diff --git a/src/jio.storage/indexstorage.js b/src/jio.storage/indexstorage.js
index 42aa43f9e19f9cb7712f4f97c6afc40647ef1e50..9890c0fe83b8508e67b698eebe29170c68cdcbd1 100644
--- a/src/jio.storage/indexstorage.js
+++ b/src/jio.storage/indexstorage.js
@@ -232,7 +232,9 @@
       for (k in meta) {
         if (meta.hasOwnProperty(k)) {
           if (underscored_meta_re.test(k)) {
-            needed_meta[k] = meta[k];
+            if (k === "_id") {
+              needed_meta[k] = meta[k];
+            }
           } else if (that._indexing_object[k]) {
             needed_meta[k] = meta[k];
             ok = true;