diff --git a/src/Soil-Core/SoilBTreeIterator.class.st b/src/Soil-Core/SoilBTreeIterator.class.st
index 935a2264..9cb678a0 100644
--- a/src/Soil-Core/SoilBTreeIterator.class.st
+++ b/src/Soil-Core/SoilBTreeIterator.class.st
@@ -4,12 +4,6 @@ Class {
 	#category : #'Soil-Core-Index-BTree'
 }
 
-{ #category : #accessing }
-SoilBTreeIterator >> at: aKeyObject ifAbsent: aBlock [
-	currentKey := (aKeyObject asSkipListKeyOfSize: index keySize) asInteger.
-	^ self find: currentKey ifAbsent: aBlock
-]
-
 { #category : #accessing }
 SoilBTreeIterator >> basicAt: key put: anObject [
 	| posiblePrioValue |
@@ -19,17 +13,8 @@ SoilBTreeIterator >> basicAt: key put: anObject [
 ]
 
 { #category : #private }
-SoilBTreeIterator >> find: key [
-	currentKey := key.
-	currentPage := index rootPage find: key with: index.
-	^ currentPage valueAt: currentKey
-]
-
-{ #category : #private }
-SoilBTreeIterator >> find: key ifAbsent: aBlock [
-	currentKey := key.
-	currentPage := index rootPage find: key with: index.
-	^ currentPage valueAt: currentKey ifAbsent: aBlock
+SoilBTreeIterator >> findPageFor: key [
+	^currentPage := index rootPage find: key with: index
 ]
 
 { #category : #accessing }
diff --git a/src/Soil-Core/SoilIndexIterator.class.st b/src/Soil-Core/SoilIndexIterator.class.st
index ad35d5a1..5b63af29 100644
--- a/src/Soil-Core/SoilIndexIterator.class.st
+++ b/src/Soil-Core/SoilIndexIterator.class.st
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ SoilIndexIterator >> at: aKeyObject [
 ]
 
 { #category : #accessing }
-SoilIndexIterator >> at: aKeyObject ifAbsent: aBlock [ 
-	^ self subclassResponsibility
+SoilIndexIterator >> at: aKeyObject ifAbsent: aBlock [
+	currentKey := (aKeyObject asSkipListKeyOfSize: index keySize) asInteger.
+	^self find: currentKey ifAbsent: aBlock
 ]
 
 { #category : #accessing }
@@ -41,6 +42,11 @@ SoilIndexIterator >> at: aKeyObject put: anObject [
 		put: anObject
 ]
 
+{ #category : #accessing }
+SoilIndexIterator >> basicAt: key put: anObject [
+	self subclassResponsibility
+]
+
 { #category : #accessing }
 SoilIndexIterator >> currentPage [
 
@@ -61,7 +67,19 @@ SoilIndexIterator >> do: aBlock [
 ]
 
 { #category : #private }
-SoilIndexIterator >> find: key [ 
+SoilIndexIterator >> find: key [
+	^ self find: key ifAbsent: [ ]
+]
+
+{ #category : #private }
+SoilIndexIterator >> find: key ifAbsent: aBlock [
+	currentKey := key.
+	self findPageFor: key.
+	^ currentPage valueAt: key ifAbsent: aBlock
+]
+
+{ #category : #private }
+SoilIndexIterator >> findPageFor: key [ 
 	^ self subclassResponsibility
 ]
 
diff --git a/src/Soil-Core/SoilSkipListIterator.class.st b/src/Soil-Core/SoilSkipListIterator.class.st
index 9d277728..33854973 100644
--- a/src/Soil-Core/SoilSkipListIterator.class.st
+++ b/src/Soil-Core/SoilSkipListIterator.class.st
@@ -7,17 +7,6 @@ Class {
 	#category : #'Soil-Core-Index-SkipList'
 }
 
-{ #category : #private }
-SoilSkipListIterator >> at: aKeyObject ifAbsent: aBlock [
-	currentKey := (aKeyObject asSkipListKeyOfSize: index keySize) asInteger.
-	self 
-		findPageFor: currentKey 
-		startingAt: index headerPage.
-	^ currentPage 
-		valueAt: currentKey
-		ifAbsent: aBlock 
-]
-
 { #category : #accessing }
 SoilSkipListIterator >> atLevel: key put: anObject [
 	levels at: key put: anObject 
@@ -27,7 +16,7 @@ SoilSkipListIterator >> atLevel: key put: anObject [
 SoilSkipListIterator >> basicAt: key put: anObject [
 
 	|itemIndex |
-	self findPageFor: key startingAt: index headerPage.
+	self findPageFor: key.
 	itemIndex := currentPage indexOfKey: key.
 	"as an optimization we return the prior value stored in the list. If
 	there was none we return nil"
@@ -44,18 +33,9 @@ SoilSkipListIterator >> basicAt: key put: anObject [
 ]
 
 { #category : #private }
-SoilSkipListIterator >> find: key [
-	currentKey := key.
-	self 
-		findPageFor: key 
-		startingAt: index headerPage.
-	^ currentPage valueAt: currentKey
-]
-
-{ #category : #private }
-SoilSkipListIterator >> findPageFor: key startingAt: page [
+SoilSkipListIterator >> findPageFor: key [
 	| pageIndex candidatePage |
-	currentPage := page.
+	currentPage := index headerPage.
 	levels size to: 1 by: -1 do: [ :level |
 		[ 
 			pageIndex := currentPage rightAt: level.
@@ -105,7 +85,7 @@ SoilSkipListIterator >> nextKeyCloseTo: key [
 
 	| binKey |
 	binKey := (key asSkipListKeyOfSize: index keySize) asInteger.
-	self findPageFor: binKey startingAt: index headerPage.
+	self findPageFor: binKey.
 	nextKey := currentPage keyOrClosestAfter: binKey.
 	nextKey
 		ifNil: [ "if there is no close key found, we position the cursor at the end, so that asking for the next association will return nil"