diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/dbImport/AssortmentImporter.java b/source/de/anomic/plasma/dbImport/AssortmentImporter.java
index 2e70f25ff..013e4c321 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/dbImport/AssortmentImporter.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/dbImport/AssortmentImporter.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package de.anomic.plasma.dbImport;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 
 import de.anomic.index.indexContainer;
@@ -59,12 +58,7 @@ public class AssortmentImporter extends AbstractImporter implements dbImporter{
 
         // initializing the import assortment db
         this.log.logInfo("Initializing source assortment file " + theImportAssortmentFile);
-        try {
-            this.assortmentFile = new plasmaWordIndexAssortment(importAssortmentPath, assortmentNr, this.cacheSize/1024, preloadTime, this.log);
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-            System.exit(-1);
-        }
+        this.assortmentFile = new plasmaWordIndexAssortment(importAssortmentPath, assortmentNr, this.cacheSize/1024, preloadTime, this.log);
         this.importStartSize = this.assortmentFile.size();
     }
     
@@ -92,7 +86,8 @@ public class AssortmentImporter extends AbstractImporter implements dbImporter{
     public void run() {
         try {            
             // getting a content interator
-            Iterator contentIterator = this.assortmentFile.wordContainers(null, true, false);
+            Iterator contentIterator = this.assortmentFile.wordContainers();
+            this.log.logFine("Started import of file " + this.assortmentFile.getName());
             while (contentIterator.hasNext()) {
                 this.wordEntityCount++;                
                 
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaWordIndexAssortment.java b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaWordIndexAssortment.java
index 2c3cf870e..16ae84283 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaWordIndexAssortment.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaWordIndexAssortment.java
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ import de.anomic.index.indexContainer;
 import de.anomic.index.indexRWIEntryNew;
 import de.anomic.index.indexRWIEntryOld;
 import de.anomic.kelondro.kelondroBase64Order;
-import de.anomic.kelondro.kelondroCache;
 import de.anomic.kelondro.kelondroColumn;
 import de.anomic.kelondro.kelondroException;
 import de.anomic.kelondro.kelondroRow;
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ public final class plasmaWordIndexAssortment {
     // class variables
     private File assortmentFile;
     private serverLog log;
-    private kelondroCache assortments;
+    private kelondroTree assortment;
     private long bufferSize;
 
     private static String intx(int x) {
@@ -99,7 +98,7 @@ public final class plasmaWordIndexAssortment {
         return (rowsize - yacySeedDB.commonHashLength - 12) / indexRWIEntryOld.urlEntryRow.objectsize();
     }
     
-    public plasmaWordIndexAssortment(File storagePath, int assortmentLength, int bufferkb, long preloadTime, serverLog log) throws IOException {
+    public plasmaWordIndexAssortment(File storagePath, int assortmentLength, int bufferkb, long preloadTime, serverLog log) {
         if (!(storagePath.exists())) storagePath.mkdirs();
         this.assortmentFile = new File(storagePath, assortmentFileName + intx(assortmentLength) + ".db");
 	    //this.bufferStructureLength = 3 + 2 * assortmentLength;
@@ -107,17 +106,21 @@ public final class plasmaWordIndexAssortment {
         this.log = log;
         // open assortment tree file
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        assortments = new kelondroCache(kelondroTree.open(assortmentFile, bufferSize / 2, preloadTime, bufferStructure(assortmentLength)), bufferSize / 2, true, false);
+        assortment = kelondroTree.open(assortmentFile, bufferSize / 2, preloadTime, bufferStructure(assortmentLength));
         long stop = System.currentTimeMillis();
         if (log != null) log.logConfig("Opened Assortment, " +
-                                  assortments.size() + " entries, width " +
+                                  assortment.size() + " entries, width " +
                                   assortmentLength + ", " + bufferkb + "kb buffer, " +
                                   preloadTime + " ms preloadTime, " +
                                   (stop - start) + " ms effective, " +
-                                  assortments.cacheNodeStatus()[1] + " preloaded"); 
+                                  assortment.cacheNodeStatus()[1] + " preloaded"); 
         
     }
     
+    public String getName() {
+        return this.assortmentFile.toString();
+    }
+    
     public final indexContainer row2container(kelondroRow.Entry row) {
         if (row == null) return null;
         String wordHash = row.getColString(0, null);
@@ -131,12 +134,12 @@ public final class plasmaWordIndexAssortment {
         return container;
     }
     
-    public Iterator wordContainers(String startWordHash, boolean up, boolean rot) throws IOException {
+    public Iterator wordContainers() {
         // returns an iteration of indexContainer elements
         try {
-            return new containerIterator(startWordHash, up, rot);
+            return new containerIterator();
         } catch (kelondroException e) {
-            log.logSevere("iterateAssortment/kelondro-error: " + e.getMessage() + " - reset assortment-DB " + assortmentFile, e);
+            log.logSevere("iterateAssortment/kelondro-error: " + e.getMessage(), e);
             return null;
         }
     }
@@ -145,8 +148,8 @@ public final class plasmaWordIndexAssortment {
 
         private Iterator rowIterator;
         
-        public containerIterator(String startWordHash, boolean up, boolean rot) throws IOException {
-            rowIterator = assortments.rows(up, rot, (startWordHash == null) ? null : startWordHash.getBytes());
+        public containerIterator() {
+            rowIterator = assortment.contentRows(-1);
         }
         
         public boolean hasNext() {
@@ -165,16 +168,12 @@ public final class plasmaWordIndexAssortment {
     }
 
     public int size() {
-        try {
-            return assortments.size();
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            return 0;
-        }
+        return assortment.size();
     }
     
     public void close() {
         try {
-            assortments.close();
+            assortment.close();
         } catch (IOException e){
             log.logSevere("unable to close assortment database: " + e.getMessage(), e);
         }
diff --git a/source/yacy.java b/source/yacy.java
index c8d00ba93..a94a1c5f3 100644
--- a/source/yacy.java
+++ b/source/yacy.java
@@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@ public final class yacy {
         serverLog log = new serverLog("HASHLIST");
         File homeDBroot = new File(new File(homePath), "DATA/PLASMADB");
         File indexRoot = new File(new File(homePath), "DATA/INDEX");
-        String wordChunkStartHash = "------------";
+        String wordChunkStartHash = "AAAAAAAAAAAA";
         try {serverLog.configureLogging(new File(homePath, "DATA/LOG/yacy.logging"));} catch (Exception e) {}
         log.logInfo("STARTING CREATION OF RWI-HASHLIST");
         File root = new File(homePath);
@@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ public final class yacy {
             } else if (resource.startsWith("assortment")) {
                 int a = Integer.parseInt(resource.substring(10));
                 plasmaWordIndexAssortment assortment = new plasmaWordIndexAssortment(new File(homeDBroot, "ACLUSTER"), a, 8*1024*1024, 3000, null);
-                indexContainerIterator = assortment.wordContainers(wordChunkStartHash, true, false);
+                indexContainerIterator = assortment.wordContainers();
             } else if (resource.equals("words")) {
                 plasmaWordIndexFileCluster fileDB = new plasmaWordIndexFileCluster(homeDBroot);
                 indexContainerIterator = fileDB.wordContainers(wordChunkStartHash, false);