diff --git a/server/filter.py b/server/filter.py
index 52bb8c4c..b92289ef 100644
--- a/server/filter.py
+++ b/server/filter.py
@@ -568,6 +568,9 @@ class FileContainer:
 	def getFileName(self):
 		return self.__filename
 
+	def getPos(self):
+		return self.__pos
+
 	def open(self):
 		self.__handler = open(self.__filename)
 		# Set the file descriptor to be FD_CLOEXEC
diff --git a/testcases/filtertestcase.py b/testcases/filtertestcase.py
index 000ff353..7b18c4bf 100644
--- a/testcases/filtertestcase.py
+++ b/testcases/filtertestcase.py
@@ -603,7 +603,13 @@ class GetFailures(unittest.TestCase):
 	def tearDown(self):
 		"""Call after every test case."""
 
-
+	def testTail(self):
+		self.filter.addLogPath(LogFile.FILENAME, tail=True)
+		self.assertEqual(self.filter.getLogPath()[-1].getPos(), 1653)
+		self.filter.getLogPath()[-1].close()
+		self.assertEqual(self.filter.getLogPath()[-1].readline(), "")
+		self.filter.delLogPath(LogFile.FILENAME)
+		self.assertEqual(self.filter.getLogPath(),[])
 
 	def testGetFailures01(self, filename=None, failures=None):
 		filename = filename or GetFailures.FILENAME_01