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diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/AltId.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/AltId.pm
index 8ce70e46..6d16242a 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/AltId.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/AltId.pm
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ sub new {
 	my ($class, $ibx, $spec, $writable) = @_;
 	my ($type, $prefix, $query) = split(/:/, $spec, 3);
 	$type eq 'serial' or die "non-serial not supported, yet\n";
-
+	$prefix =~ /\A\w+\z/ or warn "non-word prefix not searchable\n";
 	my %params = map {
 		my ($k, $v) = split(/=/, uri_unescape($_), 2);
 		$v = '' unless defined $v;
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ sub new {
 	bless {
 		filename => $f,
 		writable => $writable,
+		prefix => $prefix,
 		xprefix => 'X'.uc($prefix),
 	}, $class;
 }