diff --git a/ledger/src/appender.rs b/ledger/src/appender.rs
index 84e9ff6..3c9f0d1 100644
--- a/ledger/src/appender.rs
+++ b/ledger/src/appender.rs
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ impl LedgerAppender {
             .get(&head)
             .cloned()
             .ok_or(LedgerError::Corruption("active superblock missing"))?;
-        let writer = SuperblockWriter::new(superblock.clone())?;
         let index = ledger.index.writer(&superblock.index);
+        let writer = SuperblockWriter::new(superblock)?;
 
         let mut appender = Self {
             ledger,