C structs & fread

I have a struct i want to read in from file. To be specific its a windows bmp. It works when i read in the values individually, but when I try and read the structure as a whole it gets the wrong values:


struct BITMAPFILEHEADER{
    unsigned short bfType;        // size: 2
    unsigned int bfSize;        // size: 4
    unsigned short bfReserved1;    // size: 2 
    unsigned short bfReserved2;    // size: 2 
    unsigned int bfOffBits;    //size: 4
};

// works
fread (&fileheader.bfType,2,1,imgFile);
fread (&fileheader.bfSize,4,1,imgFile);
fread (&fileheader.bfReserved1,2,1,imgFile);
fread (&fileheader.bfReserved2,2,1,imgFile);
fread (&fileheader.bfOffBits,4,1,imgFile);

// does not work right
fread (&fileheader,sizeof(BITMAPFILEHEADER),1,imgFile);

>>24
can't convince motherfuckers that C is fucking superior.

Because it isn't.  It's like saying iron and carbon are superior to steel, which is fucking stupid.  Core building blocks are a pain in the ass to work with, and are completely unnecessary once you've put them together into something that's actually worth using.