diff --git a/khipu-eth/src/main/scala/khipu/storage/KesqueCompactor.scala b/khipu-eth/src/main/scala/khipu/storage/KesqueCompactor.scala
index 0ee1e3d..145292e 100644
--- a/khipu-eth/src/main/scala/khipu/storage/KesqueCompactor.scala
+++ b/khipu-eth/src/main/scala/khipu/storage/KesqueCompactor.scala
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ object KesqueCompactor {
   import system.dispatcher
   lazy val serviceBoard = ServiceBoard(system)
   lazy val dbConfig = serviceBoard.dbConfig
+  
+  private val FETCH_MAX_BYTES_IN_BACTH = 50 * 1024 * 1024 // 52428800, 50M
 
   implicit val logSource: LogSource[AnyRef] = new LogSource[AnyRef] {
     def genString(o: AnyRef): String = o.getClass.getName
@@ -275,8 +277,8 @@ final class KesqueCompactor(
         var offset = storageWriter.maxOffset + 1
         var nRead = 0
         do {
-          val (lastOffset, recs) = accountTable.readBatch(DbConfig.account, offset, 4096)
-          recs foreach accountWriter.write
+          val (lastOffset, recs) = storageTable.readBatch(DbConfig.account, offset, FETCH_MAX_BYTES_IN_BACTH)
+          recs foreach storageWriter.write
           nRead = recs.length
           offset = lastOffset + 1
         } while (nRead > 0)
@@ -293,7 +295,7 @@ final class KesqueCompactor(
         var offset = accountWriter.maxOffset + 1
         var nRead = 0
         do {
-          val (lastOffset, recs) = accountTable.readBatch(DbConfig.account, offset, 4096)
+          val (lastOffset, recs) = accountTable.readBatch(DbConfig.account, offset, FETCH_MAX_BYTES_IN_BACTH)
           recs foreach accountWriter.write
           nRead = recs.length
           offset = lastOffset + 1
diff --git a/khipu-eth/src/main/scala/khipu/storage/KesqueNodeCompactor.scala b/khipu-eth/src/main/scala/khipu/storage/KesqueNodeCompactor.scala
index 960d47f..730aa1b 100644
--- a/khipu-eth/src/main/scala/khipu/storage/KesqueNodeCompactor.scala
+++ b/khipu-eth/src/main/scala/khipu/storage/KesqueNodeCompactor.scala
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ object KesqueNodeCompactor {
   implicit lazy val system = ActorSystem("khipu")
   import system.dispatcher
 
+  private val FETCH_MAX_BYTES_IN_BACTH = 50 * 1024 * 1024 // 52428800, 50M
+
   implicit val logSource: LogSource[AnyRef] = new LogSource[AnyRef] {
     def genString(o: AnyRef): String = o.getClass.getName
     override def getClazz(o: AnyRef): Class[_] = o.getClass
@@ -118,16 +120,18 @@ object KesqueNodeCompactor {
   final class NodeWriter(topic: String, nodeDataSource: KesqueNodeDataSource) {
     private val buf = new mutable.ArrayBuffer[TKeyVal]()
 
-    private var _maxOffset = Long.MinValue
+    private var _maxOffset = -1L // kafka offset starts from 0
     def maxOffset = _maxOffset
 
     /**
      * Should flush() after all kv are written.
      */
     def write(kv: TKeyVal) {
-      buf += kv
-      if (buf.size > 100) { // keep the batched size around 4096 (~ 32*100 bytes)
-        flush()
+      if (kv ne null) {
+        buf += kv
+        if (buf.size > 100) { // keep the batched size around 4096 (~ 32*100 bytes)
+          flush()
+        }
       }
     }
 
@@ -223,9 +227,9 @@ final class KesqueNodeCompactor(
   }
 
   def start() {
-    loadSnaphot()
+    //loadSnaphot()
     stopWorld(() => true)
-    //postAppend()
+    postAppend()
   }
 
   private def loadSnaphot() {
@@ -252,39 +256,53 @@ final class KesqueNodeCompactor(
    * should stop world during postAppend()
    */
   private def postAppend() {
+    val start = System.nanoTime
+
     val storageTask = new Thread {
       override def run() {
-        log.info(s"[comp] post append storage from offset ${storageWriter.maxOffset + 1} ...")
-        // TODO topic from fromFileNo
+        println(s"[comp] storage post append from offset ${storageWriter.maxOffset + 1} ...")
+        val start = System.nanoTime
         var offset = storageWriter.maxOffset + 1
         var nRead = 0
+        var count = 0
         do {
-          val (lastOffset, recs) = accountDataSource.readBatch(DbConfig.account, offset, 4096)
-          recs foreach accountWriter.write
+          val (lastOffset, recs) = storageDataSource.readBatch(DbConfig.account, offset, FETCH_MAX_BYTES_IN_BACTH)
+          recs foreach storageWriter.write
           nRead = recs.length
           offset = lastOffset + 1
+
+          count += nRead
+          val elapsed = (System.nanoTime - start) / 1000000000
+          val speed = count / math.max(1, elapsed)
+          println(s"[comp] storage nodes $count $speed/s, at #$blockNumber, table size ${storageDataSource.count}")
         } while (nRead > 0)
 
         storageWriter.flush()
-        log.info(s"[comp] post append storage done.")
+        println(s"[comp] storage post append done.")
       }
     }
 
     val accountTask = new Thread {
       override def run() {
-        log.info(s"[comp] post append account from offset ${accountWriter.maxOffset + 1} ...")
-        // TODO topic from fromFileNo
+        println(s"[comp] account post append from offset ${accountWriter.maxOffset + 1} ...")
+        val start = System.nanoTime
         var offset = accountWriter.maxOffset + 1
         var nRead = 0
+        var count = 0
         do {
-          val (lastOffset, recs) = accountDataSource.readBatch(DbConfig.account, offset, 4096)
+          val (lastOffset, recs) = accountDataSource.readBatch(DbConfig.account, offset, FETCH_MAX_BYTES_IN_BACTH)
           recs foreach accountWriter.write
           nRead = recs.length
           offset = lastOffset + 1
+
+          count += nRead
+          val elapsed = (System.nanoTime - start) / 1000000000
+          val speed = count / math.max(1, elapsed)
+          println(s"[comp] account nodes $count $speed/s, at #$blockNumber, table size ${accountDataSource.count}")
         } while (nRead > 0)
 
         accountWriter.flush()
-        log.info(s"[comp] post append account done.")
+        println(s"[comp] account post append done.")
       }
     }
 
@@ -293,6 +311,8 @@ final class KesqueNodeCompactor(
 
     storageTask.join
     accountTask.join
-    log.info(s"[comp] post append done.")
+
+    val elapsed = (System.nanoTime - start) / 1000000000
+    println(s"[comp] post append done in ${elapsed}s.")
   }
 }
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diff --git a/khipu-kesque/src/main/resources/kafka.server.properties.properties b/khipu-kesque/src/main/resources/kafka.server.properties
similarity index 100%
rename from khipu-kesque/src/main/resources/kafka.server.properties.properties
rename to khipu-kesque/src/main/resources/kafka.server.properties