diff --git a/test/test_queuefile.py b/test/test_queuefile.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..15858190b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_queuefile.py
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import unittest
+
+from StringIO import StringIO
+
+from util.registry.queueprocess import QueueResult
+from util.registry.queuefile import QueueFile
+
+class FakeQueue(object):
+  def __init__(self):
+    self.items = []
+
+  def get(self, block):
+    return self.items.pop(0)
+
+  def put(self, data):
+    self.items.append(data)
+
+
+class TestQueueFile(unittest.TestCase):
+  def test_basic(self):
+    queue = FakeQueue()
+    queue.put(QueueResult('hello world', None))
+    queue.put(QueueResult('! how goes there?', None))
+    queue.put(QueueResult(None, None))
+
+    queuefile = QueueFile(queue)
+    self.assertEquals(queuefile.read(), 'hello world! how goes there?')
+
+  def test_chunk_reading(self):
+    queue = FakeQueue()
+    queue.put(QueueResult('hello world', None))
+    queue.put(QueueResult('! how goes there?', None))
+    queue.put(QueueResult(None, None))
+
+    queuefile = QueueFile(queue)
+    data = ''
+
+    while True:
+      result = queuefile.read(size=2)
+      if not result:
+        break
+
+      data += result
+
+    self.assertEquals(data, 'hello world! how goes there?')
+
+  def test_unhandled_exception(self):
+    queue = FakeQueue()
+    queue.put(QueueResult('hello world', None))
+    queue.put(QueueResult(None, IOError('some exception')))
+    queue.put(QueueResult('! how goes there?', None))
+    queue.put(QueueResult(None, None))
+
+    queuefile = QueueFile(queue)
+
+    with self.assertRaises(IOError):
+      queuefile.read(size=12)
+
+  def test_handled_exception(self):
+    queue = FakeQueue()
+    queue.put(QueueResult('hello world', None))
+    queue.put(QueueResult(None, IOError('some exception')))
+    queue.put(QueueResult('! how goes there?', None))
+    queue.put(QueueResult(None, None))
+
+    ex_found = [None]
+
+    def handler(ex):
+      ex_found[0] = ex
+
+    queuefile = QueueFile(queue)
+    queuefile.add_exception_handler(handler)
+    queuefile.read(size=12)
+
+    self.assertIsNotNone(ex_found[0])
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  unittest.main()
diff --git a/util/registry/queuefile.py b/util/registry/queuefile.py
index 3f26ffc6b..28012a852 100644
--- a/util/registry/queuefile.py
+++ b/util/registry/queuefile.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class QueueFile(object):
-  """ Class which implements a file-like interface and reads from a blocking
+  """ Class which implements a file-like interface and reads QueueResult's from a blocking
       multiprocessing queue.
   """
   def __init__(self, queue, name=None):
@@ -15,40 +15,61 @@ class QueueFile(object):
   def add_exception_handler(self, handler):
     self._exception_handlers.append(handler)
 
-  def read(self, size=8192):
+  def read(self, size=-1):
+    # If the queuefile was closed or we have finished, send back any remaining data.
     if self._closed or self._done:
+      if size == -1:
+        buf = self._buffer
+        self._buffer = ''
+        return buf
+
       buf = self._buffer[0:size]
       self._buffer = self._buffer[size:]
       return buf
 
-    while len(self._buffer) < size:
+    # Loop until we reach the requested data size (or forever if all data was requested).
+    while (len(self._buffer) < size) or (size == -1):
       result = self._queue.get(block=True)
-      if result is None:
-        self._done = True
-        break
 
-      if isinstance(result, Exception):
+      # Check for any exceptions raised by the queue process.
+      if result.exception is not None:
         self._closed = True
         self.raised_exception = True
 
+        # Fire off the exception to any registered handlers. If no handlers were registered,
+        # then raise the exception locally.
         handled = False
         for handler in self._exception_handlers:
-          handler(result)
+          handler(result.exception)
           handled = True
 
         if handled:
           return
+        else:
+          raise result.exception
 
-        raise result
+      # Check for no further data. If the QueueProcess has finished producing data, then break
+      # out of the loop to return the data already acquired.
+      if result.data is None:
+        self._done = True
+        break
 
-      self._buffer += result
-      self._total_size += len(result)
+      # Add the data to the buffer.
+      self._buffer += result.data
+      self._total_size += len(result.data)
+
+    # Return the requested slice of the buffer.
+    if size == -1:
+      buf = self._buffer
+      self._buffer = ''
+      return buf
 
     buf = self._buffer[0:size]
     self._buffer = self._buffer[size:]
     return buf
 
   def flush(self):
+    # Purposefully not implemented.
     pass
 
   def close(self):
diff --git a/util/registry/queueprocess.py b/util/registry/queueprocess.py
index ebf786796..5cf3f20d0 100644
--- a/util/registry/queueprocess.py
+++ b/util/registry/queueprocess.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 from multiprocessing import Process, Queue
+from collections import namedtuple
+
 import logging
 import multiprocessing
-import os
 import time
 import sys
 import traceback
@@ -46,23 +47,27 @@ class QueueProcess(object):
     args = (self._get_producer, self._queues, self._chunk_size, self._args)
     QueueProcess.run_process(_run, args, finished=self._finished)
 
+
+QueueResult = namedtuple('QueueResult', ['data', 'exception'])
+
 def _run(get_producer, queues, chunk_size, args):
   producer = get_producer(*args)
   while True:
     try:
-      data = producer(chunk_size) or None
+      result = QueueResult(producer(chunk_size) or None, None)
     except Exception as ex:
       message = '%s\n%s' % (ex.message, "".join(traceback.format_exception(*sys.exc_info())))
-      data = Exception(message)
+      result = QueueResult(None, Exception(message))
 
     for queue in queues:
       try:
-        queue.put(data, block=True)
+        queue.put(result, block=True)
       except Exception as ex:
         logger.exception('Exception writing to queue.')
         return
 
-    if data is None or isinstance(data, Exception):
+    # Terminate the producer loop if the data produced is empty or an exception occurred.
+    if result.data is None or result.exception is not None:
       break
 
     # Important! This allows the thread that writes the queue data to the pipe