diff --git a/src/indexer/index_writer.rs b/src/indexer/index_writer.rs
index 2de45d412..165e090fa 100644
--- a/src/indexer/index_writer.rs
+++ b/src/indexer/index_writer.rs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ impl IndexWriter {
 		let document_receiver_clone = self.document_receiver.clone();
 		let target_num_docs = self.target_num_docs;
 		let join_handle: JoinHandle<()> = thread::spawn(move || {
-			let mut block_store = BlockStore::allocate(100_000);
+			let mut block_store = BlockStore::allocate(500_000);
 			loop {
 				let segment = index.new_segment();
 				let segment_id = segment.id();
diff --git a/src/postings/block_store.rs b/src/postings/block_store.rs
index 872f695a7..76ca90d7a 100644
--- a/src/postings/block_store.rs
+++ b/src/postings/block_store.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-use compression::NUM_DOCS_PER_BLOCK;
-
-pub const BLOCK_SIZE: u32 = NUM_DOCS_PER_BLOCK as u32;
+pub const BLOCK_SIZE: u32 = 64u32;
 
 struct Block {
     data: [u32; BLOCK_SIZE as usize],
@@ -32,7 +30,7 @@ pub struct BlockStore {
 impl BlockStore {
     pub fn  allocate(num_blocks: usize) -> BlockStore {
         BlockStore {
-            lists: Vec::with_capacity(100_000),
+            lists: Vec::with_capacity(num_blocks),
             blocks: (0 .. num_blocks).map(|_| Block::new()).collect(),
             free_block_id: 0,
         }
@@ -149,7 +147,7 @@ mod tests {
     
     #[test]
     pub fn test_block_store() {
-        let mut block_store = BlockStore::allocate(1_000);
+        let mut block_store = BlockStore::allocate(50_000);
         let list_2 = block_store.new_list();
         let list_3 = block_store.new_list();
         let list_4 = block_store.new_list();
diff --git a/src/postings/mod.rs b/src/postings/mod.rs
index c675e6f54..bd3e75a80 100644
--- a/src/postings/mod.rs
+++ b/src/postings/mod.rs
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ mod tests {
         let schema = schema_builder.build();
         let index = Index::create_in_ram(schema.clone());
         let segment = index.new_segment();
-        let mut block_store = BlockStore::allocate(1_000);
+        let mut block_store = BlockStore::allocate(50_000);
         {
             let mut segment_writer = SegmentWriter::for_segment(&mut block_store, segment.clone(), &schema).unwrap();
             {
diff --git a/src/postings/postings_writer.rs b/src/postings/postings_writer.rs
index 3e70cb1a7..2f1a176b7 100644
--- a/src/postings/postings_writer.rs
+++ b/src/postings/postings_writer.rs
@@ -23,9 +23,11 @@ pub struct SpecializedPostingsWriter<Rec: Recorder + 'static> {
 
 fn get_or_create_recorder<'a, Rec: Recorder>(term: Term, term_index: &'a mut HashMap<Term, Rec>, block_store: &mut BlockStore) -> &'a mut Rec {
     if term_index.contains_key(&term) {
+        println!("recorder here");
         term_index.get_mut(&term).unwrap()
     }
     else {
+        println!("adding recorder");
         let recorder = Rec::new(block_store);
         term_index
             .entry(term)