diff --git a/lib/radisk.js b/lib/radisk.js
index 376b07ea..2e0b6a24 100644
--- a/lib/radisk.js
+++ b/lib/radisk.js
@@ -236,17 +236,22 @@
 						// if a node is requested and some of it is cached... the other parts might not be.
 					//}
 				}
+				o.span = (u !== o.start) || (u !== o.end);
 				var g = function Get(){};
 				g.lex = function(file){ var tmp;
 					file = (u === file)? u : decodeURIComponent(file);
 					tmp = o.next || key || (o.reverse? o.end || '\uffff' : o.start || '');
 					if(!file || (o.reverse? file < tmp : file > tmp)){
-						if(o.next){ g.file = file }
+						if(o.next || o.reverse){ g.file = file }
 						if(tmp = Q[g.file]){
 							tmp.push({key: key, ack: cb, file: g.file, opt: o});
 							return true;
 						}
 						Q[g.file] = [{key: key, ack: cb, file: g.file, opt: o}];
+						if(!g.file){
+							g.it(null, u, {});
+							return true; 
+						}
 						r.parse(g.file, g.it);
 						return true;
 					}
@@ -267,8 +272,10 @@
 					if(!o.some){ o.some = (u !== data) }
 					if(u !== data){ as.ack(g.err, data, o) }
 					else if(!as.file){ !o.some && as.ack(g.err, u, o); return }
-					if(/*!last || */last === tmp){ !o.some && as.ack(g.err, u, o); return }
-					if(last && last > tmp && 0 != last.indexOf(tmp)){ !o.some && as.ack(g.err, u, o); return }
+					if(!o.span){
+						if(/*!last || */last === tmp){ !o.some && as.ack(g.err, u, o); return }
+						if(last && last > tmp && 0 != last.indexOf(tmp)){ !o.some && as.ack(g.err, u, o); return }
+					}
 					if(o.some && o.parsed >= o.limit){ return }
 					o.next = as.file;
 					r.read(tmp, as.ack, o);
@@ -322,7 +329,6 @@
 							return map(q, p.ack);
 						}
 					}
-
 					var start; LOG && (start = (+new Date)); // keep this commented out in production!
 					var tmp = p.split(data), pre = [], i, k, v;
 					if(!tmp || 0 !== tmp[1]){
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3aa3fbbf..3f3b34e5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "gun",
-  "version": "0.2019.422",
+  "version": "0.2019.423",
   "description": "A realtime, decentralized, offline-first, graph data synchronization engine.",
   "main": "index.js",
   "browser": "gun.js",
diff --git a/test/common.js b/test/common.js
index d0d23c17..0c2de5b8 100644
--- a/test/common.js
+++ b/test/common.js
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ describe('Gun', function(){
 		if(typeof window !== 'undefined'){ env = window }
 		root = env.window? env.window : global;
 		try{ env.window && root.localStorage && root.localStorage.clear() }catch(e){}
+		try{ localStorage.clear() }catch(e){}
+		try{ indexedDB.deleteDatabase('radatatest') }catch(e){}
 		try{ require('fs').unlinkSync('data.json') }catch(e){}
   	try{ require('../lib/fsrm')('radatatest') }catch(e){}
 		//root.Gun = root.Gun || require('../gun');