diff --git a/index/scorch/introducer.go b/index/scorch/introducer.go
index dc748ad8..37a66dc8 100644
--- a/index/scorch/introducer.go
+++ b/index/scorch/introducer.go
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ func (s *Scorch) mainLoop() {
 				if s.root.segment[i].deleted == nil {
 					newSnapshot.segment[i].deleted = delta
 				} else {
-					newSnapshot.segment[i].deleted = s.root.segment[i].deleted.Clone()
-					newSnapshot.segment[i].deleted.Or(delta)
+					newSnapshot.segment[i].deleted = roaring.Or(s.root.segment[i].deleted, delta)
 				}
 
 				newSnapshot.offsets[i] = running
diff --git a/index/scorch/reader_test.go b/index/scorch/reader_test.go
index a050bb44..f673b198 100644
--- a/index/scorch/reader_test.go
+++ b/index/scorch/reader_test.go
@@ -93,6 +93,14 @@ func TestIndexReader(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("count was 2, but only saw %d", actualCount)
 	}
 
+	internalIDBogus, err := indexReader.InternalID("a-bogus-docId")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if internalIDBogus != nil {
+		t.Errorf("expected bogus docId to have nil InternalID")
+	}
+
 	internalID2, err := indexReader.InternalID("2")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
diff --git a/index/scorch/snapshot_index.go b/index/scorch/snapshot_index.go
index 8c6ea1aa..11fc063c 100644
--- a/index/scorch/snapshot_index.go
+++ b/index/scorch/snapshot_index.go
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ func (i *IndexSnapshot) InternalID(id string) (rv index.IndexInternalID, err err
 	}()
 
 	next, err := tfr.Next(nil)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err != nil || next == nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}