--- a/src/goodjava/lucene/api/LuceneIndexWriter.java	Fri Apr 03 10:04:52 2020 -0600
+++ b/src/goodjava/lucene/api/LuceneIndexWriter.java	Sun Apr 12 15:59:57 2020 -0600
@@ -26,16 +26,19 @@
 
 
 public final class LuceneIndexWriter implements GoodIndexWriter {
-	final FieldAnalyzer fieldAnalyzer = new FieldAnalyzer();
+	private final FieldAnalyzer fieldAnalyzer = new FieldAnalyzer();
+	public final Version luceneVersion;
 	public final IndexWriterConfig luceneConfig;
+	public final IndexWriter luceneWriter;
 	public final GoodIndexWriterConfig goodConfig;
-	public final IndexWriter luceneWriter;
 	private final Map<String,Boolean> indexedMap = new HashMap<String,Boolean>();
 
-	public LuceneIndexWriter(Version matchVersion,Directory dir,GoodIndexWriterConfig goodConfig) throws IOException {
-		luceneConfig = new IndexWriterConfig(matchVersion,fieldAnalyzer);
-		luceneWriter = new IndexWriter(dir,luceneConfig);
+	public LuceneIndexWriter(Version luceneVersion,Directory dir,GoodIndexWriterConfig goodConfig) throws IOException {
+		this.luceneVersion = luceneVersion;
+		this.luceneConfig = new IndexWriterConfig(luceneVersion,fieldAnalyzer);
+		this.luceneWriter = new IndexWriter(dir,luceneConfig);
 		this.goodConfig = goodConfig;
+		luceneWriter.commit();  // commit index creation
 	}
 
 	public void close() throws IOException {
@@ -162,7 +165,7 @@
 
 
 	public void reindexDocuments(final String keyFieldName,Query query) throws IOException {
-		IndexReader reader = DirectoryReader.open(luceneWriter.getDirectory());
+		IndexReader reader = openReader();
 		final IndexSearcher searcher = new IndexSearcher(reader);
 		searcher.search( query, new GoodCollector(){
 			public void collectDoc(int iDoc) throws IOException {
@@ -173,4 +176,8 @@
 		});
 		reader.close();
 	}
+
+	public IndexReader openReader() throws IOException {
+		return DirectoryReader.open(luceneWriter.getDirectory());
+	}
 }