diff --git a/pymysqlreplication/binlogstream.py b/pymysqlreplication/binlogstream.py
index b93c04be..da6b4a28 100644
--- a/pymysqlreplication/binlogstream.py
+++ b/pymysqlreplication/binlogstream.py
@@ -16,13 +16,16 @@ class BinLogStreamReader(object):
     """
 
     def __init__(self, connection_settings={}, resume_stream=False,
-                 blocking=False, only_events=None, server_id=255):
+                 blocking=False, only_events=None, server_id=255,
+                 log_file=None, log_pos=None):
         """
         Attributes:
             resume_stream: Start for event from position or the latest event of
                            binlog or from older available event
             blocking: Read on stream is blocking
             only_events: Array of allowed events
+            log_file: Set replication start log file
+            log_pos: Set replication start log pos
         """
         self.__connection_settings = connection_settings
         self.__connection_settings["charset"] = "utf8"
@@ -33,11 +36,11 @@ def __init__(self, connection_settings={}, resume_stream=False,
         self.__blocking = blocking
         self.__only_events = only_events
         self.__server_id = server_id
-        self.__log_pos = None
-        self.__log_file = None
 
         #Store table meta information
         self.table_map = {}
+        self.log_pos = log_pos
+        self.log_file = log_file
 
     def close(self):
         if self.__connected_stream:
@@ -56,35 +59,37 @@ def __connect_to_ctl(self):
         self.__connected_ctl = True
 
     def __connect_to_stream(self):
-        self._stream_connection = pymysql.connect(**self.__connection_settings)
-        cur = self._stream_connection.cursor()
-        cur.execute("SHOW MASTER STATUS")
-        log_file, log_pos = cur.fetchone()[:2]
-        cur.close()
-
-        if self.__log_file is None:
-            self.__log_file = log_file
         # log_pos (4) -- position in the binlog-file to start the stream with
         # flags (2) BINLOG_DUMP_NON_BLOCK (0 or 1)
         # server_id (4) -- server id of this slave
         # log_file (string.EOF) -- filename of the binlog on the master
-        command = COM_BINLOG_DUMP
-        prelude = struct.pack('<i', len(self.__log_file) + 11) \
-            + int2byte(command)
-        if self.__log_pos is None:
-            if self.__resume_stream:
-                prelude += struct.pack('<I', log_pos)
-            else:
-                prelude += struct.pack('<I', 4)
+        self._stream_connection = pymysql.connect(**self.__connection_settings)
+
+        # only when log_file and log_pos both provided, the position info is
+        # valid, if not, get the current position from master
+        if self.log_file is None or self.log_pos is None:
+            cur = self._stream_connection.cursor()
+            cur.execute("SHOW MASTER STATUS")
+            self.log_file, self.log_pos = cur.fetchone()[:2]
+            cur.close()
+
+        prelude = struct.pack('<i', len(self.log_file) + 11) \
+            + int2byte(COM_BINLOG_DUMP)
+
+        if self.__resume_stream:
+            prelude += struct.pack('<I', self.log_pos)
         else:
-            prelude += struct.pack('<I', self.__log_pos)
+            prelude += struct.pack('<I', 4)
+
         if self.__blocking:
             prelude += struct.pack('<h', 0)
         else:
             prelude += struct.pack('<h', 1)
 
         prelude += struct.pack('<I', self.__server_id)
-        self._stream_connection.wfile.write(prelude + self.__log_file.encode())
+        prelude += self.log_file.encode()
+
+        self._stream_connection.wfile.write(prelude)
         self._stream_connection.wfile.flush()
         self.__connected_stream = True
 
@@ -92,9 +97,10 @@ def fetchone(self):
         while True:
             if not self.__connected_stream:
                 self.__connect_to_stream()
+
             if not self.__connected_ctl:
                 self.__connect_to_ctl()
-            pkt = None
+
             try:
                 pkt = self._stream_connection.read_packet()
             except pymysql.OperationalError as error:
@@ -103,20 +109,26 @@ def fetchone(self):
                 if code == 2013:
                     self.__connected_stream = False
                     continue
+
             if not pkt.is_ok_packet():
                 return None
-            binlog_event = BinLogPacketWrapper(
-                pkt, self.table_map, self._ctl_connection)
+
+            binlog_event = BinLogPacketWrapper(pkt, self.table_map,
+                                               self._ctl_connection)
+
             if binlog_event.event_type == TABLE_MAP_EVENT:
                 self.table_map[binlog_event.event.table_id] = \
                     binlog_event.event.get_table()
-            if self.__filter_event(binlog_event.event):
-                continue
+
             if binlog_event.event_type == ROTATE_EVENT:
-                self.__log_pos = binlog_event.event.position
-                self.__log_file = binlog_event.event.next_binlog
+                self.log_pos = binlog_event.event.position
+                self.log_file = binlog_event.event.next_binlog
             else:
-                self.__log_pos = binlog_event.log_pos
+                self.log_pos = binlog_event.log_pos
+
+            if self.__filter_event(binlog_event.event):
+                continue
+
             return binlog_event.event
 
     def __filter_event(self, event):
diff --git a/pymysqlreplication/packet.py b/pymysqlreplication/packet.py
index 124bc9d8..021d0b7a 100644
--- a/pymysqlreplication/packet.py
+++ b/pymysqlreplication/packet.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class BinLogPacketWrapper(object):
         constants.XID_EVENT: event.XidEvent,
         constants.INTVAR_EVENT: event.NotImplementedEvent,
         constants.GTID_LOG_EVENT: event.NotImplementedEvent,
+        constants.STOP_EVENT: event.NotImplementedEvent,
         # row_event
         constants.UPDATE_ROWS_EVENT_V1: row_event.UpdateRowsEvent,
         constants.WRITE_ROWS_EVENT_V1: row_event.WriteRowsEvent,
diff --git a/pymysqlreplication/tests/test_basic.py b/pymysqlreplication/tests/test_basic.py
index 404f024f..6f1073ff 100644
--- a/pymysqlreplication/tests/test_basic.py
+++ b/pymysqlreplication/tests/test_basic.py
@@ -30,17 +30,20 @@ def test_reading_rotate_event(self):
         query = "CREATE TABLE test_2 (id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, data VARCHAR (50) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (id))"
         self.execute(query)
 
-        rotate_event = self.stream.fetchone()
+        # Rotate event
+        self.stream.fetchone()
         self.stream.close()
 
         query = "CREATE TABLE test_3 (id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, data VARCHAR (50) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (id))"
         self.execute(query)
 
-        rotate_event = self.stream.fetchone()
+        # Rotate event
+        self.stream.fetchone()
 
     def test_connection_stream_lost_event(self):
         self.stream.close()
-        self.stream = BinLogStreamReader(connection_settings = self.database, blocking = True)
+        self.stream = BinLogStreamReader(connection_settings=self.database,
+                                         blocking=True)
 
         query = "CREATE TABLE test (id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, data VARCHAR (50) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (id))"
         self.execute(query)
@@ -66,7 +69,8 @@ def test_connection_stream_lost_event(self):
 
     def test_filtering_events(self):
         self.stream.close()
-        self.stream = BinLogStreamReader(connection_settings = self.database, only_events = [QueryEvent])
+        self.stream = BinLogStreamReader(connection_settings=self.database,
+                                         only_events=[QueryEvent])
         query = "CREATE TABLE test (id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, data VARCHAR (50) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (id))"
         self.execute(query)
 
@@ -172,6 +176,48 @@ def test_update_row_event(self):
         self.assertEqual(event.rows[0]["after_values"]["id"], 1)
         self.assertEqual(event.rows[0]["after_values"]["data"], "World")
 
+    def test_log_pos(self):
+        query = "CREATE TABLE test (id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, data VARCHAR (50) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (id))"
+        self.execute(query)
+        query = "INSERT INTO test (data) VALUES('Hello')"
+        self.execute(query)
+        self.execute("COMMIT")
+
+        for i in range(6):
+            self.stream.fetchone()
+        # record position after insert
+        log_file, log_pos = self.stream.log_file, self.stream.log_pos
+
+        query = "UPDATE test SET data = 'World' WHERE id = 1"
+        self.execute(query)
+        self.execute("COMMIT")
+
+        # resume stream from previous position
+        if self.stream is not None:
+            self.stream.close()
+        self.stream = BinLogStreamReader(
+            connection_settings=self.database,
+            resume_stream=True,
+            log_file=log_file,
+            log_pos=log_pos
+        )
+
+        # RotateEvent
+        self.stream.fetchone()
+        # FormatDescription
+        self.stream.fetchone()
+        # XvidEvent
+        self.stream.fetchone()
+        # QueryEvent for the BEGIN
+        self.stream.fetchone()
+
+        event = self.stream.fetchone()
+        self.assertIsInstance(event, TableMapEvent)
+
+        event = self.stream.fetchone()
+        self.assertIsInstance(event, UpdateRowsEvent)
+
+
 class TestMultipleRowBinLogStreamReader(base.PyMySQLReplicationTestCase):
     def test_insert_multiple_row_event(self):
         query = "CREATE TABLE test (id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, data VARCHAR (50) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (id))"
@@ -234,7 +280,7 @@ def test_update_multiple_row_event(self):
 
         event = self.stream.fetchone()
         if self.isMySQL56AndMore():
-           self.assertEqual(event.event_type, UPDATE_ROWS_EVENT_V2)
+            self.assertEqual(event.event_type, UPDATE_ROWS_EVENT_V2)
         else:
             self.assertEqual(event.event_type, UPDATE_ROWS_EVENT_V1)
         self.assertIsInstance(event, UpdateRowsEvent)