diff --git a/src/main/java/puzzle/Meta.java b/src/main/java/puzzle/Meta.java
index 1011db6..807fedc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/puzzle/Meta.java
+++ b/src/main/java/puzzle/Meta.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class Meta {
    }
    
    // --- Read record i from shard.data (your format) ---
-   static ShardLem readRecord(Path shardFile, int i) throws IOException {
+   static ShardLem readRecord(Path shardFile, long w, int i) throws IOException {
       try (FileChannel ch = FileChannel.open(shardFile, StandardOpenOption.READ)) {
          ByteBuffer hdr = ByteBuffer.allocate(12).order(ORDER);
          ch.read(hdr);
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ public class Meta {
          String   s     = StandardCharsets.UTF_8.decode(buf).toString();
          String[] parts = s.split("\t", 3);
          
-         long     w      = Lemma.from(normWord(parts[0]));
          int      simpel = Integer.parseInt(parts[1]);
          String[] clues  = GSON.fromJson(parts[2], String[].class);
          return new ShardLem(w, simpel, clues);
@@ -106,11 +105,10 @@ public class Meta {
    // --- Demo main ---
    public static ShardLem lookup(long w) {
       try {
-         int i    = findIndexInMapMmap(shardMap, Lemma.pack43(w));
-         val qRaw = Lemma.asWord(w, new byte[8]);
-         System.out.println("\nQuery: " + qRaw + " w=" + w + " -> i=" + i);
+         int i = findIndexInMapMmap(shardMap, Lemma.pack43(w));
+         System.out.println("\nQuery: w=" + w + " -> i=" + i);
          if (i >= 0) {
-            ShardLem rec = readRecord(shardData, i);
+            ShardLem rec = readRecord(shardData, w, i);
             System.out.println("  simpel=" + rec.simpel());
             System.out.println("  clues=" + Arrays.toString(rec.clues()));
             return rec;
diff --git a/src/test/java/puzzle/BuildMeta2.java b/src/test/java/puzzle/BuildMeta2.java
index 5adb2da..bad2b32 100644
--- a/src/test/java/puzzle/BuildMeta2.java
+++ b/src/test/java/puzzle/BuildMeta2.java
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public class BuildMeta2 {
          
          System.out.println("\nQuery: " + qRaw + " (norm=" + q + ") w=" + w + " -> i=" + i);
          if (i >= 0) {
-            ShardLem rec = Meta.readRecord(Meta.shardData, i);
+            ShardLem rec = Meta.readRecord(Meta.shardData, w, i);
             System.out.println("  simpel=" + rec.simpel());
             System.out.println("  clues=" + Arrays.toString(rec.clues()));
          } else {