diff --git a/code/index/index-reverse/java/nu/marginalia/index/construction/prio/PrioDocIdsTransformer.java b/code/index/index-reverse/java/nu/marginalia/index/construction/prio/PrioDocIdsTransformer.java
index 01bdcfc2..52a5ec45 100644
--- a/code/index/index-reverse/java/nu/marginalia/index/construction/prio/PrioDocIdsTransformer.java
+++ b/code/index/index-reverse/java/nu/marginalia/index/construction/prio/PrioDocIdsTransformer.java
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import java.nio.ByteOrder;
 import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
 
 /** Constructs document ids list priority reverse index */
-public class PrioDocIdsTransformer implements LongArrayTransformations.LongIOTransformer {
+public class PrioDocIdsTransformer implements LongArrayTransformations.LongIOTransformer, AutoCloseable {
 
     private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PrioDocIdsTransformer.class);
 
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ public class PrioDocIdsTransformer implements LongArrayTransformations.LongIOTra
 
         readChannel.position(startL * 8);
         readBuffer.clear();
-        writeBuffer.clear();
 
         int toBeRead = 8 * (sizeL);
 
@@ -80,6 +79,13 @@ public class PrioDocIdsTransformer implements LongArrayTransformations.LongIOTra
             }
 
             while (readBuffer.hasRemaining()) {
+                if (writeBuffer.remaining() < 16) {
+                    writeBuffer.flip();
+                    int written = writeChannel.write(writeBuffer, writeOffsetB);
+                    writeOffsetB += written;
+                    writeBuffer.clear();
+                }
+
                 long nextId = readBuffer.getLong();
 
                 // break down id components
@@ -111,12 +117,6 @@ public class PrioDocIdsTransformer implements LongArrayTransformations.LongIOTra
                 prevDomainId = domainId;
                 prevRank = rank;
 
-                if (writeBuffer.remaining() < 16) {
-                    writeBuffer.flip();
-                    int written = writeChannel.write(writeBuffer, writeOffsetB);
-                    writeOffsetB += written;
-                    writeBuffer.clear();
-                }
             }
 
             toBeRead -= readBuffer.limit();
@@ -128,14 +128,16 @@ public class PrioDocIdsTransformer implements LongArrayTransformations.LongIOTra
         // ensure any half-written data is flushed to the buffer
         bitWriter.finishLastByte();
 
-        writeBuffer.flip();
-        while (writeBuffer.hasRemaining()) {
-            int written = writeChannel.write(writeBuffer, writeOffsetB);
-            writeOffsetB += written;
-        }
-
         // update the start input pointer
         startL = endL;
         return startOffsetB;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close() throws IOException {
+        writeBuffer.flip();
+        int written = writeChannel.write(writeBuffer, writeOffsetB);
+        writeOffsetB += written;
+        writeBuffer.clear();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/code/index/index-reverse/java/nu/marginalia/index/construction/prio/PrioPreindex.java b/code/index/index-reverse/java/nu/marginalia/index/construction/prio/PrioPreindex.java
index 13fde772..a9ac2337 100644
--- a/code/index/index-reverse/java/nu/marginalia/index/construction/prio/PrioPreindex.java
+++ b/code/index/index-reverse/java/nu/marginalia/index/construction/prio/PrioPreindex.java
@@ -82,9 +82,10 @@ public class PrioPreindex {
 
         // Write the docs file
         try (var intermediateDocChannel = documents.createDocumentsFileChannel();
-             var destFileChannel = (FileChannel) Files.newByteChannel(outputFileDocs, StandardOpenOption.CREATE_NEW, StandardOpenOption.WRITE)
+             var destFileChannel = (FileChannel) Files.newByteChannel(outputFileDocs, StandardOpenOption.CREATE_NEW, StandardOpenOption.WRITE);
+             var transformer = new PrioDocIdsTransformer(destFileChannel, intermediateDocChannel)
         ) {
-            offsets.transformEachIO(0, offsets.size(), new PrioDocIdsTransformer(destFileChannel, intermediateDocChannel));
+            offsets.transformEachIO(0, offsets.size(), transformer);
         }
 
         LongArray wordIds = segments.wordIds;
diff --git a/code/index/index-reverse/test/nu/marginalia/index/construction/prio/PrioDocIdsTransformerTest.java b/code/index/index-reverse/test/nu/marginalia/index/construction/prio/PrioDocIdsTransformerTest.java
index c5116334..e4ced16d 100644
--- a/code/index/index-reverse/test/nu/marginalia/index/construction/prio/PrioDocIdsTransformerTest.java
+++ b/code/index/index-reverse/test/nu/marginalia/index/construction/prio/PrioDocIdsTransformerTest.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import java.io.DataInputStream;
 import java.io.DataOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.ByteOrder;
 import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
@@ -41,19 +42,24 @@ class PrioDocIdsTransformerTest {
     @Test
     public void testDomainIdDocOrd() throws IOException {
 
-        // Write 5 longs to the input file as data
-        try (var dos = new DataOutputStream(Files.newOutputStream(inputFile))) {
-            dos.writeLong(UrlIdCodec.encodeId(0, 0));
-            dos.writeLong(UrlIdCodec.encodeId(0, 1));
-            dos.writeLong(UrlIdCodec.encodeId(1, 0));
-            dos.writeLong(UrlIdCodec.encodeId(4, 51) | 0x7000_0000_0000_0000L);
+
+        try (var writeChannel = (FileChannel) Files.newByteChannel(inputFile, StandardOpenOption.WRITE)) {
+            var buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(128).order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN);
+
+            buffer.putLong(UrlIdCodec.encodeId(0, 0));
+            buffer.putLong(UrlIdCodec.encodeId(0, 1));
+            buffer.putLong(UrlIdCodec.encodeId(1, 0));
+            buffer.putLong(UrlIdCodec.encodeId(4, 51) | 0x7000_0000_0000_0000L);
+
+            writeChannel.write(buffer.flip());
         }
 
         try (var writeChannel = (FileChannel) Files.newByteChannel(outputFile, StandardOpenOption.WRITE);
-             var readChannel = (FileChannel) Files.newByteChannel(inputFile))
+             var readChannel = (FileChannel) Files.newByteChannel(inputFile);
+             var transformer = new PrioDocIdsTransformer(writeChannel, readChannel))
         {
             // Transform two segments of the input file and write them to the output file with prefixed sizes
-            var transformer = new PrioDocIdsTransformer(writeChannel, readChannel);
+
             transformer.transform(0, 4);
         }
 
@@ -107,7 +113,7 @@ class PrioDocIdsTransformerTest {
             int code = reader.get(2);
             assertEquals(2, code); // increment doc ordinal
 
-            int diffRank = reader.getGamma() - 1;
+            int diffRank = reader.getGamma();
             rank += diffRank;
             assertEquals(56, rank);