diff --git a/apps/arweave/src/ar_chunk_storage.erl b/apps/arweave/src/ar_chunk_storage.erl
index 2a91afc42..70bf711bb 100644
--- a/apps/arweave/src/ar_chunk_storage.erl
+++ b/apps/arweave/src/ar_chunk_storage.erl
@@ -288,7 +288,9 @@ get_chunk_storage_path(DataDir, StoreID) ->
 	filename:join([get_storage_module_path(DataDir, StoreID), ?CHUNK_DIR]).
 
 %% @doc Return the start and end offset of the bucket containing the given offset.
-%% A chunk bucket a 0-based, 256-KiB wide, 256-KiB aligned range that fully contains a chunk.
+%% A chunk bucket is a 0-based, 256-KiB wide, 256-KiB aligned range that
+%% ar_chunk_storage uses to index chunks. The bucket start does NOT necessarily
+%% match the chunk's start offset.
 -spec get_chunk_bucket_start(Offset :: non_neg_integer()) -> non_neg_integer().
 get_chunk_bucket_start(Offset) ->
 	PaddedEndOffset = ar_block:get_chunk_padded_offset(Offset),
diff --git a/apps/arweave/src/ar_entropy_storage.erl b/apps/arweave/src/ar_entropy_storage.erl
index 0577a579d..4beeef9b8 100644
--- a/apps/arweave/src/ar_entropy_storage.erl
+++ b/apps/arweave/src/ar_entropy_storage.erl
@@ -310,14 +310,14 @@ record_entropy(ChunkEntropy, BucketEndOffset, StoreID, RewardAddr) ->
 
 	Chunk = case IsUnpackedChunkRecorded of
 		true ->
-			case ar_chunk_storage:get(Byte, Byte, StoreID) of
+			StartOffset = EndOffset - ?DATA_CHUNK_SIZE,
+			case ar_chunk_storage:get(Byte, StartOffset, StoreID) of
 				not_found ->
 					{error, not_found};
 				{error, _} = Error ->
 					Error;
 				{_, UnpackedChunk} ->
-					ar_sync_record:delete(
-						EndOffset, EndOffset - ?DATA_CHUNK_SIZE, ar_data_sync, StoreID),
+					ar_sync_record:delete(EndOffset, StartOffset, ar_data_sync, StoreID),
 					ar_packing_server:encipher_replica_2_9_chunk(UnpackedChunk, ChunkEntropy)
 			end;
 		false ->