diff --git a/src/hpfs/hpfs_mount.cpp b/src/hpfs/hpfs_mount.cpp
index 98add6a3..9822e3e9 100644
--- a/src/hpfs/hpfs_mount.cpp
+++ b/src/hpfs/hpfs_mount.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "../util/h32.hpp"
 #include "../sc/sc.hpp"
 #include "../crypto.hpp"
+#include "../util/version.hpp"
 
 namespace hpfs
 {
@@ -523,7 +524,7 @@ namespace hpfs
             return -1;
         }
         close(fd);
-        seq_no = st.st_size / (sizeof(uint64_t) + sizeof(util::h32));
+        seq_no = (st.st_size - version::HPFS_VERSION_BYTES_LEN) / (sizeof(uint64_t) + sizeof(util::h32));
         return 0;
     }
 
@@ -551,7 +552,7 @@ namespace hpfs
             return -1;
         }
 
-        const off_t offset = ((seq_no - 1) * (sizeof(uint64_t) + sizeof(util::h32))) + sizeof(uint64_t);
+        const off_t offset = version::HPFS_VERSION_BYTES_LEN + ((seq_no - 1) * (sizeof(uint64_t) + sizeof(util::h32))) + sizeof(uint64_t);
         // If calculated offset is beyond our file size means,
         // Requested seq_no is invalid or we do not have that seq_no in our hpfs log file.
         if (offset >= st.st_size)
diff --git a/src/util/version.cpp b/src/util/version.cpp
index 35e1e9b2..cf56557e 100644
--- a/src/util/version.cpp
+++ b/src/util/version.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace version
 
         if (end == std::string::npos)
         {
-            LOG_ERROR << "Invalid version " << version;
+            std::cerr << "Invalid version " << version << std::endl;
             return -1;
         }
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ namespace version
 
         if (end == std::string::npos)
         {
-            LOG_ERROR << "Invalid version " << version;
+            std::cerr << "Invalid version " << version << std::endl;
             return -1;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/util/version.hpp b/src/util/version.hpp
index 3fbd8c06..6c619eab 100644
--- a/src/util/version.hpp
+++ b/src/util/version.hpp
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ namespace version
     // 2 bytes each for 3 version components. 2 bytes reserved.
     constexpr const size_t VERSION_BYTES_LEN = 8;
 
+    // Hpfs version header length. This is currently same length as hpcore version header.
+    // This value needs to be updated when hpfs version header length changes.
+    constexpr const size_t HPFS_VERSION_BYTES_LEN = 8;
+
     // Binary representations of the versions. (populated during version init)
     extern uint8_t HP_VERSION_BYTES[VERSION_BYTES_LEN];
     extern uint8_t LEDGER_VERSION_BYTES[VERSION_BYTES_LEN];
diff --git a/test/bin/hpfs b/test/bin/hpfs
index d2396e16..06ec66cf 100755
Binary files a/test/bin/hpfs and b/test/bin/hpfs differ