diff --git a/src/core/src/collection.rs b/src/core/src/collection.rs
index 980682141d..bc03274c41 100644
--- a/src/core/src/collection.rs
+++ b/src/core/src/collection.rs
@@ -12,11 +12,17 @@ use crate::{Error, Result};
 #[cfg(feature = "parallel")]
 use rayon::prelude::*;
 
+/// a Manifest and Storage, combined. Can contain any collection of signatures.
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct Collection {
     manifest: Manifest,
     storage: InnerStorage,
 }
 
+/// A consistent collection of signatures. Can be created using `select`.
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct CollectionSet {
     collection: Collection,
 }
@@ -129,6 +135,17 @@ impl Collection {
         })
     }
 
+    #[cfg(all(feature = "branchwater", not(target_arch = "wasm32")))]
+    pub fn from_rocksdb<P: AsRef<Path>>(dirname: P) -> Result<Self> {
+        use crate::index::revindex::{RevIndex, RevIndexOps};
+
+        let path = dirname.as_ref().as_str().to_string();
+        let index = RevIndex::open(path, true, None)?;
+        let collection: Collection = index.collection().clone().into_inner();
+
+        Ok(collection)
+    }
+
     pub fn from_sigs(sigs: Vec<Signature>) -> Result<Self> {
         let storage = MemStorage::new();
 
@@ -219,6 +236,7 @@ mod test {
     use crate::prelude::Select;
     use crate::selection::Selection;
     use crate::signature::Signature;
+    use crate::Result;
 
     #[test]
     fn sigstore_selection_with_downsample() {
@@ -416,4 +434,54 @@ mod test {
             assert_eq!(this_mh.scaled(), 100);
         }
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    #[cfg(all(feature = "branchwater", not(target_arch = "wasm32")))]
+    fn collection_from_rocksdb_storage() -> Result<()> {
+        use crate::index::revindex::{RevIndex, RevIndexOps};
+        use camino::Utf8PathBuf as PathBuf;
+        use tempfile::TempDir;
+
+        let basedir = PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"));
+
+        let mut zip_collection = basedir.clone();
+        zip_collection.push("../../tests/test-data/track_abund/track_abund.zip");
+
+        let outdir = TempDir::new()?;
+
+        let zip_copy = PathBuf::from(
+            outdir
+                .path()
+                .join("sigs.zip")
+                .into_os_string()
+                .into_string()
+                .unwrap(),
+        );
+        std::fs::copy(zip_collection, zip_copy.as_path())?;
+
+        let selection = Selection::builder().ksize(31).scaled(10000).build();
+        let collection = Collection::from_zipfile(zip_copy.as_path())?.select(&selection)?;
+        let output: PathBuf = outdir.path().join("index").try_into().unwrap();
+
+        // Step 1: create an index
+        let index = RevIndex::create(output.as_path(), collection.clone().try_into()?, false)?;
+
+        // Step 2: internalize the storage for the index
+        {
+            let mut index = index;
+            index
+                .internalize_storage()
+                .expect("Error internalizing storage");
+        }
+
+        // Step 3: Create a new collection from rocksdb
+        let new_collection = Collection::from_rocksdb(output.as_path())?;
+
+        // Step 4: assert all content is the same
+        for (a, b) in collection.iter().zip(new_collection.iter()) {
+            assert_eq!(a, b);
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/core/src/from.rs b/src/core/src/from.rs
index dbeeb58a2f..347d90afc5 100644
--- a/src/core/src/from.rs
+++ b/src/core/src/from.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ impl From<MashSketcher> for KmerMinHash {
 
         let mut new_mh = KmerMinHash::new(
             0,
-            values.get(0).unwrap().kmer.len() as u32,
+            values.first().unwrap().kmer.len() as u32,
             HashFunctions::Murmur64Dna,
             42,
             true,
diff --git a/src/core/src/index/linear.rs b/src/core/src/index/linear.rs
index 71c7aef30a..5fd0c11e1e 100644
--- a/src/core/src/index/linear.rs
+++ b/src/core/src/index/linear.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ use crate::sketch::Sketch;
 use crate::storage::SigStore;
 use crate::Result;
 
+/// Supports parallel search without a particular index.
+
 pub struct LinearIndex {
     collection: CollectionSet,
     template: Sketch,
diff --git a/src/core/src/index/revindex/disk_revindex.rs b/src/core/src/index/revindex/disk_revindex.rs
index 3b4434824e..511bdbcc4c 100644
--- a/src/core/src/index/revindex/disk_revindex.rs
+++ b/src/core/src/index/revindex/disk_revindex.rs
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ impl RevIndexOps for RevIndex {
         orig_query: &KmerMinHash,
         selection: Option<Selection>,
     ) -> Result<Vec<GatherResult>> {
-        let mut match_size = usize::max_value();
+        let mut match_size = usize::MAX;
         let mut matches = vec![];
         let mut query = KmerMinHashBTree::from(orig_query.clone());
         let mut sum_weighted_found = 0;
@@ -554,8 +554,9 @@ impl RevIndexOps for RevIndex {
         // Using unchecked version because we just used the manifest
         // above to make sure the storage is still consistent
         unsafe {
-            Arc::get_mut(&mut self.collection)
-                .map(|v| v.set_storage_unchecked(InnerStorage::new(new_storage)));
+            if let Some(v) = Arc::get_mut(&mut self.collection) {
+                v.set_storage_unchecked(InnerStorage::new(new_storage))
+            }
         }
 
         // write storage spec
diff --git a/src/core/src/index/revindex/mem_revindex.rs b/src/core/src/index/revindex/mem_revindex.rs
index 20f4c3aabd..64580d6ac2 100644
--- a/src/core/src/index/revindex/mem_revindex.rs
+++ b/src/core/src/index/revindex/mem_revindex.rs
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ impl RevIndex {
         threshold: usize,
         query: &KmerMinHash,
     ) -> Result<Vec<GatherResult>> {
-        let mut match_size = usize::max_value();
+        let mut match_size = usize::MAX;
         let mut matches = vec![];
 
         while match_size > threshold && !counter.is_empty() {
diff --git a/src/core/src/manifest.rs b/src/core/src/manifest.rs
index b5325189b5..0a84a3e495 100644
--- a/src/core/src/manifest.rs
+++ b/src/core/src/manifest.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ use crate::signature::SigsTrait;
 use crate::sketch::Sketch;
 use crate::Result;
 
+/// Individual manifest record, containing information about sketches.
+
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, CopyGetters, Getters, Setters, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct Record {
     #[getset(get = "pub", set = "pub")]
@@ -30,8 +32,13 @@ pub struct Record {
 
     moltype: String,
 
+    #[getset(get = "pub")]
     num: u32,
+
+    #[getset(get = "pub")]
     scaled: u64,
+
+    #[getset(get = "pub")]
     n_hashes: usize,
 
     #[getset(get_copy = "pub", set = "pub")]
@@ -73,12 +80,15 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+/// A description of a collection of sketches.
+
 #[derive(Debug, Default, Serialize, Deserialize, Clone)]
 pub struct Manifest {
     records: Vec<Record>,
 }
 
 impl Record {
+    /// Build a Record from a Signature
     pub fn from_sig(sig: &Signature, path: &str) -> Vec<Self> {
         sig.iter()
             .map(|sketch| {
diff --git a/src/core/src/storage/mod.rs b/src/core/src/storage/mod.rs
index c476baff56..12f456fc22 100644
--- a/src/core/src/storage/mod.rs
+++ b/src/core/src/storage/mod.rs
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ pub struct FSStorage {
     subdir: String,
 }
 
+/// Store files in a zip file.
 #[ouroboros::self_referencing]
 pub struct ZipStorage {
     mapping: Option<memmap2::Mmap>,
diff --git a/src/core/src/storage/rocksdb.rs b/src/core/src/storage/rocksdb.rs
index 0bf540aaf1..52b082af18 100644
--- a/src/core/src/storage/rocksdb.rs
+++ b/src/core/src/storage/rocksdb.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ impl Storage for RocksDBStorage {
     fn save(&self, path: &str, content: &[u8]) -> Result<String> {
         let cf_storage = self.db.cf_handle(STORAGE).unwrap();
         // TODO(lirber): deal with conflict for path?
-        self.db.put_cf(&cf_storage, path.as_bytes(), &content[..])?;
+        self.db.put_cf(&cf_storage, path.as_bytes(), content)?;
         Ok(path.into())
     }