diff --git a/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroRow.java b/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroRow.java
index fc27990b3..f98741812 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroRow.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroRow.java
@@ -141,8 +141,9 @@ public class kelondroRow {
                 this.rowinstance = rowinstance;
             } else {
                 this.rowinstance = new byte[objectsize];
-                System.arraycopy(rowinstance, 0, this.rowinstance, 0, rowinstance.length);
-                for (int i = rowinstance.length; i < objectsize; i++) this.rowinstance[i] = 0;
+                int ll = Math.min(objectsize, rowinstance.length);
+                System.arraycopy(rowinstance, 0, this.rowinstance, 0, ll);
+                for (int i = ll; i < objectsize; i++) this.rowinstance[i] = 0;
             }
         }
         
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroRowBufferedSet.java b/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroRowBufferedSet.java
index f2d23dc2f..50dc7828c 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroRowBufferedSet.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroRowBufferedSet.java
@@ -109,6 +109,14 @@ public class kelondroRowBufferedSet extends kelondroRowSet {
         }
     }
     
+    public void add(byte[] a) {
+        this.add(super.rowdef.newEntry(a));
+    }
+    
+    public void add(kelondroRow.Entry a) {
+        this.put(a);
+    }
+    
     public kelondroRow.Entry get(byte[] key) {
         synchronized (buffer) {
             kelondroRow.Entry entry = (kelondroRow.Entry) buffer.get(key);
@@ -170,8 +178,8 @@ public class kelondroRowBufferedSet extends kelondroRowSet {
         String[] test = { "eins", "zwei", "drei", "vier", "fuenf", "sechs", "sieben", "acht", "neun", "zehn" };
         kelondroRowBufferedSet c = new kelondroRowBufferedSet(new kelondroRow(new int[]{10, 3}));
         c.setOrdering(kelondroNaturalOrder.naturalOrder, 0);
-        for (int i = 0; i < test.length; i++) c.add(test[i].getBytes(), 0, 10);
-        for (int i = 0; i < test.length; i++) c.add(test[i].getBytes(), 0, 10);
+        for (int i = 0; i < test.length; i++) c.add(test[i].getBytes());
+        for (int i = 0; i < test.length; i++) c.add(test[i].getBytes());
         c.sort();
         c.remove("fuenf".getBytes());
         Iterator i = c.elements();
@@ -201,7 +209,7 @@ public class kelondroRowBufferedSet extends kelondroRowSet {
         for (long k = 0; k < 60000; k++) {
             t = System.currentTimeMillis();
             w = "a" + Long.toString(rand.nextLong());
-            c.add(w.getBytes(), 0, 10);
+            c.add(w.getBytes());
             if (k % 10000 == 0)
                 System.out.println("added " + k + " entries in " +
                     ((t - start) / 1000) + " seconds, " +
@@ -225,7 +233,7 @@ public class kelondroRowBufferedSet extends kelondroRowSet {
         for (long k = 0; k < 60000; k++) {
             t = System.currentTimeMillis();
             w = "a" + Long.toString(rand.nextLong());
-            if (c.get(w.getBytes()) == null) c.add(w.getBytes(), 0, 10); else d++;
+            if (c.get(w.getBytes()) == null) c.add(w.getBytes()); else d++;
             if (k % 10000 == 0)
                 System.out.println("added " + k + " entries in " +
                     ((t - start) / 1000) + " seconds, " +
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroRowCollection.java b/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroRowCollection.java
index 411653f28..760fcbd94 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroRowCollection.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroRowCollection.java
@@ -108,11 +108,15 @@ public class kelondroRowCollection {
         this.lastTimeWrote = System.currentTimeMillis();
     }
     
-    public final void add(kelondroRow.Entry a) {
+    public void add(kelondroRow.Entry a) {
         add(a.bytes(), 0, a.bytes().length);
     }
     
-    public final void add(byte[] a, int astart, int alength) {
+    public void add(byte[] a) {
+        add(a, 0, a.length);
+    }
+    
+    private final void add(byte[] a, int astart, int alength) {
         int l = Math.min(rowdef.objectsize(), Math.min(alength, a.length - astart));
         synchronized (chunkcache) {
             ensureSize(chunkcount + 1);
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroRowSet.java b/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroRowSet.java
index 775d5a964..56cf54d2a 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroRowSet.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroRowSet.java
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ public class kelondroRowSet extends kelondroRowCollection {
         String[] test = { "eins", "zwei", "drei", "vier", "fuenf", "sechs", "sieben", "acht", "neun", "zehn" };
         kelondroRowSet c = new kelondroRowSet(new kelondroRow(new int[]{10, 3}));
         c.setOrdering(kelondroNaturalOrder.naturalOrder, 0);
-        for (int i = 0; i < test.length; i++) c.add(test[i].getBytes(), 0, 10);
-        for (int i = 0; i < test.length; i++) c.add(test[i].getBytes(), 0, 10);
+        for (int i = 0; i < test.length; i++) c.add(test[i].getBytes());
+        for (int i = 0; i < test.length; i++) c.add(test[i].getBytes());
         c.sort();
         c.remove("fuenf".getBytes(), 0, 5);
         Iterator i = c.elements();
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ public class kelondroRowSet extends kelondroRowCollection {
         for (long k = 0; k < 60000; k++) {
             t = System.currentTimeMillis();
             w = "a" + Long.toString(rand.nextLong());
-            c.add(w.getBytes(), 0, 10);
+            c.add(w.getBytes());
             if (k % 10000 == 0)
                 System.out.println("added " + k + " entries in " +
                     ((t - start) / 1000) + " seconds, " +
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ public class kelondroRowSet extends kelondroRowCollection {
         for (long k = 0; k < 60000; k++) {
             t = System.currentTimeMillis();
             w = "a" + Long.toString(rand.nextLong());
-            if (c.get(w.getBytes(), 0, 10) == null) c.add(w.getBytes(), 0, 10); else d++;
+            if (c.get(w.getBytes(), 0, 10) == null) c.add(w.getBytes()); else d++;
             if (k % 10000 == 0)
                 System.out.println("added " + k + " entries in " +
                     ((t - start) / 1000) + " seconds, " +