diff --git a/src/store/index/block.rs b/src/store/index/block.rs
index 4c9eef490..33785748c 100644
--- a/src/store/index/block.rs
+++ b/src/store/index/block.rs
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ impl CheckpointBlock {
 
     /// Adding another checkpoint in the block.
     pub fn push(&mut self, checkpoint: Checkpoint) {
+        if let Some(prev_checkpoint) = self.checkpoints.last() {
+            assert!(checkpoint.follows(prev_checkpoint));
+        }
         self.checkpoints.push(checkpoint);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/store/index/mod.rs b/src/store/index/mod.rs
index 471848c12..ab3bc89d4 100644
--- a/src/store/index/mod.rs
+++ b/src/store/index/mod.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ pub struct Checkpoint {
     pub end_offset: u64,
 }
 
+impl Checkpoint {
+    pub(crate) fn follows(&self, other: &Checkpoint) -> bool {
+        (self.start_doc == other.end_doc) &&
+        (self.start_offset == other.end_offset)
+    }
+}
+
 impl fmt::Debug for Checkpoint {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
         write!(
diff --git a/src/store/index/skip_index_builder.rs b/src/store/index/skip_index_builder.rs
index 0306c3568..b873aab96 100644
--- a/src/store/index/skip_index_builder.rs
+++ b/src/store/index/skip_index_builder.rs
@@ -28,18 +28,20 @@ impl LayerBuilder {
     ///
     /// If the block was empty to begin with, simply return None.
     fn flush_block(&mut self) -> Option<Checkpoint> {
-        self.block.doc_interval().map(|(start_doc, end_doc)| {
+        if let Some((start_doc, end_doc)) = self.block.doc_interval() {
             let start_offset = self.buffer.len() as u64;
             self.block.serialize(&mut self.buffer);
             let end_offset = self.buffer.len() as u64;
             self.block.clear();
-            Checkpoint {
+            Some(Checkpoint {
                 start_doc,
                 end_doc,
                 start_offset,
                 end_offset,
-            }
-        })
+            })
+        } else {
+            None
+        }
     }
 
     fn push(&mut self, checkpoint: Checkpoint) {
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ impl LayerBuilder {
 
     fn insert(&mut self, checkpoint: Checkpoint) -> Option<Checkpoint> {
         self.push(checkpoint);
-        let emit_skip_info = (self.block.len() % CHECKPOINT_PERIOD) == 0;
+        let emit_skip_info = self.block.len() >= CHECKPOINT_PERIOD;
         if emit_skip_info {
             self.flush_block()
         } else {
@@ -57,13 +59,14 @@ impl LayerBuilder {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Default)]
 pub struct SkipIndexBuilder {
     layers: Vec<LayerBuilder>,
 }
 
 impl SkipIndexBuilder {
     pub fn new() -> SkipIndexBuilder {
-        SkipIndexBuilder { layers: Vec::new() }
+        Self::default()
     }
 
     fn get_layer(&mut self, layer_id: usize) -> &mut LayerBuilder {
diff --git a/src/store/writer.rs b/src/store/writer.rs
index 19592f9a0..3309f1a64 100644
--- a/src/store/writer.rs
+++ b/src/store/writer.rs
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ impl StoreWriter {
         if !self.current_block.is_empty() {
             self.write_and_compress_block()?;
         }
+        assert_eq!(self.first_doc_in_block, self.doc);
         let doc_shift = self.doc;
         let start_shift = self.writer.written_bytes() as u64;
 
@@ -86,12 +87,17 @@ impl StoreWriter {
             checkpoint.end_doc += doc_shift;
             checkpoint.start_offset += start_shift;
             checkpoint.end_offset += start_shift;
-            self.offset_index_writer.insert(checkpoint);
-            self.doc = checkpoint.end_doc;
+            self.register_checkpoint(checkpoint);
         }
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    fn register_checkpoint(&mut self, checkpoint: Checkpoint) {
+        self.offset_index_writer.insert(checkpoint);
+        self.first_doc_in_block = checkpoint.end_doc;
+        self.doc = checkpoint.end_doc;
+    }
+
     fn write_and_compress_block(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
         assert!(self.doc > 0);
         self.intermediary_buffer.clear();
@@ -100,14 +106,13 @@ impl StoreWriter {
         self.writer.write_all(&self.intermediary_buffer)?;
         let end_offset = self.writer.written_bytes();
         let end_doc = self.doc;
-        self.offset_index_writer.insert(Checkpoint {
+        self.register_checkpoint(Checkpoint {
             start_doc: self.first_doc_in_block,
             end_doc,
             start_offset,
             end_offset,
         });
         self.current_block.clear();
-        self.first_doc_in_block = self.doc;
         Ok(())
     }