diff --git a/src/store.rs b/src/store.rs
index e6e86cb5349..59b3b695f00 100644
--- a/src/store.rs
+++ b/src/store.rs
@@ -480,10 +480,7 @@ macro_rules! store {
 }
 
 // TODO: replace this with "fs.create_dir_all(path.parent())"
-pub fn create_directories<'s, S: LfsStorage>(
-    fs: &Filesystem<'s, S>,
-    path: &Path,
-) -> Result<(), Error> {
+pub fn create_directories<S: LfsStorage>(fs: &Filesystem<'_, S>, path: &Path) -> Result<(), Error> {
     // hprintln!("preparing {:?}", core::str::from_utf8(path).unwrap()).ok();
     let path_bytes = path.as_ref().as_bytes();
 
diff --git a/src/store/filestore.rs b/src/store/filestore.rs
index 931ee006cec..a8168bf0b36 100644
--- a/src/store/filestore.rs
+++ b/src/store/filestore.rs
@@ -294,9 +294,8 @@ impl<S: Store> ClientFilestore<S> {
                             true
                         }
                     })
-                    .skip(start_at)
-                    // take first entry that meets requirements
-                    .next()
+                    // take nth entry that meets requirements
+                    .nth(start_at)
                     // if there is an entry, construct the state that needs storing out of it,
                     // and return the file's contents.
                     // the client, and return both the entry and the state