Index: src/OFArchiveIRIHandler.m
==================================================================
--- src/OFArchiveIRIHandler.m
+++ src/OFArchiveIRIHandler.m
@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@
 	 * archive.
 	 */
 	if ([scheme isEqual: @"gzip"]) {
 		stream = [OFIRIHandler openItemAtIRI: [OFIRI IRIWithString:
 							  IRI.path]
-						mode: @"r"];
-		stream = [OFGZIPStream streamWithStream: stream mode: @"r"];
+						mode: mode];
+		stream = [OFGZIPStream streamWithStream: stream mode: mode];
 		goto end;
 	}
 
 	percentEncodedPath = IRI.percentEncodedPath;
 	pos = [percentEncodedPath rangeOfString: @"!"].location;
@@ -92,11 +92,11 @@
 	    OFMakeRange(pos + 1, percentEncodedPath.length - pos - 1)]
 	    .stringByRemovingPercentEncoding;
 
 	if ([scheme isEqual: @"lha"]) {
 		OFLHAArchive *archive = [OFLHAArchive archiveWithIRI: archiveIRI
-								mode: @"r"];
+								mode: mode];
 		OFLHAArchiveEntry *entry;
 
 		while ((entry = [archive nextEntry]) != nil) {
 			if ([entry.fileName isEqual: path]) {
 				stream = [archive streamForReadingCurrentEntry];
@@ -107,11 +107,11 @@
 		@throw [OFOpenItemFailedException exceptionWithIRI: IRI
 							      mode: mode
 							     errNo: ENOENT];
 	} else if ([scheme isEqual: @"tar"]) {
 		OFTarArchive *archive = [OFTarArchive archiveWithIRI: archiveIRI
-								mode: @"r"];
+								mode: mode];
 		OFTarArchiveEntry *entry;
 
 		while ((entry = [archive nextEntry]) != nil) {
 			if ([entry.fileName isEqual: path]) {
 				stream = [archive streamForReadingCurrentEntry];
@@ -122,11 +122,11 @@
 		@throw [OFOpenItemFailedException exceptionWithIRI: IRI
 							      mode: mode
 							     errNo: ENOENT];
 	} else if ([scheme isEqual: @"zip"]) {
 		OFZIPArchive *archive = [OFZIPArchive archiveWithIRI: archiveIRI
-								mode: @"r"];
+								mode: mode];
 
 		stream = [archive streamForReadingFile: path];
 	} else
 		@throw [OFInvalidArgumentException exception];
 

Index: src/OFFileIRIHandler.m
==================================================================
--- src/OFFileIRIHandler.m
+++ src/OFFileIRIHandler.m
@@ -677,13 +677,23 @@
 }
 
 - (OFStream *)openItemAtIRI: (OFIRI *)IRI mode: (OFString *)mode
 {
 	void *pool = objc_autoreleasePoolPush();
-	OFFile *file = [[OFFile alloc]
-	    initWithPath: IRI.fileSystemRepresentation
-		    mode: mode];
+	OFFile *file;
+
+	@try {
+		file = [OFFile fileWithPath: IRI.fileSystemRepresentation
+				       mode: mode];
+	} @catch (OFOpenItemFailedException *e) {
+		/* The thrown one has a path instead of an IRI set. */
+		@throw [OFOpenItemFailedException exceptionWithIRI: IRI
+							      mode: mode
+							     errNo: e.errNo];
+	}
+
+	[file retain];
 
 	objc_autoreleasePoolPop(pool);
 
 	return [file autorelease];
 }