diff --git a/pkg/database/snapshot/encoding.go b/pkg/database/snapshot/encoding.go
index 136a4875e..f3eca887a 100644
--- a/pkg/database/snapshot/encoding.go
+++ b/pkg/database/snapshot/encoding.go
@@ -128,6 +128,43 @@ func readRecord(rd io.Reader) ([]byte, int64, error) {
 	return b, int64(n), nil
 }
 
+// readRecordAt reads a length-prefixed record
+func readRecordAt(rd io.ReaderAt, off int64) ([]byte, int64, error) {
+	// Read the length
+	var v [8]byte
+	n, err := readFullAt(rd, off, v[:])
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, int64(n), err
+	}
+	l := binary.BigEndian.Uint64(v[:])
+
+	// Read the data
+	b := make([]byte, l)
+	m, err := readFullAt(rd, off+int64(len(v)), b)
+	n += m
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, int64(n), err
+	}
+
+	return b, int64(n), nil
+}
+
+func readFullAt(rd io.ReaderAt, off int64, b []byte) (int, error) {
+	var m int
+	for len(b) > 0 {
+		n, err := rd.ReadAt(b, off)
+		m += n
+		if err != nil {
+			return m, err
+		}
+		if n == 0 {
+			return m, errors.InternalError.With("read nothing")
+		}
+		b = b[n:]
+	}
+	return m, nil
+}
+
 // readValue unmarshals a length-prefixed record into the value.
 func readValue(rd io.Reader, v encoding.BinaryValue) (int64, error) {
 	// Read the record
@@ -144,3 +181,20 @@ func readValue(rd io.Reader, v encoding.BinaryValue) (int64, error) {
 
 	return n, nil
 }
+
+// readValueAt unmarshals a length-prefixed record into the value.
+func readValueAt(rd io.ReaderAt, off int64, v encoding.BinaryValue) (int64, error) {
+	// Read the record
+	b, n, err := readRecordAt(rd, off)
+	if err != nil {
+		return n, err
+	}
+
+	// Unmarshal the header
+	err = v.UnmarshalBinary(b)
+	if err != nil {
+		return n, errors.EncodingError.WithFormat("unmarshal: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return n, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/database/snapshot/format.go b/pkg/database/snapshot/format.go
index 4899216e2..3cb79e703 100644
--- a/pkg/database/snapshot/format.go
+++ b/pkg/database/snapshot/format.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ const Version2 = 2
 
 type rawWriter = ioutil.SegmentedWriter[SectionType, *SectionType]
 type sectionReader = ioutil.Segment[SectionType, *SectionType]
-type sectionWriter = ioutil.SegmentWriter[SectionType, *SectionType]
 
 func GetVersion(file ioutil.SectionReader) (uint64, error) {
 	r, err := open(file)
@@ -147,7 +146,7 @@ func (r *Reader) OpenRecords(i int) (RecordReader, error) {
 		return nil, errors.UnknownError.Wrap(err)
 	}
 	bufio.NewReader(rd)
-	return &recordReader{rd}, nil
+	return recordReader{rd}, nil
 }
 
 func (r *Reader) OpenBPT(i int) (RecordReader, error) {
@@ -156,9 +155,9 @@ func (r *Reader) OpenBPT(i int) (RecordReader, error) {
 		return nil, errors.UnknownError.Wrap(err)
 	}
 	if s.Type() == SectionTypeRawBPT {
-		return &rawBptReader{rd}, nil
+		return rawBptReader{rd}, nil
 	}
-	return &recordReader{rd}, nil
+	return recordReader{rd}, nil
 }
 
 type IndexReader struct {
@@ -175,23 +174,32 @@ func (i *IndexReader) Read(n int) (*RecordIndexEntry, error) {
 type RecordReader interface {
 	io.Seeker
 	Read() (*RecordEntry, error)
+	ReadAt(offset int64) (*RecordEntry, error)
 }
 
+// recordReader reads length-prefixed record entries.
 type recordReader struct {
 	ioutil.SectionReader
 }
 
-func (r *recordReader) Read() (*RecordEntry, error) {
+func (r recordReader) Read() (*RecordEntry, error) {
 	v := new(RecordEntry)
 	_, err := readValue(r.SectionReader, v)
 	return v, err
 }
 
+func (r recordReader) ReadAt(offset int64) (*RecordEntry, error) {
+	v := new(RecordEntry)
+	_, err := readValueAt(r.SectionReader, offset, v)
+	return v, err
+}
+
+// rawBptReader reads (key hash, value) BPT pairs.
 type rawBptReader struct {
 	ioutil.SectionReader
 }
 
-func (r *rawBptReader) Read() (*RecordEntry, error) {
+func (r rawBptReader) Read() (*RecordEntry, error) {
 	var b [64]byte
 	_, err := io.ReadFull(r.SectionReader, b[:])
 	if err != nil {
@@ -204,6 +212,19 @@ func (r *rawBptReader) Read() (*RecordEntry, error) {
 	}, nil
 }
 
+func (r rawBptReader) ReadAt(offset int64) (*RecordEntry, error) {
+	var b [64]byte
+	_, err := readFullAt(r.SectionReader, offset, b[:])
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &RecordEntry{
+		Key:   record.KeyFromHash(*(*[32]byte)(b[:32])),
+		Value: b[32:],
+	}, nil
+}
+
 type Writer struct {
 	wr          *rawWriter
 	wroteHeader bool
diff --git a/pkg/database/snapshot/store.go b/pkg/database/snapshot/store.go
index f28e8c140..edde703c9 100644
--- a/pkg/database/snapshot/store.go
+++ b/pkg/database/snapshot/store.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ package snapshot
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"io"
 	"sort"
 
 	"gitlab.com/accumulatenetwork/accumulate/exp/ioutil"
@@ -91,12 +90,7 @@ func (s *Store) Get(key *record.Key) ([]byte, error) {
 		return nil, errors.UnknownError.WithFormat("open index: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	_, err = rd.Seek(int64(x.Offset), io.SeekStart)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.BadRequest.WithFormat("seek to record: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	entry, err := (&recordReader{rd}).Read()
+	entry, err := recordReader{rd}.ReadAt(int64(x.Offset))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.UnknownError.Wrap(err)
 	}