diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaWordIndex.java b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaWordIndex.java
index 7c1414f4c..df7db109d 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaWordIndex.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaWordIndex.java
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ public final class plasmaWordIndex implements indexRI {
         return ((long) microDateDays) * ((long) day);
     }
     
-    public synchronized int addPageIndex(URL url, String urlHash, Date urlModified, int size, plasmaParserDocument document, plasmaCondenser condenser, String language, char doctype, int outlinksSame, int outlinksOther) {
+    public int addPageIndex(URL url, String urlHash, Date urlModified, int size, plasmaParserDocument document, plasmaCondenser condenser, String language, char doctype, int outlinksSame, int outlinksOther) {
         // this is called by the switchboard to put in a new page into the index
         // use all the words in one condenser object to simultanous create index entries