diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/morling/onebrc/CalculateAverage_ianopolousfast.java b/src/main/java/dev/morling/onebrc/CalculateAverage_ianopolousfast.java
index ab960df..28f62a4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/morling/onebrc/CalculateAverage_ianopolousfast.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/morling/onebrc/CalculateAverage_ianopolousfast.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import jdk.incubator.vector.ByteVector;
 import jdk.incubator.vector.VectorOperators;
 import jdk.incubator.vector.VectorSpecies;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.foreign.Arena;
 import java.lang.foreign.MemorySegment;
 import java.nio.ByteOrder;
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ import static java.lang.foreign.ValueLayout.*;
  *
  * Timings on 4 core i7-7500U CPU @ 2.70GHz:
  * average_baseline: 4m48s
- * ianopolous:         14s
+ * ianopolous:         13.8s
 */
 public class CalculateAverage_ianopolousfast {
 
@@ -107,22 +108,15 @@ public class CalculateAverage_ianopolousfast {
     public static Stat dedupeStation(long start, long end, long hash, MemorySegment buffer, Stat[] stations) {
         int index = hashToIndex(hash, MAX_STATIONS);
         Stat match = stations[index];
-        if (match == null) {
-            Stat res = createStation(start, end, buffer);
-            stations[index] = res;
-            return res;
-        }
-        else {
-            while (match != null) {
-                if (matchingStationBytes(start, end, buffer, match))
-                    return match;
-                index = (index + 1) % stations.length;
-                match = stations[index];
-            }
-            Stat res = createStation(start, end, buffer);
-            stations[index] = res;
-            return res;
+        while (match != null) {
+            if (matchingStationBytes(start, end, buffer, match))
+                return match;
+            index = (index + 1) % stations.length;
+            match = stations[index];
         }
+        Stat res = createStation(start, end, buffer);
+        stations[index] = res;
+        return res;
     }
 
     static long maskHighBytes(long d, int nbytes) {