_UNEXPECTED_EOF: the compressed stream may be truncated"
+        @test sprint(Base.showerror, CodecBzip2.BZ2Error(CodecBzip2.BZ_DATA_ERROR)) ==
+            "BZ2Error: BZ_DATA_ERROR: a data integrity error is detected in the compressed stream"
+        @test sprint(Base.showerror, CodecBzip2.BZ2Error(CodecBzip2.BZ_DATA_ERROR_MAGIC)) ==
+            "BZ2Error: BZ_DATA_ERROR_MAGIC: the compressed stream doesn't begin with the right magic bytes"
+        @test sprint(Base.showerror, CodecBzip2.BZ2Error(-100)) ==
+            "BZ2Error: unknown bzip2 error code: -100"
+    end
 end