diff --git a/source/net/yacy/search/snippet/ResultEntry.java b/source/net/yacy/search/snippet/ResultEntry.java
index 9fd547d49..ac516cb9c 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/search/snippet/ResultEntry.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/search/snippet/ResultEntry.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import net.yacy.kelondro.util.ByteArray;
 import net.yacy.peers.Seed;
 import net.yacy.peers.SeedDB;
 import net.yacy.search.index.Segment;
+import net.yacy.search.schema.CollectionSchema;
 
 
 public class ResultEntry implements Comparable<ResultEntry>, Comparator<ResultEntry> {
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ public class ResultEntry implements Comparable<ResultEntry>, Comparator<ResultEn
                        final List<MediaSnippet> mediaSnippets,
                        final long snippetComputationTime) {
         this.urlentry = urlentry;
+        this.urlentry.getDocument().setField(CollectionSchema.text_t.getSolrFieldName(), ""); // clear the text field which eats up most of the space; it was used for snippet computation which is in a separate field here
         this.indexSegment = indexSegment;
         this.alternative_urlstring = null;
         this.alternative_urlname = null;