diff --git a/marginalia_nu/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/wmsa/edge/index/EdgeIndexService.java b/marginalia_nu/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/wmsa/edge/index/EdgeIndexService.java
index ece52178..f9ed8ecc 100644
--- a/marginalia_nu/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/wmsa/edge/index/EdgeIndexService.java
+++ b/marginalia_nu/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/wmsa/edge/index/EdgeIndexService.java
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ public class EdgeIndexService extends Service {
         String json = request.body();
         EdgeDomainSearchSpecification specsSet = gson.fromJson(json, EdgeDomainSearchSpecification.class);
 
-        final int wordId = keywordLexicon.getOrInsert(specsSet.keyword);
+        final int wordId = keywordLexicon.getReadOnly(specsSet.keyword);
 
         List<EdgeId<EdgeUrl>> urlIds = indexes
                 .getBucket(specsSet.bucket)