diff --git a/db.go b/db.go
index e04bdd3c27b17ba7bacac9faf907f3ef046e5d76..f4902f4d5e381743976bb169ac7e31dcfaa37362 100644
--- a/db.go
+++ b/db.go
@@ -201,13 +201,12 @@ func OpenShard(path string, logger log.Logger) (*Shard, error) {
 	}
 
 	// TODO(fabxc): get time from client-defined `now` function.
-	baset := time.Now().UnixNano() / int64(time.Millisecond)
+	// baset := time.Now().UnixNano() / int64(time.Millisecond)
+	baset := time.Unix(0, 0).UnixNano() / int64(time.Millisecond)
 	if len(pbs) > 0 {
 		baset = pbs[len(pbs)-1].stats.MaxTime
 	}
 	if head == nil {
-		fmt.Println("creating new head", baset)
-
 		head, err = OpenHeadBlock(filepath.Join(path, fmt.Sprintf("%d", baset)), baset)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
diff --git a/postings.go b/postings.go
index db0f9107775eab2472ddbfaaac518d224fd6d5c3..0beb3339c6b4c7e0849e824df36852f84456412b 100644
--- a/postings.go
+++ b/postings.go
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ type listPostings struct {
 	idx  int
 }
 
+func newListPostings(list []uint32) *listPostings {
+	return &listPostings{list: list, idx: -1}
+}
+
 func (it *listPostings) Value() uint32 {
 	return it.list[it.idx]
 }
@@ -175,7 +179,7 @@ func (it *listPostings) Next() bool {
 
 func (it *listPostings) Seek(x uint32) bool {
 	// Do binary search between current position and end.
-	it.idx = sort.Search(len(it.list)-it.idx, func(i int) bool {
+	it.idx += sort.Search(len(it.list)-it.idx, func(i int) bool {
 		return it.list[i+it.idx] >= x
 	})
 	return it.idx < len(it.list)
diff --git a/postings_test.go b/postings_test.go
index f348e4d2a8c8651ef15e2847287f6b63633f5e4a..f3fde043da04188a630bb9801795469bb7d37366 100644
--- a/postings_test.go
+++ b/postings_test.go
@@ -17,27 +17,6 @@ func (m *mockPostings) Seek(v uint32) bool { return m.seek(v) }
 func (m *mockPostings) Value() uint32      { return m.value() }
 func (m *mockPostings) Err() error         { return m.err() }
 
-func newListPostings(list []uint32) *mockPostings {
-	i := -1
-	return &mockPostings{
-		next: func() bool {
-			i++
-			return i < len(list)
-		},
-		seek: func(v uint32) bool {
-			for ; i < len(list); i++ {
-				if list[i] >= v {
-					return true
-				}
-			}
-			return false
-		},
-		value: func() uint32 {
-			return list[i]
-		},
-		err: func() error { return nil },
-	}
-}
 func TestIntersectIterator(t *testing.T) {
 	var cases = []struct {
 		a, b []uint32