cmd/stats-read/main.go | 12 ++++++++----
 stats.go               |  9 +--------

diff --git a/cmd/stats-read/main.go b/cmd/stats-read/main.go
index b2b79d9e61a365c3bb422531645461cbe601e75bf681d6c839e7e171c572b6e0..2dc1ae98f769b189490a4a4811cb58cf42792be569d7fee3bad80e09f38c6739 100644
--- a/cmd/stats-read/main.go
+++ b/cmd/stats-read/main.go
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"encoding/hex"
+	"errors"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"io/fs"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"path"
@@ -129,20 +131,22 @@ 	if *showURLs {
 		var fn string
 		for k, v := range urls {
 			fn = hex.EncodeToString([]byte(k[:]))
-			fmt.Println(fn[:2]+"/"+fn[2:4]+"/"+fn[4:], v)
+			fmt.Println(fn, v)
 		}
 		return
 	}
-	var pth, dn, fn string
+	var pth string
 	var ctr, size uint64
 	var br *bufio.Reader
 	for hsh, u := range urls {
 		pth = hex.EncodeToString(hsh[:])
-		dn, fn = pth[:2]+"/"+pth[2:4], pth[4:]
 		ctr = 0
 		size = 0
-		fh, err = os.Open(path.Join(*db, dn, fn))
+		fh, err = os.Open(path.Join(*db, pth))
 		if err != nil {
+			if errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
+				continue
+			}
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
 		if br == nil {
diff --git a/stats.go b/stats.go
index 7f47eccd803bdbf82ae365a3a12d2c4636c72b9106fd6654e2344703b0588ab1..87e49b78acb8155d676a17add9e6d454ed2a6c5b29401780d7318db19efac08a 100644
--- a/stats.go
+++ b/stats.go
@@ -97,13 +97,11 @@
 	go func() {
 		var hsh0, hsh1 uint64
 		var pth string
-		var dn, fn string
 		var fh *os.File
 		var tai tai64n.TAI64
 		var ok bool
 		hsh := make([]byte, 16)
 		buf := make([]byte, 8+8+8)
-		dirsKnown := make(map[string]struct{})
 		for s := range StatsAdd {
 			pth = s.Host + s.U.EscapedPath() + "\n"
 			if _, ok = urlsKnown[pth]; !ok {
@@ -114,13 +112,8 @@ 			hsh0, hsh1 = siphash.Hash128(k0, k1, []byte(pth))
 			binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(hsh, hsh0)
 			binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(hsh[8:], hsh1)
 			pth = hex.EncodeToString(hsh)
-			dn, fn = pth[:2]+"/"+pth[2:4], pth[4:]
-			if _, ok = dirsKnown[dn]; !ok {
-				os.MkdirAll(path.Join(db, dn), os.FileMode(0o755))
-				dirsKnown[dn] = struct{}{}
-			}
 			fh, err = os.OpenFile(
-				path.Join(db, dn, fn),
+				path.Join(db, pth),
 				os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE,
 				os.FileMode(0o640),
 			)