diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaWordIndexAssortment.java b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaWordIndexAssortment.java
index 6023bc85a..e7b339511 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaWordIndexAssortment.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaWordIndexAssortment.java
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ public final class plasmaWordIndexAssortment {
         }
         if (oldrow != null) throw new RuntimeException("Store to assortment ambiguous");
     }
-    
+
+    /*    
     public record read(String wordHash) {
         // returns a single word index from assortment database; returns null if index does not exist
         //log.logDebug("readAssortment: wordHash=" + wordHash);
@@ -208,6 +209,33 @@ public final class plasmaWordIndexAssortment {
             resetDatabase();
         }
     }
+    */
+
+    public record remove(String wordHash) {
+        // deletes a word index from assortment database
+	// and returns the content record
+        byte[][] row = null;
+        try {
+            row = assortments.remove(wordHash.getBytes());
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            log.logFailure("removeAssortment/IO-error: " + e.getMessage() + " - reset assortment-DB");
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            resetDatabase();
+	    return null;
+        } catch (kelondroException e) {
+            log.logFailure("removeAssortment/kelondro-error: " + e.getMessage() + " - reset assortment-DB");
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            resetDatabase();
+	    return null;
+        }
+        if (row == null) return null;
+        long creationTime = kelondroRecords.bytes2long(row[2]);
+        plasmaWordIndexEntry[] wordEntries = new plasmaWordIndexEntry[this.bufferStructureLength];
+	for (int i = 0; i < assortmentCapacity; i++) {
+	    wordEntries[i] = new plasmaWordIndexEntry(new String(row[3 + 2 * i]), new String(row[4 + 2 * i]));
+	}
+        return new record(wordEntries, creationTime);
+    }
     
     private void resetDatabase() {
         // deletes the assortment database and creates a new one
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaWordIndexCache.java b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaWordIndexCache.java
index 52ac659ea..6db3246d4 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaWordIndexCache.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaWordIndexCache.java
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ public final class plasmaWordIndexCache implements plasmaWordIndexInterface {
 	}
         
         // now decide where to flush that container
-        plasmaWordIndexAssortment.record singleton = singletons.read(key);
+        plasmaWordIndexAssortment.record singleton = singletons.remove(key);
         if (singleton == null) {
             // not found in singletons
             if (container.size() == 1) {
@@ -273,49 +273,35 @@ public final class plasmaWordIndexCache implements plasmaWordIndexInterface {
             // we have a singleton and need to integrate this in the flush
             plasmaWordIndexEntry oldEntry = singleton.entries[0];
             long oldTime = singleton.creationTime;
-            if (container.contains(oldEntry.getUrlHash())) {
-                // we have an double-occurrence
-                if (container.size() == 1) {
-                    // it is superfluous to flush this, simple do nothing
-                    return 0;
-                } else {
-                    // we flush to the backend, and the entry from the singletons
-                    singletons.remove(key);
-                    return backend.addEntries(container, java.lang.Math.max(time, oldTime));
-                }
-            } else {
-                // now we have more than one entry
-                // we must remove the key from the singleton database
-                singletons.remove(key);
-                // .. and put it to the container
-                container.add(oldEntry);
-                if (reintegrate) {
-                    // put singleton together with container back to ram
-                    synchronized (cache) {
-                        cache.put(key, container);
-                        hashScore.setScore(key, container.size());
-                        hashDate.put(key, new Long(time));
-                    }
-                    return -1;
-                } else {
-                    // add this to the backend
-                    return backend.addEntries(container, java.lang.Math.max(time, oldTime));
-                }
+
+	    // put new entries to the container
+            if (!(container.contains(oldEntry.getUrlHash()))) container.add(oldEntry);
+
+	    // possibly reintegrate
+	    if (reintegrate) {
+		// put singleton together with container back to ram
+		synchronized (cache) {
+		    cache.put(key, container);
+		    hashScore.setScore(key, container.size());
+		    hashDate.put(key, new Long(time));
+		}
+		return -1;
+	    } else {
+		// add this to the backend
+		return backend.addEntries(container, java.lang.Math.max(time, oldTime));
             }
         }	
     }
     
     private boolean flushFromSingleton(String key) {
 	// this should only be called if the singleton shall be deleted or returned in an index entity
-        plasmaWordIndexAssortment.record singleton = singletons.read(key);
+        plasmaWordIndexAssortment.record singleton = singletons.remove(key);
         if (singleton == null) {
             return false;
         } else {
             // we have a singleton
             plasmaWordIndexEntry entry = (plasmaWordIndexEntry) singleton.entries[0];
             long time = singleton.creationTime;
-            // remove it from the singleton database
-            singletons.remove(key);
             // integrate it to the backend
             return backend.addEntries(plasmaWordIndexEntryContainer.instantContainer(key, entry), time) > 0;
         }